Vidya Krull is a scientist and an audiologist with over two decades of rich and diverse experience leading and conducting human perception research, with a decade in the hearing industry. Before joining Northwestern University, Vidya worked as a Senior Research Scientist in a global research team tasked with developing and validating audio algorithms to improve listening comfort, feedback reduction, and perceptual audio quality for listeners with hearing loss. She is the first author of several patents and publications and holds a clinical certification in Audiology. Vidya received her Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the Birla Institute of Technology (Mesra), her PhD in Hearing Science from Purdue University, and her postdoctoral training from Indiana University.