My goal for the SPEAC group as a whole is to foster an environment of scientific excellence and personal development that supports every lab member in reaching their full potential (and having fun while we’re at it). Anyone is welcome to join!
If you are…
… then read on!
I currently have no vacancies for postdoc or PhD positions in my group.
Should new opportunities come up, they will be posted here as well as on the Radboud University job opportunities page.
I am happy to host visiting postdocs and PhDs on external funding if they work on a research project that is closely related to the research interests of the group. Keep in mind that living and working in Nijmegen is expensive. The external funding source should therefore meet several requirements set by the Dutch government (e.g., to apply for a Dutch visa) and Radboud University. Specifically:
If you think you meet these requirements, feel free to get in touch! When you do so, please send me an academic CV as well as background information on the points above.
🏠
Finding housing in Nijmegen can be challenging, especially for internationals. If you’re planning a (short-term) move, it’s important to start your search early, as availability is limited and waitlists can be long. For short-term accommodation (up to one year), you might consider the SSHN guesthouse or other temporary options through resources like ExpatDesk Nijmegen. Just keep in mind that spots fill up quickly—so the sooner you look, the better.
Students regularly contribute to our research in various projects. If the project is successful, they may also serve as co-authors on journal articles and/or proceedings papers describing the study outcomes. We primarily host student projects from the Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS) master program and the Psychology bachelor program of Radboud University. These include BA theses, BA honours projects, lab rotations, internships, and MA theses, specified below. Individual requests to host such projects are typically accepted: just send me an email and let’s meet!
Examples of student projects include:
🤖
For their BA thesis, BA Psychology students ran a self-made web experiment testing if AI-generated avatars can change speech perception (spoiler: they do)
🧠
For her BA thesis, a Biomedical Sciences student ran an EEG study, testing if ‘out-of-sync’ beat gestures (i.e., falling on unstressed syllables) lead to an N400 response in the brain.
🌎
For the General Psychology Honours Program, BA students ran their own web experiment, testing the manual McGurk effect in English.
🎞️
For the CNS program, MA students performed lab rotations (short lab intro’s), joining in lab meetings, testing participants, searching for open data, and labelling videos.
🔊
An MA student from the CNS program ran a self-defined Capita Selecta internship, first replicating an earlier study of ours, and then extending it by adding noise to the speech stimuli.
We supervise BA students writing their thesis in the BA Psychology program of Radboud University. This concerns the Research Project 3/Bachelor Thesis course (RP3/BT; Dutch: Onderzoeksproject 3, OP3), see SOW-PSB3RS55E for full description.
Students run a self-defined experiment as a group, with each student addressing a unique research question. These typically involve online web experiments, run on Gorilla. RP3/BT projects last a single semester and add up to 6 ECs. During this time, you gain important research skills (e.g., see info box at top of page), work closely with SPEAC members, and experience the research cycle from ‘plan to paper’. If successful, students may serve as co-authors on academic output (e.g., journal articles, proceedings papers, presentations) that stem from their project.
We supervise B2 and B3 Honours students from the BA Psychology program of Radboud University. First-year BA Psychology students can apply for the General Psychology Honours Program. If selected, you get to run independent research projects in the 2nd and 3rd years of your studies. These are 1-year projects, first in a group (B2), then individually (B3), that even come with small research funding (e.g., 500 euros per B2 group). Upon completion of all elements of the Honours Program, you will receive the Honours certificate. And if the project is successful, you may serve as co-author on a journal article, proceedings paper, or presentation describing the project.
Lab rotations are short-term introductions to the various research groups of the Donders Institute. They form part of the Cognitive Neuroscience MA program (CNS) of Radboud University (see SOW-DGCN04 for full description).
CNS students are required to complete 3 lab rotations of 28 hours (1 EC) each to taste what doing-science is like at the Donders Institute. You join lab meetings, go through the lab check-in procedure, and help out with several kinds of research-related tasks, like testing participants, analyzing data, or supporting data curation. It is completed by writing a 2-page summary of an individual lab rotation.
If you’re interested in doing a lab rotation in the SPEAC group, do get in touch! Who knows: maybe you get hooked to doing speech science and continue running a 6-month internship or a 1-year thesis project?!?
Internships are independent, tailor-made, student-led research projects of ca. 6 months. Students from the Cognitive Neuroscience MA program of Radboud University can take the Capita Selecta elective course (see SOW-DGCN40 for full description) and receive 6 ECs for a completed internship project. You become a member of the SPEAC group, go through the lab check-in procedure, join and present in lab meetings, and - most importantly - run your own study from ‘plan to paper’! If successful, you may serve as co-author on academic output (e.g., journal articles, proceedings papers, presentations) that stem from the project.
If you’re interested in this opportunity, don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Students in the Cognitive Neuroscience MA program of Radboud University complete their degree by performing a 1-year thesis project (45 ECs, see SOW-DGCN05 for full description). This involves running an independent, tailor-made, student-led research project from start to finish. Experimental techniques may include behavioral paradigms, eye-tracking, and/or neuroimaging (e.g., EEG, MEG, fMRI). You become a member of the SPEAC group, go through the lab check-in procedure, and join and present in lab meetings. If successful, you in principle serve as co-author on any academic output that stems from the project (e.g., journal articles, proceedings papers, presentations).
If you’re interested in this opportunity, don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Are you a student from another program and/or university and would also like to get involved? Send me an email with your request, including:
@students-from-abroad:
Unfortunately, the European Erasmus+ Program and the Chinese CSC Program are generally insufficient to meet the financial requirements of Radboud University (listed above). Therefore, requests for hosting international interns that are funded by Erasmus+ or CSC alone are unlikely to be granted.