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2021 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Simon Chambers	Distances in the Field: Mapping Similarity and Familiarity in the Production, Curation and Consumption of Australian Art Music	To be advised
Dr Tanya Pritchard	The Role of Relationship in Evaluative Conditioning as a Means of Testing the Existence of an Associative and a Propositional Mechanism	To be advised
Dr Jesse Tran	Design Principles for Managing Cognitive Overload in Interactive Analysis of Corpus Data with Visualisation	To be advised
Dr Ruth Brookman	Depression and Anxiety in the Postnatal Period: An Examination of Mother-Infant Interactions and Infants' Language Development	Research Support Program Fellow - Healthy Ageing: Caregiving and Mental Health, MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University

2020 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Simonetti Simone	Emotion in Faces and Voices: Recognition and Production by Young and Older Adults	Project Officer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, UTS, Sydney, Australia
Dr Jia Ying	Evidence for Active Control of Tongue Lateralisation in Australian English /1/ and its Acoustic Consequences	To be advised
Dr David Karpul	On the Application and Generation of Subsensory Electrical Nerve Stimulation for the Improvement of Vibration Perception in Patients with HIV-Related Peripheral Sensory Neuropathy	To be advised
Dr Ian Colley	Visual Cues in Musical Synchronisation	Customer Analyst at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Dr Saeed Afshar	Neuromorphic Architectures in Vision and Memory	Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neuromorphic Systems, International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems, Western Sydney University
Dr Felix Dobrowohl	Where Does Music Stop and Noise Start? Noise, Microtonality and Algorithmic Systems as Reinvention of Tonality as a Spectral Noise Aesthetic in Three Studio Albums	Laboratory Manager, University of Potsdam, Germany
Dr Julie Beadle	Contributions of Visual Speech, Visual Distractors, and Cognition to Speech Perception in Noise for Younger and Older Adults	Postdoctoral Researcher, Audiology Department, University of British Columbia
Dr Mark Richards	An investigation into the role of song in facilitating the acquisition of complex morphology in an Australian Aboriginal language.	Research Support Program Fellow – Language Revitalisation, MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
Dr Irena Lovcevic	The Role of Infant-Directed Speech in Language Development of Infants with Hearing Loss	Posdoctoral Researcher at the International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) BabyLab, University of Tokyo
Dr Cécile Bouvet	Auditory-Motor Entrainment: Behavioural and Cerebral Dynamics	Master degree in Biosciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Dr Stacey Sherwood	Social knowledge in the production and perception of linguistic variation	To be advised
Dr April Ching	The Role of Conscious and Nonconscious Processes in Multimodal Representation Formation	To be advised

2019 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Muneeb Ahmed	Determining Optimal Type, Behaviour and Role of Mobile Agents in Game Based Scenarios to Facilitate Word Learning	To be advised
Dr Maya Gavish	The Pragmatic Nature of Creativity: Exploring the Choreographic Process and the Structuring Stage	Head of Department - Dance, Academy of Music and Performing Arts
Dr Martin Lp	Universal and Language-Specific Processing: The Case of Prosody	Postdoctoral Fellow, UPenn (MindCORE - ILST Iniative)
Dr Leo Seng	Investigating Spoken Emotion: The Interplay of Language and Facial Expression	Senior Data Scientist, RHB Banking Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr Elham Shabanivaraki	Hemodynamic Monitor for Rapid, Cost-Effective Assessment of Peripheral Vascular Function	PhD Biomedical Engineering, Western Sydney University
Dr Ying Xu	A Digital Neuromorphic Auditory Pathway	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems, Western Sydney University

Masters Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Amit German	A Description of the Rhythm of Barunga Kriol using Rhythm Metrics and an Analysis of Vowel Reduction	Research Scientist in Aboriginal Child Hearing Health , NAL

2018 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Arnab Ahmed	A Quantitative Measure of Visual Processing Changes in Patients with Schizophrenia.	To be advised
Dr Patrick Kasi	Bayesian Decoding of Tactile Afferents Responsible for Sensorimotor Control.	Research and Development Engineer at Abbot
Dr Mona Faris	Perceptual Assimilation, Discrimination and Acquisition of Non-native and Second-language Vowels Assimilated as Uncategorised.	Research Officer, University of Sydney
Dr Nhung Nguyen	The Role of Intergroup Attitudes in Speech Perception	To be advised
Dr Valeria Peretokina	Second language perception of coda morphophonology in spoken English by Mandarin Chinese learners	Lecturer in Linguistics, School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland. Also a Tester in the Vocational Education Space for candidate specific tests and Instructional Designer to create STEM Virtual work for High school Students in Australia.

