Hometown
Linden, New Jersey

College
Ohio Wesleyan University, BA Psychology, 1963

Graduate School
Connecticut College, MA, Experimental Psychology, 1965
Princeton University, MA, Experimental Psychology, 1967
Princeton University, PhD Sensory Psychology, 1968

Postdoctoral Program
Physiological acoustics

Fellowship: Location
Princeton University

Fellowship: Area of Concentration
Hearing Science

Year Appointed to Penn Faculty
1973

Other Faculty Appointments
Physiology, Neuroscience

Areas of Expertise
The biology of hearing

Areas of Special Interest
Auditory research
Related web sites:
Auditory Research Lab

Current Research Interests
Hair cell function
Middle ear function
Coding in the auditory nerve
Noise-induced hearing loss

Positions Held in Major Societies (Past & Present)
Member, Acoustical Society of America
Member, National Organization for Hearing Research, Medical Advisory Board
Member, Association for Research in Otolaryngology Editorial Board, Hearing Research
Member, American Academy of Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Frontier Science
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Science and Health Policy
Member, Society of General Physiologists
Member, Society of Sigma Xi
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Member, Society for Neuroscience
Member, John Morgan Society
Member, The Mahoney Institute for Neurological Sciences
Member, Americal Association of University Professors
Member, Executive Council, Association of Senior and Eneritus Faculty

Research Grants
NIDCD, Pathophysiology of Hair Cells
Pennsylvania Lions Hearing Research Foundation, Organization of the Sensory Epithelium

Honors & Awards
Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1990
Lindback Award (University of Pennsylvania) for Teaching Excellence, 1992
Class of 2000 Teaching Award, 1997
Class of 2001 Teaching Award, 1998
Claude Pepper Award for Research Excellence, NIDCD, 1989
Dean's Commendation for Extraordinary Leadership in the School of Medicine, 2001

Major Contributions
Chair, Medical School Faculty Senate, 1998-1999
162 peer-reviewed papers published in the area of hearing

Recent Publications
Duncan RK, Ile KE, Dubin M, Saunders JC. Hair bundle profiles along the chick basilar papilla. Journal of Anatomy 198:103-116, 2000.

Duncan RK, Saunders JC. Stereocilia injury mediates hair bundle stiffness loss and recovery following intense water-jet stimulation. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A 186:1095-1106, 2001.

Saunders JC, Crumling MA. The Outer and Middle Ear. In JF Willott (Ed.) Handbook of Mouse Auditory Research: From Behavior to Molecular Biology. CRC Press, New York, pp. 99-116, 2001.

Saunders JC, Duncan RK, Doan DE, Werner YL. The middle ear of reptiles and birds. In: RJ Dooling, RR Fay, AN Popper (Eds.) Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles. Springer, New York, pp. 13-69, 2000.

Saunders JC, Sonalkar SR, King, EA. The analysis of sound by the ear. Journal of Natural Philosophy 1:1-9, 2001. (www.naturalphilosophy.org)