Director, Music Cognition Lab, click for bio

Sharv Dave is a sophomore intending to concentrate in Neuroscience with certificates in Music Performance and South Asian Studies. As a research assistant, he's interested in the clinical applications of music and neuroscience. He enjoys playing in on-campus ensembles such as Sinfonia, Swara, and Triangle Pit as well as being a part of the Hindu Satsangam. In his free time, he loves to watch horror movies, explore museums with friends, or cuddling with his pet rabbit, Panda.

Gabrielle Hooper is a PhD student in the Musicology Program at Princeton University. She is interested in using ethnographic and empirical methods to investigate musical interventions for clinical populations with Dementia. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Michigan where she received dual degrees in Cello Performance and Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience with Highest Honors. She also completed her Masters in Music, Mind, and Brain at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Ben is a postdoctoral research fellow at UC Davis and a visiting postdoctoral research associate at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. His research leverages common musical phenomena to investigate how the human brain acquires, structures, and preserves knowledge as we carry out our day-to-day tasks. Ben's work examines questions about how music and episodic knowledge become associated in long-term memory, and how the brain functionally represents and consolidates music and associated memories across time. He has a B.A. in cognitive science from Case Western Reserve University and a Ph.D. in psychology from UC Davis.

Maddy Kushan is a PhD student in the Department of Music. Her undergraduate degree, also from Princeton, was in neuroscience, with certificates in cognitive science, vocal performance, and medieval studies. As a member of many vocal ensembles on campus, she is fascinated by the way musicians synchronize during performance.

Chloe Chloe is a first year student at Princeton University prospectively majoring in Sociology with minors in Journalism and Music Performance. She plays the harp with the Princeton University Orchestra, writes for Features and The Prospect with The Daily Princetonian, advises her peers as a Peer Career Advisor with the Center for Career Development, serves as the Alumni Engagement Chair with the Asian American Student Association, and passionately crochets amigurumi part-time.

Natalie Miller is a PhD student in the Musicology program at Princeton University. She studies music theory and music cognition, with an emphasis on relationships between music and language. She completed her undergraduate degree in Music and Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin, where her honors thesis investigated pitch change in English declarative and interrogative sentences.

Georgia Post is a sophomore intending to major in Molecular Biology with a minor in Music Performance. As a violist she plays in several musical ensembles on campus including Princeton University orchestra. Georgia hopes to explore the intersections between music and medicine as a research assistant in the lab. Some of her favorite things include Broadway music, golden retrievers, and chocolate.

Cara is a PhD student at Princeton University studying Musicology with a concentration in Music Cognition. She completed her undergraduate degree at Ithaca College, where she received a BM with a double major in Performance (double bass) and Sound Recording Technology. She also has an MA in Music, Science, and Technology from Stanford University, where she worked in the Neuromusic Lab at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics to help develop and pilot an ongoing EEG study investigating performance monitoring and empathy in piano duet partners.

Mauro Orsini Windholz is a Musicology PhD student at Princeton University focusing on Music Theory and Music Cognition. Mauro has an undergraduate degree in Composition from the State University of São Paulo and a Masters in Music degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He has conducted research on metaphors for understanding harmony, publishing and presenting on this topic at several Brazilian and international conferences.

Shiran (Sarah) Zhang is currently a sophomore intending to major in Physics, with minors in Music (Music Cognition track) and Quantitative Economics. As a research assistant, she works with Natalie Miller on research in the area of cross-modality and immersion. She is a cellist in the all-cello ensemble La Vie En Cello, gamba player in Early Music Princeton, and volunteer in the Trenton Arts at Princeton Program. In her spare time not dedicated to PSets or practicing, you will most likely see her in her dorm with a book, tv show or movie.