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Rachael Booker, Ph.D. Research Associate Center for Vision Science and Technology and Visual Processing Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Edu-Tech University EDUCATION August, 2000–May, 2006 Edu-Tech University Los Angeles, CA Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering (GPA 3.60). Dissertation: “English phoneme and word recognition by nonnative English listeners as a function of spectral resolution and English experience”. Related courses: Structure and Management of Clinical Trials, Regulation of Medical Devices. August, 1999–May, 2001 Edu-Tech University Los Angeles, CA M.S., Biomedical Engineering. Thesis: “Speaker-Independent Vowel Recognition With Coarse Spectral Information Using a TDNN”. August, 1991–April, 1998 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogota, Colombia B.S., Electronic Engineering. Thesis: “Study of Three Mathematical Models in the Cancellation of Acoustic Noise”, Co-author: Navarro, F.R. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE September, 2006–Present Edu-Tech University Los Angeles, CA Postdoctoral Research Associate Recruitment and screening of subjects for testing. Working on visual and auditory perception and perceptual learning,

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Rachael Booker, Ph.D.Research Associate

Center for Vision Science and Technology and Visual Processing Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Edu-Tech University

EDUCATION

August, 2000–May, 2006 Edu-Tech University Los Angeles, CA Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering (GPA 3.60).Dissertation: “English phoneme and word recognition by nonnative English listeners as a function of spectral resolution and English experience”.Related courses: Structure and Management of Clinical Trials, Regulation of Medical Devices.

August, 1999–May, 2001 Edu-Tech University Los Angeles, CA M.S., Biomedical Engineering.Thesis: “Speaker-Independent Vowel Recognition With Coarse Spectral Information Using a TDNN”.

August, 1991–April, 1998 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogota, Colombia B.S., Electronic Engineering.Thesis: “Study of Three Mathematical Models in the Cancellation of Acoustic Noise”, Co-author: Navarro, F.R.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

September, 2006–Present Edu-Tech University Los Angeles, CAPostdoctoral Research Associate Recruitment and screening of subjects for testing. Working on visual and auditory perception and perceptual learning, using Psychophysical and fMRI

techniques. Processing and generation of visual and auditory signals for testing. Design and implementation of an auditory lab. Prepare research study protocols and submissions for IRB. Supervision and training of Undergraduate and Graduate students.

May, 2000–September, 2006 Edu-Tech University-House Ear Institute Los Angeles, CAResearch Assistant Used Artificial Neural Networks for speech pattern recognition. Worked on the development of a Consonant database for testing. Worked on speech recognition by nonnative English listeners. Processed speech signals used for testing (simulation of cochlear implant hearing). Recruitment and screening of subjects for testing and perform hearing tests on future subjects.

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Calibration of equipment required for speech testing.May, 1998–July, 1999 Sucromiles, S.A. Cali, Colombia

Electronic Maintenance Engineer Developed a program using the company truck scale. Designed and implemented an Electronic Lab for the Maintenance Department. Supervise personnel during absences of my supervisor, head of the Electric Maintenance Department.

August, 1993–December, 1994 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogotá, ColombiaComputer Lab Assistant In charge of the Engineering Computer Lab. Responsible for giving courses in the use of Pascal Language.

August, 1991–December, 1991 Centro Colombo Americano Cali, ColombiaEnglish Teacher Teach English to children and adults.

SKILLS

Fluent in English and Spanish. Knowledge of programming languages and Windows based programs.

AWARDS

2009 – Travel Fellowship for the 25th CVS symposium Statistical learning & brain plasticity.

2009 – WiSE Travel Grant for Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellows. 2006 – Student Travel Award for the Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis. 2005 – 2nd Place Student Paper Competition, Acoustical Society of America. 2005 – 3rd Place Poster Presentation in Edu-Tech Grodins Symposium. 2004 – Student Travel Award, 32nd Neural Prosthesis Workshop, NIH. 2000-2006 – Research Assistanship, Edu-Tech University & House Ear Institute. 1999 – Colfuturo Scholarship for Graduate Studies, Colombia. 1998 – One of the best five B.S. Thesis of the Graduation class, Colombia. 1990 – Andres Bello Medal for Top High School Students, Colombia. 1990 – 2nd Place in Graduation Class, Colombia.

MENTORED/SUPERVISED STUDENTS

October, 2009-Present, Benjamin Files (Graduate student, Neuroscience Program, Edu-Tech).

August, 2009-Present, Junkwan Lee (Graduate student, Biomedical Engineering, Edu-Tech).

January-June, 2009, Phoebe White (Undergraduate student, Biomedical Engineering, Edu-

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Tech). August, 2008-May, 2009, Aaron Wong (Undergraduate student, Biomedical Engineering,

Edu-Tech) January-May, 2008, Adam Gibbons (Undergraduate student, Biomedical Engineering, Edu-

Tech).

PUBLICATIONS

Cook, N.M. and Booker, R. (2010). “Bayesian Generalization of Statistical Learning Theory for Noisy Neural Representations”, in preparation (for submission to Journal of Neural Computation).

Lee, E-J, Booker, R., Merwine, D.K. and Cook, N.M. (2010). “Visual experience regulates the integrity of Horizontal cells in the mouse retina”, in preparation.

Booker, R. and Shannon, R.V. (2010). “English phoneme and word recognition by nonnative English speakers as a function of English experience and spectral resolution”, in preparation (for submission to Journal of Acoustical Society of America).

Booker, R. and Cook, N.M. (2010). “Different Types of Perceptual Learning in a Speed-Segmentation Task”, in preparation (for submission to Vision Research).

Lee, E-J, Merwine, D.K., Booker, R. and Cook, N.M. (2010). “Choline Acetyltransferase Immunoreactive Neurons in the retina of normal and dark-reared turtle”, Journal of Comparative Neurology (accepted).

Booker, R. , Fogleman, A., Bitel, L. and Cook, N.M. (2010). “Effects of Culture on Sensory Perception and Their Possible Implications for Religious Visions”, Visionaries and Vision Hunters Workshop, pp. 1-21.

Cook, N.M. and Booker, R. (2009). “Biological Neural Control”, Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedicine, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., DOI: 10.1002/9780471740360.ebs0828

Shannon, R.V., Jensvold, A., Booker, R., Robert, M. and Wang, X. (2002). “Consonant recordings for speech testing”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106(6), L71-L74.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

Booker, R. and Cook, N.M. (2009). “Does Perceptual Learning acquire the prior?”, 25th CVS Symposium, P13.

Booker, R. and Cook, N.M. (2009). “Is Statistical Learning Theory applicable to the Human Brain?”, Vision Science Society meeting, B42-271, 48.

Booker, R. and Cook, N.M. (2007). “Perceptual Learning in a Motion-Segmentation task”, Society for Neuroscience.

Booker, R. and Cook, N.M. (2007). “What can we learn in Perceptual Learning?”, Joint Symposium on Neural Computation.

Booker, R. and Shannon, R. V. (2005). “Could lack of experience with a second language

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be modeled as a hearing loss?”, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 112, 2385.

MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS

Edu-Tech CRCC, Visionaries and Vision Hunters Workshop, February 2010. Vision Science Society Meeting, Sarasota, FL, May 2009 Center for Vision & Science Technology Symposium, Edu-Tech University, March 2008. Society for Neuroscience Meeting (SFN), San Diego, CA, October 2007. Joint Symposium on Neural Computation, Edu-Tech University, May 2007. Conference on Implantable Auditory Prosthesis, Asilomar Conference Grounds, CA,

August 2006. Grodins Graduate Research Symposium, Edu-Tech University, March 2006. Acoustical Society of America Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, December 2005.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

2008-Present, Vision Science Society. 2007-Present, Society for Neuroscience. 2001-2007, Acoustical Society of America. 1994-2006, IEEE.