Hwee Ling Lee

Alumni of the Research Group Cognitive Neuroimaging

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

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