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Matthew A. Babina
matthew.a.babina.civ@mail.mil
Warfighter Performance Department Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory
Naval Submarine Base New London 141 Trout Avenue
Groton, Connecticut 06349, USA
Matthew A. Babina is a research engineer at the Naval Sub- marine Medical Research Laboratory in Groton, Connecticut, where he has worked since 2008. His multidisciplinary research activities have included underwater acoustics, hearing conservation, human performance modeling, psy- chophysics, and underwater blast pathophysiology. He completed his bachelor’s degree in electrical and com- puter engineering and his master’s degree in biomedical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic University, Worcester, Massachusetts. Currently, his work focuses on understand- ing the bioeffects of underwater sound and blast on humans, providing safety guidance recommendations to the US Navy.
About the Authors
Brandon M. Casper
brandon.m.casper4.civ@mail.mil
Warfighter Performance Department Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory
Naval Submarine Base New London 141 Trout Avenue
Groton, Connecticut 06349, USA
Brandon M. Casper is a research physiologist and depart- ment head of the Warfighter Performance Department in the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory in Groton, Con- necticut. His research focuses on the bioeffects of underwater sound and blast in human divers. He and his team collect data and provide guidance to the US Navy to protect divers from harm while also ensuring successful missions. He received his PhD from the University of South Florida, Tampa, where he studied the hearing abilities of sharks, skates, and rays. He was also a postdoc with a reasonably well-known scientist named Arthur Popper.
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