Functional Relevance of Auditory Feedback Networks - Domestic

Functional Relevance of Auditory Feedback Networks - Domestic
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PhD 

Reference Number

20234667 

Opening Date

21 Sep 2022 12am AEST 

Closing Date

15 Dec 2022 11pm AEDT 

Scholarship available to

Domestic 

Description

Hearing is adaptive – we often hear what we want to hear. This amazing feat is made possible by networks, including feedback, in the brain that fine-tune and integrate sounds to generate meaningful percepts. We seek to study how feedback networks from the lower to higher brain centres facilitate listening in complex environments and what happens to these networks when we are exposed to noise. We use a variety of methods available at Macquarie University , the National Acoustic Laboratories (NAL) , and other collaborating institutions within and outside Australia (e.g., University of Iowa /Pittsburgh , USA). These include state-of-the-art multichannel electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography (MEG), functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and animal models.

The successful candidate will work under the mentorship of Dr. Sriram Boothalingam , co-mentored by Dr. David McAlpine , and will have access to a highly supportive team of scientists/mentors within the Australian Hearing Hub , Macquarie University Hearing , and in the US.

If you are someone with a neuroscience, engineering, audiology, or psychology background and are curious about the hearing brain, this is an excellent opportunity/place to pursue your PhD. Masters’ equivalent of the Australian MRes is preferred but not mandatory. Skills in signal processing/acoustics/hearing, experience with coding (Matlab/Python) is preferred but not mandatory.

Availability

This scholarship is available to eligible candidates to undertake a direct entry 3-year PhD program.

Scholarship Components

The scholarship is comprised of a Tuition Fee Offset and a Living Allowance Stipend. The value and tenure of the scholarship is a “MQRES” full-time stipend rate of $32,000 per annum (fixed rate) for 3 years.

Contact Details

Name: Sriram Boothalingam
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +61422245464

How to Apply

- New applicants to Macquarie University

• MUST complete the Online HDR Candidature and Scholarship Application via the Online Application System and arrange for two academic referee reports to be submitted to the Graduate Research Academy.
• MUST indicate the reference number under the scholarship details question

- Current applicants with a successful candidature offer less than 12 months old and currently enrolled Macquarie University candidates:

• MUST submit a Scholarship Only Application form with supporting documents. Please refer to a Guideline on "How to submit a Scholarship only application ".
• MUST indicate the reference number under the scholarship details question

Further information can be found on the How to Apply page.

To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants are expected to have a record of excellent academic performance and preferably, additional relevant research experience and/or peer-reviewed research activity in line with the University’s scholarship rating guidelines. Refer to the Rating Scholarship Applicants section for more information about these guidelines.

Macquarie University will advise the successful applicant of entitlements at the time of scholarship offer.

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