Jenelle Feather

Jenelle Feather is an Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, affiliated with the Neuroscience Institute and Psychology Department. She leads the Laboratory for Computational Perception, focusing on neural activity patterns in perception and cognition through computational modeling, behavioral studies, and brain measurements.

• Education: PhD in Brain and Cognitive Science (2022), MIT
• Prior Affiliations: Research Fellow, Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Neuroscience

Her research spans auditory and visual perception, comparing artificial neural networks with biological systems. Recent studies include model metamers (2023) and neural population geometry (2021). Key software contributions include chcochleagram (PyTorch) and tfcochleagram (TensorFlow) for auditory signal processing.

Key Awards:

• Friends of McGovern Institute Graduate Fellow
• DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellow

She advises students through multiple programs and develops open-source tools for auditory neuroscience.