Maria Geffen's guest appearances

Maria Geffen

Brain Matters

FOCUS in Sound

PhDemystified

Focus In Sound

Wendy Suzuki

Adam Gazzaley

Laura Miller

Konrad Kording

David Linden

Andreas Tolias

David Fitzpatrick

Anthony Wagner

Pardis Sabeti

David McCormick

Lisa Monteggia

Argye Hillis

Yang Dan

Michael Fanselow

Marina Wolf

OwlTail

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Maria Geffen, a brain scientist who studies how we hear and form memories of sounds. During an interview with a live audience, Dr. Geffen shares her journey from a student who made a groundbreaking discovery to becoming a faculty member at Penn. She also shares advice for applying to graduate school, her views on publishing in academia, and reflections on her experiences as a woman in STEM. PhDemystified invites faculty from the University of Pennsylvania to open up about the unspoken struggles of becoming a scientist. In their interviews, researchers talk honestly about imposter syndrome, facing rejection, asking for help, and more. Hosted by MindCORE (the mind and brain center for outreach, research, and education at the University of Pennsylvania), PhDemystified aims to create open dialogue around becoming and being a scientist, as inspired by the worldwide conversation series “Growing Up in Science” from NYU. (Music by scottholmesmusic.com) For video recordings of the "Behind the CV" interviews, please visit our website: https://mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/behind-the-cv/ 

In this episode, we hear from Dr. Maria Geffen, a brain scientist who studies how we hear and form memories of sounds. During an interview with a live audience, Dr. Geffen shares her journey from a student who made a groundbreaking discovery to becoming a faculty member at Penn. She also shares advice for applying to graduate school, her views on publishing in academia, and reflections on her experiences as a woman in STEM. PhDemystified invites faculty from the University of Pennsylvania to open up about the unspoken struggles of becoming a scientist. In their interviews, researchers talk honestly about imposter syndrome, facing rejection, asking for help, and more. Hosted by MindCORE (the mind and brain center for outreach, research, and education at the University of Pennsylvania), PhDemystified aims to create open dialogue around becoming and being a scientist, as inspired by the worldwide conversation series “Growing Up in Science” from NYU. (Music by <a href="http://scottholmesmusic.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">scottholmesmusic.com</a>)  For video recordings of the "Behind the CV" interviews, please visit our website: <a href="https://mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/behind-the-cv/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/behind-the-cv/</a>

Figuring Out Your Own Way | Maria Geffen, PhD

Anthony and Dr. Maria Geffen (Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania) talk about how the brain encodes the auditory world. Maria has had a very interesting career studying many of the senses including the somatosensory and visual systems before starting her auditory lab.

Anthony and Dr. Maria Geffen (Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania) talk about how the brain encodes the auditory world. Maria has had a very interesting career studying many of the senses including the somatosensory and visual systems before starting her auditory lab.

Encoding the Auditory Environment with Dr. Maria Geffen

On this edition of FOCUS In Sound, we welcome a scientist who explores the way the brain encodes information about the world around us – she combines computational and biological approaches to study the mechanisms behind the transformation of sensory representations. Dr. Maria N. Geffen is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery and Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2008, when she was still at Rockefeller, she received the Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface, a $500,000 grant designed to help bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service.

Interview with Maria Geffen