Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice
Department of Music
College of Arts, Media and Design
Northeastern University
ISEC 624
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
p.loui (at) northeastern (dot) edu
Employment
2021 – Northeastern University
Associate Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice
Department of Music, College of Arts, Media and Design
2018 – Northeastern University
Assistant Professor of Creativity and Creative Practice
Department of Music
College of Arts, Media and Design
Education
2003-2007 University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D. in Psychology (Specialization: Cognition, Brain, and Behavior)
Advisors: David L. Wessel, Ph.D.; Ervin R. Hafter, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: Acquiring a New Musical System
1999-2003 Duke University
B.S. in Psychology
A.B. in Music
Certificate in Neuroscience
Previous Employment
2013-2019 Wesleyan University
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Behavior
Assistant Professor of Integrative Sciences
2008-2013 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
Instructor in Neurology
2007-2008 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School
Research Fellow
2003-2006 Center for New Music and Audio Technologies
Graduate Student Researcher
2003-2006 UC Berkeley Auditory Perception Laboratory
Graduate Student Researcher
2003 Duke University Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Research Associate
Teaching Experience
2018 – Northeastern University
Assistant Professor
Courses:
Music Perception and Cognition
Creative Cognition
Acoustics and Psychoacoustics
Visual Cognition
2013-2019 Wesleyan University
Assistant Professor
Courses:
Cognitive Neuroscience
Music Perception and Cognition
Advanced Research Methods in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
Research Methods in Cognition
2003-2007 UC Berkeley Departments of Psychology & Music
Graduate Student Instructor
Courses:
Introduction to Psychology
Music Perception and Cognition
Human Learning and Memory
Biological Psychology and Human Dysfunction
Language Acquisition
2006 Music Technology Online Repository (MUTOR) e-learning project
Co-author of online course (http://www.mutor.org)
1997-2003 RN Harris Magnet School; private employers
Violin, piano, and music theory teacher
Grant Support
Sony Foundation Faculty Innovation Award. Automated Adaptive Amplitude Modulation for Music as Brain Stimulation.
2023-2024. $100,000. Role: PI.
National Science Foundation NSF-BCS 2240330. Reward Prediction in Creative Perception and Production.
2023-2026. $527,350. Role: PI. (Co-PI: Elizabeth Margulis).
National Institutes of Health R01AG078376. Gamma-Music Based Intervention for Mild Alzheimer's Disease.
2022-2027. $2,722,093. Role: PI.
National Institutes of Health R01DC019901. Improving the retention of speech-perceptual learning in adults with and without language disorder.
2022-2027. Northeastern sub-award: $895,710. Role: Consultant (PI: Frances Sayako Earle).
National Institutes of Health R21AG075232. Multimodal Musical Stimulation for Healthy Neurocognitive Aging.
2022-2024. $434,094. Role: PI.
National Institutes of Health R43AG078012. SynchronyGamma: A Music-Based Intervention for Alzheimer's and Mild Cognitive Impairment.
2022-2023. $449,695. Role: Co-PI. (PI: Edward Large).
National Science Foundation CAREER Award. Prediction and Reward in Auditory Statistical Learning.
2020-2025. $698,469. Role: PI.
National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer Program. SynchronyGamma – A Music-Based Intervention for Alzheimer’s and MCI.
2020-2021. $225,000 (Northeastern sub-award: $112,642). Role: Co-PI.
Kim & Glen Campbell Foundation. Effects of Self-Selected Music Listening on Mild Cognitive Impairment.
2020-2021. $25,000. Role: PI.
Musical Anhedonia and the Specificity of Musical Reward. Grammy Foundation. 2019-2021. $20,000. Role: PI.
Remediating Inattention with Algorithmically Generated Music. NSF STTR Phase I #1720698. 2017-2018. $225,000. Role: Co-PI.
Structural and Functional Biomarkers of Aesthetic Creativity and Imagination. Imagination Institute.
2015-2017. $200,000. Role: PI.
Auditory Biofeedback for Seizure Detection and Control. GRAMMY Foundation.
2015-2017. $20,000. Role: PI.
EEG Sonification for the Detection of Seizures. Wesleyan University Grants In Support of Scholarship (Faculty-Student Internship).
2014. $3,200. Role: PI.
Genomic Markers of Tone-Deafness. Harvard Catalyst Clinical Research Center Laboratory Support.
2012-2013. $4,940. Role: PI.
The Role of Hyperconnectivity in Creative Perception and Cognition. Templeton Foundation for Positive Neuroscience.
2010-2012. $180,000. Role: PI.
Neural Control of Vocal Production in Tone-Deafness. NIH R01DC009823.
2008-2013. $2,120,800. Role: Co-Investigator. (PI: Gottfried Schlaug).
Emotional Functioning in Tone-Deafness. GRAMMY Foundation.
2008-2010. $40,000. Role: PI.
Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing (AIRS). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
2009-2016. $2,500,000. Role: Collaborator (PI: Annabel J Cohen).
Statistical Learning of Musical Grammars. UC Berkeley Dissertation Award.
2006-2007. $2,000. Role: PI.
National Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada, Postgraduate Scholarship.
2004-2005. $17,300. (Declined to accept UC Berkeley Graduate Fellowship.)
Awards and Honors
Dean’s Fellow in Critical Creative Practice, College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University (2018-2019)
Templeton Positive Neuroscience Award, Positive Psychology Center, University of Pennsylvania (2010)
Young Researcher Award, ESCOM (European Society for Cognitive Science of Music) (2006)
Department of Psychology Dissertation Research Fund, UC Berkeley (2006-2007)
Graduate Fellowship, UC Berkeley (2003-2008)
Graduate Training Grant, UC Berkeley (2004-2005)
Conference Travel Grant, UC Berkeley Graduate Division (2005)
National Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Postgraduate Scholarship (2004)
Mueller Prize for Excellence in Music, Duke University (2003)
Concerto Competition Winner, Duke University (2002-2003)
Graduation Honors, Duke University (2003)
US National Dean’s List (2002)
Duke University Trinity College Dean’s List (2000-2003)
Benenson Award, Duke University Institute of the Arts (2002)
Psi Upsilon Scholarship (2002)
Ciompi Quartet Scholarship, Duke University (2002)
Ramón y Cajal Award for Excellence in Neurobiology, Duke University (1999)
