Postdoctoral Fellow

Appointment period

twelve months initially, with possibility of further appointment

Duties

The appointee will assist the project leader in the research project - “From segmental sequencing to pitch-variation skills: New insights for diagnosing childhood apraxia of speech”.  He/She will be required to:

(a) conduct psycholinguistic/neurolinguistic and computational research related to the project;

(b) design and conduct behavioral, computational and neurocognitive experiments;

(c) analyze and interpret the collected data, including acoustic analysis of disordered speech;

(d) provide mentorship to undergraduate and postgraduate students on the project;

(e) draft journal articles and research proposals, build further credentials through publications and research dissemination; and

(f) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.

Qualifications

Applicants should have: 

(a) a doctoral degree or an equivalent qualification in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Speech Therapy or related disciplines and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application;

(b) solid experience in conducting behavioural, computational or neuroimaging experiments;

(c) experience of working with individuals with speech and/or language disorders;

(d) good computer literacy including SPSS, R, and programming skills; and

(e) good teamwork, interpersonal and organizational skills.

Applicants are invited to contact Dr Min Ney Wong at tel no. 2766 7268 or email [email protected] for further information.

Conditions of Service

A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.  

 

Consideration of applications will commence on 31 October 2022 until the position is filled.