Aoi Research Portfolio

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About Me

I am a PhD student in the Neural Systems and Behavior program within the Psychology Department at the University of Washington. I build hardware and software tools to study what and how animals hear.

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Featured Publications and Presentations

Publication

Auditory evoked potentials in aquatic animals: A review of threshold determination methods

Aoi A. Hunsaker, Joseph A. Sisneros, Andrew D. Brown

A. N. Popper, J. A. Sisneros, P. Lepper, & K. J. Vigness-Raposa (Eds.), The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life IV, Springer Nature (In press)

Link to paper

Podium Presentation

Novel auditory evoked potential recordings in a holocephalan species, the spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei)

Aoi A. Hunsaker, Andrew D. Brown, Joseph A. Sisneros

188th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Honolulu, HI, 2025

Lighting Talk and Poster

Novel auditory threshold measurements in a Chimera species, spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) using adaptive Auditory Evoked Potential (AEP) Technique

Aoi A. Hunsaker, Andrew D. Brown, David R. Dall'Osto, Peter H. Dahl, Joseph A. Sisneros

The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life, 2025

Seminar Presentations

On testing hearing sensitivity across the animal kingdom more quickly and accurately

UW eScience Data Science Seminar — watch the talk
UW Biology Department Graduate Student Seminar
Auditory Neuroscience Training Grant Retreat
Pacific Northwest Environmental Acoustics Seminar

Aoi speaking at the eScience Data Science Seminar

Research Skills

Extracellular Electrophysiology

Recording and analysis of neural population activity across diverse organisms (e.g., Hydrolagus colliei, Porichthys notatus).

In vivo Neural recording AEP

Software Design

Developed a statistics-based adaptive Auditory Evoked Potential (AEP) acquisition system.

MATLAB Python

Hardware Design

Designed and prototyped a head-tracking headband and Arduino-based sensor systems.

Arduino Sensors Prototyping

Scientific Illustration

Created detailed illustrations of model organisms and experimental paradigms. For commissions, see Zukan Studio.

Adobe Illustrator Photoshop

3D Modeling and Printing

Experience with CAD and mesh-based modeling; fabrication via 3D printing.

Fusion 360 Blender 3D Printing

Data Visualizations

Visualization	Description
Scientific Visualization Survey July 2025	Survey results amongst researchers regarding how they value and make scientific visuals
Fish Auditory Response Visualization June 2025	Interactive and animated visualizations of fish auditory responses.
Signal Averaging Demonstration May 2025	Interactive visualizations demonstrating the power of signal averaging in electrophysiology