Postdoctoral Scientist

Utah State University•Logan, UT

About The Position

The Human Interaction (HI) Lab in the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education at Utah State University is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Postdoctoral Scientist (Postdoctoral Fellow I) to join our team. The overarching goal of the HI Lab is to improve communication for people with neurological speech disorders: https://www.humaninteractionlab.com/ . The Postdoc will be involved in projects studying communication partner training and interaction behaviors in the conversations of people with Parkinson’s disease. This is a highly transdisciplinary line of research, and the successful candidate will work with a research team that includes experts in communication, speech pathology, statistics, and speech signal processing. The Postdoc will play a key role in managing day-to-day project needs related to recruitment, data collection, data analysis, and dissemination of results. This is a 24-month position (with the opportunity to extend) and will be primarily supervised by Dr. Stephanie Borrie but will involve mentorship and collaboration from Dr. Tyson Barrett and other members of the HI project teams.

Requirements

A Ph.D. degree in a relevant field (e.g., Speech Pathology, Linguistics, Psychology, or a related discipline) by the time of appointment.
Demonstrated productivity in terms of published peer reviewed journal articles and scientific conference presentations.
Strong organizational and project management skills to effectively handle day-to-day research operations and coordinate multiple tasks.
Proficiency in data collection and analysis techniques, with experience in speech signal processing being beneficial but not required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in programming and software development, preferably in languages such as R, Python, MATLAB, or C/C++.
Experience preparing grant applications and reports.