Neil P. Bardhan Brain & Cognitive Sciences Department Meliora Hall 497 University of Rochester River Campus 270268 Rochester, NY 14627 585 275 7261 (office) 585 944 0885 (mobile) nbardhan@bcs.rochester.edu

Interests:	Speech perception; acoustic phonetics; psycholinguistics; eye-tracking; neuroimaging
Education:	University of Rochester September 2004 - present Rochester, NY PhD student Relevant coursework: Data Analysis, Cognition, Language, Sensory Systems, Neural Plasticity in Learning & Development, Speech Perception seminar, Behavioral Methods in Cognitive Science, Audition, Topics in Phonetics & Phonology Johns Hopkins University September 2000 - May 2004 Baltimore, MD Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive Science, May 2004. GPA: 3.41/4.0 Relevant coursework: Language & Mind; Cognition; Structure of English; Syntax of Natural Languages; Semantics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics; Formal Methods in Cognitive Science; Minds, Brains & Computers; Introduction to Cognitive Neuropsychology; Topics In Neuroscience; Calculus I & II; Statistics; Technical Communication; Writing in the Sciences
Research/Work Experience:	Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Neurology June 2002 - July 2004 Research Assistant Baltimore, MD Examined and analyzed data from epilepsy patients' neurological tests to study language localization in the brain; developed library of speech and related sounds for neurological tests; patient testing Central Auditory Processing lab; Dr. Dana Boatman Johns Hopkins University, Department of Cognitive Science February 2002 - May 2004 Research Assistant Baltimore, MD Analyzed & ran psycholinguistics experiments on sentence comprehension and speech perception; lab scheduling Psycholinguistics lab; Dr. William Badecker Johns Hopkins University, Department of Cognitive Science September 2001 - December 2001 Research Assistant Baltimore, MD Analyzed phonological data for doctoral candidate Cognitive neuropsychology lab; Dr. Brenda Rapp/Dr. Matt Goldrick Corning, Inc., Sullivan Park Research and Development Facility May 2001 - August 2001 Desktop Support Technician Erwin, NY Provided desktop, laptop, network, and printer support in a team-oriented information technology department
Teaching Assistantships:	BCS 110: Neural Foundations of Behavior Fall 2005, Fall 2006 BCS 111: Foundations of Cognitive Science Fall 2004
Journal articles:	Hopkins Undergraduate Research Journal Spring 2004 Two Hemispheres Are Better Than One
Published abstracts:	Acoustical Society of America Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 119, No. 5, Pt. 2, May 2006. Neil P. Bardhan, Richard N. Aslin, Michael K. Tanenhaus "Return of the weckud wetch: Rapid adaptation to a new accent" Acoustical Society of America Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 119, No. 5, Pt. 2, May 2006. Michael A. Berger, Meghan Clayards, Neil Bardhan, Joyce McDonough "Automated measurement of nasality over time in vowels" American Speech-Language-Hearing Association ASHA Leader, August 26, 2003, 87. Dana Boatman, Neil Bardhan, Lauren Moo "Effects of Unilateral Hemisphere Deactivation on Speech Sound Discrimination" Cognitive Neuroscience Society Cognitive Neuroscience Society 10th Annual Meeting, 117. Dana Boatman, Lauren Moo, Neil Bardhan "Bilateral Representation of Speech Perception Revealed by Intracarotid Amobarbital Injection (Wada test)"
Conference presentations:	Acoustical Society of America June 2006, Providence, RI Poster, "Automated measurement of nasality over time in vowels" Acoustical Society of America June 2006, Providence, RI Poster, "Return of the weckud wetch: Rapid adaptation to a new accent" American Speech-Language-Hearing Association November 2003, Chicago, IL Platform talk, "Effects of Unilateral Hemisphere Deactivation on Speech Sound Discrimination" Cognitive Neuroscience Society March 2003, New York, NY Poster, "Bilateral Representation of Speech Perception Revealed by Intracarotid Amobarbital Injection (Wada test)" American Academy of Neurology March 2003, Honolulu, HI Poster, "Lateralization of Auditory Speech Processing and Language by Intracarotid Amobarbital Procedure"
Book chapters:	Richard N. Aslin, Meghan A. Clayards, Neil P. Bardhan. (in press) "Mechanisms of auditory reorganization during development: From sounds to words." To appear in C. A. Nelson and M. Luciana (Eds.), Handbook of developmental cognitive neuroscience, 2nd edition. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Conferences attended:	Acoustical Society of America, June 2006, Providence, RI Psychonomic Society, November 2005, Toronto, ON Acoustical Society of America, November 2004, San Diego, CA Cognitive Neuroscience Society, March 2003, New York, NY
Professional affiliation:	Acoustical Society of America (2004-present; Student member)
Talks:	Johns Hopkins University, Department of Cognitive Science Sep 29, 2006 "Return of the Weckud Wetch: rapid adaptation to a new accent" University of Rochester, Brain & Cognitive Sciences Department Lunch Talk series Sep 20, 2006 "Return of the Weckud Wetch: rapid adaptation to a new accent" Johns Hopkins University, Department of Cognitive Science May 6, 2005 Psycholinguistics Lab Meeting, "Return to Oz"
Extracurricular Activities:	RochesterCares (2005-present; volunteer); Graduate Organizing Group (2005-present; Social Committee co-chair); Barnstormers theater group (2000-4; Technical executive, actor); Witness Theater (2001-4; Public Relations, writer, actor); Blue Key Society/Admissions Office campus tour guide (2002-04); News-Letter arts writer(2002-03)
Honors:	Dean's List, Homewood Arts Certificate candidate; Barnstormers' Freshman of the Year award recipient