Postdoctoral Scientist

Overview

The Human Interaction (HI) Lab in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences 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:

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.

• Project management, data collection, and data analysis.
• Manuscript writing.
• Mentorship to graduate and undergraduate students.
• Opportunities for teaching.
• Communicate effectively with project PI and Co‑Is.

• 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.

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

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to contribute to research publications and collaborate with team members effectively.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a research team environment.

• Resume to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Resume/CV”.
• Cover letter to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Documents 1‑10”.
• A statement of research interests to be uploaded at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile under “Documents 1‑10”.
• Contact information for three references to be entered at the beginning of your application in the Candidate Profile.

Document size may not exceed 10 MB.

Commensurate With Education And Experience, Plus Excellent Benefits

Employees work indoors and are protected from weather and/or contaminants, but not, necessarily, occasional temperature changes. The employee is regularly required to sit and often uses repetitive hand motions.

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