Ph.D. student, MM, MA, CCC-SLP

Abigail Duppuen

Abigail is a coloratura soprano with degrees in vocal performance and speech language pathology. She has performed internationally and works as a speech-language pathologist at the Texas Voice Center, focusing on voice disorders. Her research interests include voice science, rehabilitation, vocal pedagogy, and vocology.

Ph.D. student, MA, CCC-SLP

Ruiqing (Stephanie) Fan

Stephanie has a background in mathematics and psychology. Trained as a speech-language pathologist, she integrates data science and clinical insight to study vocal resonance and postoperative voice recovery. Her research focuses on developing objective, machine-learning–based tools to improve voice assessment and therapy outcomes.

Undergraduate RA

Sanjay Balasubramanium 

Sanjay is a sophomore majoring in Biology, with plans to attend medical school and pursue a career as an ENT surgeon. He is passionate about advancing culturally competent care in medicine to better address the needs of diverse patients. Within the field of voice, his research interests include phonomicrosurgery, the diagnosis of vocal disorders, and post-surgical voice rehabilitation.

Undergraduate RA

Remy Huynh

Remy is a senior ComD major and linguistics minor, working as a sign language interpreter. Their interests center on how structural or airway changes—such as those from HRT or sinus infections—affect voice and acoustic measures. Remy hopes to pursue SLP graduate studies and explore diverse clinical settings, with future plans to potentially return to voice and research.

Post-baccalaureate RA

Natalie Broussard

Natalie is a post-baccalaureate student with a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance. A professional singer and educator based in Houston, she is interested in voice research focusing on professional voice users and therapeutic approaches for individuals with voice disorders or those recovering from surgery.    

Undergraduate RA

Marium Rafiq

Marium is an undergraduate student pursuing a B.S. in Communication Sciences & Disorders and Psychology. She is passionate about voice science and speech-language pathology, especially how voice reflects neurological and emotional processes. Her goal is to become a speech-language pathologist dedicated to providing effective, person-centered care. Her research interests include voice production and voice rehabilitation. 

Undergraduate RA

Julia Roncy

Julia is a 4th year undergraduate student at the University of Houston. She is studying Communications Sciences and Disorders and is hoping to be working with children as a Speech Language Pathologist. For now she is enjoying and learning more about voice disorders and research with the lab team!

Lab Alumni

Former Lab members who contributed to our research and have moved to their new professional path. 

Marianna Rubino (Post-doc alumni)

​Alexandra Gorman ​​

Stephanie Chan 

​​Nastassia Horn ​

​​Isha Baheti 

Terasa Procter​

Kathryn Reagan

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