
Inner Ear Affinity Group
Mission and Goals:
The senses of hearing and balance play crucial roles in our lives as they help us orient ourselves in space, provide us with crucial information for locating objects and events, and provide us with a means of communicating with each other. The first step in the processing of auditory and vestibular information occurs in the inner ear, an organ whose functioning is largely not understood to this day. There are a number of research groups in UCLA, in a wide range of departments, studying different aspects of the inner ear, from mechanics, biophysics, cellular biology, to more clinical applications. The affinity group provides a chance for us to meet regularly and exchange ideas with scientist from very different backgrounds. We meet for a monthly journal club, at which members present on their recent research; we also invite outside speakers to give seminars on related topics.
Affinity Group Participants:
Dolores Bozovic
Alan Grinnell
Larry F. Hofman
Vincente Honrubia
Ivan Lopez
Walter Metzner
Peter Narins
Felix E. Schweizer
David Strelioff
Postdocs:
Katerina Oikomomou
Bas Menderick
Yuki Quionoes
Graduate Students:
Victoria Arch
Dylan Hirsch-Shell
Rebecca Hu
Albert Kao
Erika Nelson
Yuki Quinones
Gina Rinetti
Elliott Strimbu
Diane Su
Undergraduates:
Tobias Falzone
Rashid Williams-Garcia
Xochitl Williams-Garcia
How to Join:
Doris Bozovic
Department of Physics and Astronomy
3-112 Knudsen
Mail Code: 1547005
Phone: 310-825-6176
Email: bozovic@physics.ucla.edu