Dan Bosnyak received his PhD from McMaster University in 2003, with a specialization in human auditory neuroscience.  His principal research effort is dedicated to the study of neural plasticity in the human auditory system measured noninvasively with high resolution electroencephalography (EEG) and its magnetic counterpart magnetoencephalography (MEG).  Dan’s early studies were among the first to demonstrate neural plasticity in the human auditory system using these methods (Bosnyak et al., Cerebral Cortex 2004, 14:1088-1099) and to distinguish changes occurring in primary auditory cortex from those occurring in secondary auditory areas.

Dan co-directs the Human Neural Plasticity Laboratory at McMaster and has been a principal collaborator in the development of psychoacoustic tools for the measurement of tinnitus.  His studies of tinnitus using these tools and brain imaging methods may provide fundamental insight into the mechanisms that generate tinnitus and how the brain reorganizes when deprived of sensory input.  Dan’s research is supported by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Tinnitus Research Initiative.