Michael A Eager
BSc BE (Hons) [Monash University]

Post Graduate Research Student

The Bionic Ear Institute
384-388 Albert Street
East Melbourne  VIC  3002
Australia
Ph:  +61 3 9667 7567
Fax: +61 3 9667 7518
E-mail: meager@bionicear.org

After completing my undergraduate degree, majoring in neurophysiology and electrical and computer systems engineering (biomedical engineering), I have decided to continue my academic ways and begin a PhD at the Bionic Ear Institute and The University of Melbourne.

My academic interests include the modelling of biological phenomenon, which begun with an introduction to the profound and insightful Hodgkin and Huxley equations. From there, my studies extended to the use of engineering principles in medicine, particularly medical instrumentation, and to software engineering. I have undertaken a PhD project that will hopefully utilise neurobiological principles to improve an engineering problem of robust speech perception with concurrent speakers and also help to understand the neural circuits involved in the early processing of speech in the auditory pathway.

My other interests include playing hockey and going to the movies. I have been playing hockey since I was five and I am currently playing State League 1 with Melbourne University Hockey Club.

  Author: meager@bionicear.org    Last Updated:  Monday May 17 2004