Masters Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Gloria Pino Escobar	Do bilingual and monolingual children differ? Measuring and comparing attentional control skills in the verbal and non-verbal domains	Master of Science and PhD Candidate at MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development
Samra Alispahic	The Relationship Between Speech Perception and Word Learning at the Initial State of Second Language Acquisition	Researcher at Western Sydney University

2017 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Anne Dwyer	Early Language Experience and Later Vocabulary among Australian Infants from Diverse Socioeconomic Backgrounds	Principal Researcher at Uniting’s Research & Social Policy Team .
Dr Saya Kawase	Examination of the role of native speech rhythm in non-native speech production and its perception	Assistant Professor, Center for the English Language Education in Science and Engineering (CELESE), Waseda University
Dr Yvonne Leung	From novel to familiar: The learning of pitch intervals and event frequencies in microtonal music systems	Assistant prof & director of research, U of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus)
Dr Steffen Herff	The odds and ends of interference in memory for melody	Research Scientist at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland

2016 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Gregory Cohen	Event-Based Feature Detection, Recognition and Classification	Associate Professor, International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems, Western Sydney University
Dr Laurence Bruggeman	Nativeness, Dominance and the Flexibility of Listening to Spoken Language	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
Dr Jaydene Elvin	How the Native Language Shapes Individual Differences in Non-native Perception and Spoken Word Recognition: English vs Spanish Learners of Portuguese	Assistant Professor and TESOL/SLAT Coordinator in the Department of Linguistics at California State University, Fresno
Dr Jia Hoong (Joey) Ong	Distributional Learning of Lexical Tone and Musical Pitch by Naive and Experienced Adult Learners	Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Reading
Dr Chetan Singh Thakur	Stochastic Electronics for Neuromorphic Systems	Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Masters Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Saeed Afshar	Investigation of Synapto-dendritic Kernel Neuron Models and their use in Spiking Neuromorphic Architectures	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems, Western Sydney University

2015 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Janise Farrell	Training L2 Speech Segmentation with Word-Spotting	Learning Advisor, Academic Language and Learning (ALL) Unit, UNSW Canberra
Dr Richard Salmon	Avatars, Agency and Performance: The Fusion of Science and Technology in the Arts	Academic Co-ordinator, SAE Institute Sydney
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick	Auditory and Auditory-Visual Speech Perception and Production in Noise in Younger and Older Adults	Clinical Master of Science student, University of Sydney
Dr Tim Paris	Audiovisual Prediction using Brain and Behaviour Measures	Founder, Bold Voyage Data Science

2014 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Alison Creighton	Play Songs and Lullabies: Features of Emotional Communication and Developing Mother-Infant Attachment	Clinical Specialist, Sing & Grow Australia
Dr Josephine Terry	Implicit Learning of Complex Auditory Temporal Structures with Even and Uneven Meters	To be advised
Dr Staci Vicary	Visual Memory for Human-Action Form and Motion-Based Processing in Action Recognition	Lecturer, School of Psychological Science, ACAP (Australian College of Applied Psychology)

