Kate Gfeller is director of the Music Therapy Program in the School of Music, holds an F. Wendell Miller endowed professorship, and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at the
University of Iowa. Her research focuses on perception of and affective response to music, more specifically in persons with disabilities. Dr. Gfeller is a principal investigator for the Music Perception Project on the Iowa Cochlear Implant Team. In that role, she researches musical perception and enjoyment by adults and children who use cochlear implants

John Knutson, PhD is a professor in the Department of Psychology. He has primary oversight for those measures of pattern perception. He has been a co-author with Dr Gfeller on a number of papers regarding music perception and appraisal, and he has collaborated on the development of the test measures and training protocol.

Virginia Driscoll (Ginny) is a board-certified music therapist and the head research assistant on the Music Perception Team. Virginia completed her MA in Music Therapy at the University of Iowa while working as a graduate research assistant with the Music Perception Project on the Iowa Cochlear Implant Team. She is responsible for many aspects of the music project and is interested in exploring the processing and understanding of degraded auditory signals and rehabilitation for adults and children who use cochlear implants.