Dr. Mishaela DiNino received her B.A and M.A. in Psychology from San Diego State University and her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Washington. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in auditory neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University before joining the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Buffalo as an Assistant Professor in fall 2022. Her research examines the relationships between auditory function, cognitive ability, and the perceptual processes important for hearing in noise.