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Join our cutting‑edge research team to unravel the neural pathways of speech in Parkinson’s disease, combining advanced MRI, speech analysis and neuromodulation to drive impactful scientific discoveries.

We invite applications for a postdoctoral position within a funded research programme investigating the neuroanatomy of speech production and speech deficits in Parkinson's disease. The project combines advanced diffusion MRI tractography, detailed acoustic and behavioural speech analyses, and neuromodulation using deep brain stimulation (DBS).

The overarching aim is to identify the subcortical–cortical networks underlying vocalisation, articulation and speech coordination, and to understand how these networks are disrupted in Parkinson's disease and modulated by DBS. The project integrates high-resolution diffusion-weighted MRI, spherical deconvolution tractography, voice and speech feature extraction, and multivariate embedding approaches (e.g. UMAP) to link brain connectivity with individual speech phenotypes.

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will play a central scientific role in the project. You will:

• • Lead and conduct advanced diffusion MRI analyses (including spherical deconvolution tractography) to map basal ganglia–cortical connectivity.
• • Analyse speech and voice recordings from Parkinson's disease patients, extracting acoustic and behavioural speech features.
• • Integrate neuroimaging, speech and clinical data using multivariate and machine-learning approaches (e.g. UMAP).
• • Investigate the effects of deep brain stimulation on speech production in relation to individual connectivity profiles.
• • Coordinate closely with clinical collaborators, speech and language therapists, and international partners.
• • Lead scientific publications and present findings at international conferences.

You will be supervised by Dr Stephanie Forkel and work within a highly interdisciplinary team spanning neuroscience, neurology, neurosurgery and speech-language pathology.