Edward Large, Ph.D.

Founder & Chief Science Officer

Dr. Ed Large has devoted more than 30 years to the study of how music entrains—or synchronizes—brain rhythms. A global thought leader in the psychology and neuroscience of music, Ed has pioneered an approach to understanding how music affects the brain, combining neural networks, nonlinear dynamics, and experimental psychology.  Ed is the Director of the Music Dynamics Laboratory and the Co-Director of the Theoretical Neuroscience Laboratory at the University of Connecticut, where he is professor and director in the departments of Psychological Sciences and Physics. Previously, Ed was a professor at the NIH-funded Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences at Florida Atlantic University. His research is published in Journal of Neuroscience, Psychological Review, Physica D, Music Perception, and others. He holds several US and international patents.

Ed studied mathematics at Colorado College and classical guitar performance at Southern Methodist University. He earned his PhD from The Ohio State University and completed his postdoctoral studies in auditory neuroscience at The University of Pennsylvania. He has received a National Research Service Award, a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and a Fulbright Chair in the Science and Technology of Music. He has served on the scientific advisory board of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, and as President of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition.