To Whom It May Concern,
Please find below an advertisement for a PhD position currently
available in my laboratory. Please forward this to relevant students
within your department.
Best wishes and Happy new year,
Maria Chait
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A 3 year PhD studentship in auditory cognitive neuroscienceis available
as part of a research collaboration between the UCL Ear Institute
(London, UK) and NTT Communication Science Labs (Nippon Telegraph and
Telephone corporation, Atsugi, Japan). The student will be based at the
UCL Ear Institute and supervised by Dr. Maria Chait. They will also be
working with Prof. Makio Kashino and Dr. Shigeto Furukawa (NTT). The
project will use psychophysics, eye tracking, autonomic response
measures and MEG functional brain imaging to investigate auditory
perception in natural scenes. Further information about research in the
laboratory can be found here:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ear/research/chaitlab
The UCL Ear Institute provides state-of-the-art research facilities
across a wide range of disciplines and is one of the foremost centres
for hearing, speech and language-related research within Europe.
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*Key Requirements*
Applicants should have a UK/EU nationality and a 1^St class, or upper
2^nd degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Psychology, Neuroscience,
Engineering). The PhD work would require good programming skills (e.g.
in Matlab). Previous experience with auditory research, functional brain
imaging, signal processing and/or acoustics is desirable.
*For an informal discussion, or to submit an application please contact
Dr. Maria Chait (**m.chait(a)ucl.ac.uk* <mailto:m.chait@ucl.ac.uk>*).
Applicants should submit a supporting statement, a CV, and the details
of two academic referees. The studentship includes fees and a yearly
stipend (about £16000; tax free). *
Maria Chait PhD
m.chait(a)ucl.ac.uk <mailto:m.chait@ucl.ac.uk>
Reader in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience
UCL Ear Institute
332 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8EE