Peter Dallos

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Peter Dallos’s research explores the mammalian ear’s inner and outer hair cells. His lab has developed the now widely accepted idea that outer hair cells function as local amplifiers and are responsible for the ear’s sensitivity and frequency selectivity. A few years ago Dallos and his research team identified the molecule prestin, a novel motor protein unique to outer hair cells that helps these cells amplify sound. His current research involves examining the properties of prestin and the influence of modifications in prestin on hearing in mice.

Lab Affiliation

Auditory Physiology Laboratory

Education

PhD	Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University
MS	Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University
BS	Electrical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering, Technical University, Budapest

Recent Awards and Honors

2005	Hugh Knowles Prize
2004	Guyot Prize
2004	Honorary Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Courses

CSD 514	Seminar: Auditory Physiology
BIO SCI 377	Sensory Neurobiology

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