2013 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Ming-Wen Kuo	Frequency Importance Functions for Words and Sentences in Mandarin Chinese: Implications for Hearing Aid Prescriptions in Tonal Languages	Audiologist, Dayton, Ohio
Dr Jacques Launay	The Attribution of Agency to Sound Influences Associated Motor Activity, Synchronisation and Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
Dr Benjamin Schultz	An Investigation of the Implicit Learning of Metrical and Non-Metrical Temporal Patterns	To be advised
Dr Laura Bishop	The Use of Musical Imagery and Auditory Feedback During Expressive Music Performance: Exploring the Effects of Expertise	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo, Norway
Dr Ming-Wen Kuo	Frequency Importance Functions for Words and Sentences in Mandarin Chinese: Implications for Hearing Aid Prescriptions in Tonal Languages	Audiologist, Dayton, Ohio
Dr Runchun (Mark) Wang	Neuromorphic Implementations of Polychronus Spiking Neural Networks	Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems, Western Sydney University

Masters Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Ram Singh	A Real-Time Implementation of the Primary Auditory Neuron Activities	Current PhD Student

2012 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Rachel Bennetts	The Role of Familiarity and Movement in Face Recognition	Senior lecturer in Psychology, Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University, London, UK
Dr Erin Cvejic	It's not Just what you say, but also how you say it: Exploring the Auditory and Visual Properties of Speech Prosody	Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics, Sydney School of Public Health, Applied Biostatistician, Sydney Health Literacy Laboratory
Dr Karen Mulak	The development of phonologically specified word forms	Postdoctoral Associate, University of Maryland

2011 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Bronson Harry	Attention and Recognition: The Role of Overt and Covert Attention in Explicit and Subliminal Face Processing	Data Scientist at the Cancer Institute - New South Wales Health .
Dr Benjawan Kasisopa	Reading without Spaces between Words: Eye Movements in Reading Thai	To be advised
Dr Natalie Morrison	Attentional Resourcing: The Role of Cognitive Complexity and Cognitive Load	Senior Lecturer, Mental Health
Dr Kirk Olsen	Perceptual Bias and Loudness Change: An Investigation of Memory, Masking and Psychophysiology	Postdoctoral Researcher, Lecturer, Research Manager and Web Developer at Macquarie University
Dr Nathan Perry	A Reduced Processing Approach to Decision Support for Improving the Decisions of Less-Experienced Incident Commanders	Manager - Advanced Learning & Simulation at Boeing Research & Technology
Dr Damien Smith	Lexical Tone and Perceptual Training: Implications for Children with Cochlear Implants	Internal Medicine Residency, Washington Hospital Centre, Washington DC

2010 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Mark Antoniou	One Head, Two Languages: Speech Production and Perception in Greek-English Bilinguals	Associate Professor and Deputy Director MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
Dr Elizabeth Beach	The Effect of Spectral Tilt on Infants' Speech Perception: Implications for Infants with Hearing Loss	Head of Behavioural Sciences Department, National Acoustic Laboratories
Dr Shaun Halovic	Perceiving Emotions through the Kinematics of Gait and the Influence of Adaptation Aftereffects	Clinical Lecturer, Discipline of Psychiatry, The University of Sydney
Dr Jemma Harris	Testing a Mechanism for the Assessment of Operators' Cognitive Skills in Advanced Technology Environments	Lecturer, Australian College of Applied Psychology (ACAP)
Dr Christa Lam-Cassettari	Similarities and differences in interactions with hearing and hearing-impaired infants: Implications for infant-directed speech, affective responsiveness and vocabulary development	Senior Research Associate and Clinical Trial Coordinator at UNSW in the Academic Unit of Child Psychiatry South West Sydney, School of Psychiatry, School of Medicine; Ingham Institute affiliate; Adjunct Research Fellow WSU, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development
Dr Ben Morrison	Profiling the Profiler: Exploring the Role of Cues in the Development of Expertise within the Domain of Offender Profiling	Course Co-ordinator, Graduate Diploma of Psychological Science, ACAP
Dr Khazriyati Salehuddin	The Acquisition of Numeral Classifiers by Malay Children	Associate Professor, and currently the Head of English Language Studies Programme at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia)

