I have been involved in teaching since my PhD research and I consider teaching at this level as an important part of my academic duties which also helps me to attract the best research students into our laboratory. I base my teaching on the latest original research and involve students into research at the earliest stages.

I research in cochlear physiology and biophysics. Cochlear micromechanics, energy production and propagation in the cochlea which makes the cochlea a perfect frequency analyser with enormous dynamic range are my primary research questions. I am involved in research on interaction between different types of cochlear sensory and supporting cell. Understanding of this interaction is a prerequisite for successful treatment of hearing disorders. I study generation and propagation of optoacoustic emissions. Otoacoustic emissions are widely used in clinics for objective assessment of hearing in patients and knowledge of the mechanisms of emission generation is a matter of great importance. I am interested not only in basic mechanisms of hearing but also in applied research which helps to diagnose and cure hearing disorders. My work on novel mechanisms of cochlear excitation through the round window of the cochlea provides theoretical and practical design principles for the development of new types of hearing aids. I am involved in development of methods for drug delivery into the cochlea.

Current research projects:

• Royal Society International Exchanges Grant, IE160140, Amphiphilic polymer-based enhancers for local drugs delivery to the inner ear, 2016-2018.

Previous research projects:

COREs and Research and Enterprise Groups

• Sensory Neuroscience Research Group
• Centre for Stress and Age-Related Disease
• Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Devices