Hwee Ling Lee
Main Focus
Research Interests
Brain plasticity, Multisensory integration, Structural imaging, Bilingualism, Dyslexia, Auditory processing, Neurodegeneration.
Audiovisual speech perception
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Background
05/2007 01/2012
Doctor of Natural Sciences, Graduate School of Neuronal and Behavioural Sciences, International Max Planck Research School, University of Tübingen, Germany
Research Dissertation: Audiovisual speech perception (Supervisor: Prof. Uta Noppeney), submitted on 16 August 2011, defended on 27 January 2012
09/2004 09/2005
Masters of Science in Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK
Masters Essay: The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in neuronal degeneration and synaptic plasticity (Supervisor: Prof. A.H. Pullen)
Research Dissertation: The perceptual interface for music and speech (Supervisors: Prof. Cathy J. Price & Dr. Fred Dick)
07/1997 08/2000
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Psychology and Japanese Studies, The National University of Singapore, Singapore
Research Dissertation: The meta-motivational states of novice and experienced rock climbers (Supervisor: Prof. Richard K. Howard)
Research Experience
09/2011 Present
Postdoc, Cognitive Neuroimaging (PI: Prof. Uta Noppeney), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen
05/2007 08/2011
PhD Student, Cognitive Neuroimaging (PI: Prof. Uta Noppeney), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen
01/2006 09/2006
Research Scientist, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (PI: Prof. Michael Chee), Singapore Health Services, Singapore
Responsibilities: data collection of sleep deprivation project, structural analyses (freesurfer) of data from aging project.
10/2005 12/2005
Research assistant, AlphaLab (PI: Dr. Fred Dick), Birkbeck College, UK
Responsibilities: data collection and analyses for project continued from the Masters dissertation.
10/2004 09/2005
Research assistant, The Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience (PI: Prof. Cathy J. Price), University College London, UK
Responsibilities: data collection and analyses of bilingual and dyslexia projects.
05/2000 09/2004
Research assistant, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (PI: Prof. Michael Chee), Singapore Health Services, Singapore
Responsibilities: taking care of 3T Siemens Allegra MRI scanner, coordinating external projects, data collection and analyses of bilingual language fMRI projects.
Teaching Experience
Summer Term, 2009
Introduction to functional imaging: Experimental design and Analysis, jointly conducted with Dr. Uta Noppeney, Dr. Lewis Richard, Dr. Ruth Adam, and Dr. Sebastian Werner, Graduate School of Neuronal and Behavioural Sciences, International Max Planck Research School, University of Tübingen, Germany
Summer Term, 2007
Introduction to functional imaging: Experimental design and Analysis, jointly conducted with Dr. Uta Noppeney and Dr. Sebastian Werner, Graduate School of Neuronal and Behavioural Sciences, International Max Planck Research School, University of Tübingen, Germany