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Profile Summary

I investigate the neural processes underlying pitch, rhythm and tonality, and the role of 1/f (fractal) structure in these processes. Currently, I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Otolaryngology Department at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Charles J. Limb, M.D. is the Principal Investigator for the Sound and Music Perception Laboratory where we use fMRI (functional Magenetic Resonance Imaging) and behavioral methods to study normal hearing participants and cochlear implant users. I received my PhD (2010) in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences from Florida Atlantic University. There, I was the system administrator for Edward Large's Music Dynamics Laboratory where I studied and published on the temporal fractal characteristics (tempo, beat, meter) of music perception and production.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Neuropsychology
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Trend Analysis
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Mathematical Analysis
• ☆ Discrete Mathematics
• ☆ Cognitive Science
• ☆ Musicology
• ☆ Medical Implants
• ☆ Research
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Work Experience

Lead Data Scientist

Booz Allen Hamilton

April 2017 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Johns Hopkins Medicine

January 2011 - June 2015

Contract Editor

American Journal Experts

July 2012 - March 2014

Adjunct Faculty

Towson University

January 2013 - December 2013

Education

PhD (Complex Systems and Brain Sciences)

Florida Atlantic University

August 2003 - August 2010

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2020). Classical creativity: A functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) investigation of pianist and improviser Gabriela Montero . NeuroImage.

Fractal structure enables temporal prediction in music Rankin, Summer K. and Fink, Philip W. and Large, Edward W., The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136, EL256-EL262 (2014), DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1121/1.4890198 .

McPherson MJ, Lopez-Gonzalez M, Rankin SK, Limb CJ (2014) The Role of Emotion in Musical Improvisation: An Analysis of Structural Features. PLoS ONE 9(8): e105144. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105144 .

Donnay, G.F., Rankin, S.K., Lopez-Gonzalez, M., Jiradejvong, P., Limb, C.J.(2014). Neural substrates of interactive musical improvisation: An fMRI study of 'trading fours' in jazz . PLoS ONE. 9. (2).

Rankin, S.K., Limb, C.J.(2014). Auditory-motor synchronization with temporally fluctuating sequences is dependent on fractal structure but not musical expertise . Frontiers in Psychology. 5. (AUG).

Rankin, S.K., Large, E.W.(2009). Fractal tempo fluctuation and pulse prediction . Music Perception. 26. (5). p. 401-413.