2009 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen	The Role of L2 Vocabulary Expansion in the Perception and Production of Australian English Vowels by Adult Native Speakers of Japanese	Adjunct Fellow, The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University
Dr Tim Byron	Music Processing Of Pitch And Temporal Information In Relational Memory For Melodies	To be advised
Dr Lidija Krebs-Lazendic	Early Vs. Late Serbian-English Bilinguals' Responses To Australian English Vowels	Lecturer, School of Psychology, UNSW
Dr Mark Milic	Psychosemiotics: Communication As Psychological Action	Consultant Psychologist, Psychways Pty Ltd
Dr Robert Sazdov	Compositional Approaches In Multi-Channel Electroacoustic Music Based On Ecologically Valid Perceptual Experiments	Head of Discipline, Music and Sound Design
Dr Nan Xu	Tones And Vowels In Cantonese Infant Directed Speech - Hyperarticulation During The First 12 Months Of Infancy	Research Fellow, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University

Masters Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Sonia Wilkie	Auditory Manipulation Of Visual Perceptions	London – To be advised

2008 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Arman Abrahamyan	Attentional Capture Of Emotional Static And Dynamic Hand Gestures And Faces: The Effect Of Valence In A Novel Stroopbased Paradigm	Staff Data Scientist, Commonwealth Bank’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Dr Mary Broughton	Music, Movement And Marimba: Solo Marimbists' Bodily Gesture In The Perception And Production Of Expressive Performance	Director of Research, Psychology of Music Program Convener, University of Queensland
Dr Dogu Erdener	Development Of Auditory -Visual Speech Perception In Young Children	Lecturer, Psychology Program, Middle East Technical University, North Cyprus
Dr Iris-Corinna Schwarz	Speech Perception, Phonological Sensitivity, And Articulation In Early Vocabulary Development	Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University
Dr Nicole Lees	Vocalisations With A Better View: Hyperarticulation Augments The Auditory-Visual Advantage For The Detection Of Speech In Noise	Grant Project Manager, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University
Dr Barbara Schwanhäußer	Lexical Tone Perception And Production: The Role Of Language And Musical Background	Online business dealing in child apparel, educational toys etc. and clinical manager at a children's hospital in Basel, Germany
Dr Bettina Stevanovic	The Effect Of Learning On Pitch And Speech Perception: Influencing Perception Of Shepard Tones And McGurk Syllables Using Classical And Operant Conditioning Principles.	Lecturer-Educational Psychology, School of Education, Western Sydney University
Dr Wendy Vlismas	The Effects Of Music And Movement On Mother-Infant Interactions	Infant Music and Movement Consultant, Brisbane

2007 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Sean Coward	Choking Under Pressure: The Effects Of Auditory Subliminal Psychodynamic Activation On Male Competitive Performance	Manager, Research Performance, University of Newcastle
Dr Renee Glass	The Audience Response Tool (Art): The Impact Of Choreographic Intention, Information, And Dance Expertise On Psychological Reactions To Contemporary Dance	Senior Manager - CX and Services Design at NBN Australia

Masters Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Jessica Hartcher-O'Brien	Approaching The Underlying Mechanisms Of The Auditory Precedence Effect Using Masking Techniques	Doctoral student, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

2006 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr David Brennan	Perceived Ratio Relationship Between The Frequencies Of Tones And Infratones: An Experimental Investigation Of Great Base Theory	Full time Carer
Dr Brett Molesworth	Experiential Training And Risk Management Behaviour Amongst Pilots	Lecturer, Department of Aviation, University of New South Wales

2005 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Karen Mattock	Perceptual Reorganisation For Tone: Linguistic Tone And Nonlinguistic Pitch Perception By English Language And Chinese Language Infants	Senior Lecturer in Lifespan Development, School of Psychology, Western Sydney University

2003 Graduates

PhD Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Dr Michael Tyler	Orthography, Phoneme Awareness And The Measurement Of Vocal Response Times	Associate Professor in Psychological Science, School of Psychology, Western Sydney University

Masters Graduate	Thesis Title	Position
Sue Rossiter	Tinnitus and Cognition	Senior Child Development Officer, Blacktown City Council
Dogu Erdener	The Role Of Visual Face Information And Orthography In L2 Acquisition	Lecturer, Psychology Program, Middle East Technical University, North Cyprus

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