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2026

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at the BrainLink X-Lab Day–Technology Exchange through Brain Circulation Network. Andong, South Korea. 11-13 November 2026.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at “Symposium on the Cognitive and Neural Mechanism of Reading”, supported by the Royal Society, Beijing, China. “Neural Processing of Linguistic Meaning: From Discourse Topics to Iconicity”. 26-27 August 2026.

• Congratulations! Xin Wang is invited to give an oral session at the BIOMAG 2026 (The 24th International Conference on Biomagnetism), Beijing, China, presenting her exciting work titled “Exploring Cardiac Phase Relationships in Reading-related Saccades during Natural Reading”. 23-25 August 2026.

• Dr. Hyojin Park will chair a symposium at the BIOMAG 2026 (The 24th International Conference on Biomagnetism), Beijing, China. Symposium on “Cognitive Insights into Attention and Cross-Modal Integration from Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging”. Also, she will give a talk titled “Enhancing Speech Comprehension via Cross-Modal Integration with Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”. 23-25 August 2026.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at the UST (University of Science & Technology) Global Mentoring Conference, Seoul, South Korea. 21 July 2026.

• Join OPM-FLUX Toolkit on 13-16 July 2026 at St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford! Dr. Hyojin Park teaches at the toolkit course.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is elected as a member of the International Neuropsychological Symposium (INS) Meetings.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at the International Neuropsychological Symposium (INS), Crete, Greece. “How the Brain Makes Sense of Natural Speech: From rhythmic tracking to meaning extraction and causal enhancement of comprehension”. 22-26 June 2026.

• Our symposium has been accepted in the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) Meeting in Vancouver, Canada (March 7-10, 2026)! Dr. Hyojin Park will chair the symposium on “Cognitive Insights into Attention and Cross-Modal Integration from Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging” and give a talk.

• We are recruiting research participants in a fascinating study!

• Paper published in Journal of Neural Engineering! “Modulating speech tracking through brain state-dependent changes in audio loudness”

2025

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at the Department of Biomedical Science, Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea. “Decoding Speech: Brain Rhythms, Multisensory Integration, and Natural Language Processing (NLP) Approaches”. 18 November 2025.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. 18 November 2025.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at the KIAS (Korea Institute for Advanced Study) Gugak Workshop: Gugak in the Era of Data & Computation I (KIAS Transdisciplinary Research Program). Seoul, South Korea. “Sound Colours Sight: Music Drives Cross-Modal Emotional Transfer”. 15 November 2025.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at the Human Brain Function Laboratory, Seoul University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. 13 November 2025.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at the POSTECH MINDS Seminar. POSTECH, Pohang, South Korea. 11 November 2025.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at the School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea. “Decoding Speech: Brain Rhythms, Multisensory Integration, and Natural Language Processing (NLP) Approaches”. 10 November 2025.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a talk at Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (KIRAMS), Seoul, South Korea. “Brain rhythms and natural language processing”. 7 November 2025.

• Congratulations! Charlie Reynolds is invited to give a talk at the Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), Washington DC, US. “Seeing Speech in a New Light: Augmenting Speech Performance using Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT)”. 12-14 September 2025.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to the MEDAL Summer School in Computational Modelling as a Round-Table panellist. University of Birmingham. 23-27 June 2025.

• Paper published in Trends in Cognitive Science! “Confronting the Connectivity Crisis in M/EEG Research” by Ole Jensen, Hyojin Park, and Oscar Ferrante.

• Join OPM-FLUX Toolkit on 9-12th June 2025 at St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford! Dr. Hyojin Park teaches at the toolkit course.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a lecture at Cambridge Speech Decoding Workshop at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge on Friday 16th May 2025.

• Dr. Hyojin Park is invited to give a lecture at Brain & Cognitive Science Community in South Korea on Thursday 1st May 2025.

• We are excited about our symposium in British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Meeting 2025 in Liverpool on 27-30th April, please come to “Symposium 35: Neural entrainment and cognition: from memory to natural speech”!

• Paper accepted in Journal of Neuroscience! “Neocortical and hippocampal theta oscillations track audiovisual integration and replay of speech memories” by Emmanuel Biau, Danying Wang, Hyojin Park, Ole Jensen, and Simon Hanslmayr.

• We are hiring a part-time Research Assistant (RA) Please email me with your CV to discuss further!

• Paper accepted in Brain Communications! “Current and prospective roles of magnetic resonance imaging in mild traumatic brain injury” by Sassani et al.

2024

• We currently have multiple competition-based PhD positions available! Please email me with your CV to discuss further!
  BBSRC MIBTP (deadline: 16 Jan 2025) Applications Click “Accepting Applications for October 2025”
  ESRC student-led (deadline: 21 Jan 2025)

• Paper published in Current Biology! “Dissociating prosodic from syntactic delta activity during natural speech comprehension” by Chalas et al.

• Congratulations! Charlie Reynolds’ abstract has been accepted for an oral presentation at BIOMAG 2024. Well done, Charlie! Abstract titled “Seeing Speech in a New Light: Augmenting Speech Performance using Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) and MEG”

• Hosting a CHBH Seminar: Prof. Maria Chait at the University College London (UCL) will give a talk (title: “Neural Mechanisms for Tracking Uncertainty in Rapidly Unfolding Sound Sequences – evidence from M/EEG in human listeners”) at the CHBH seminar series, 20 Jun 2024 - postponed.

• Come and join the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi) 15th Anniversary event, at the School of Psychology & Neuroscience, University of Glasgow on Thu, 6 Jun 2024! Dr. Hyojin Park will give a talk in the alumni session: “Neural mechanisms underlying naturalistic speech processing with MEG/OPM-MEG using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging (RIFT) techniques”

• Dr. Hyojin Park gave a seminar talk at the Psycholinguistics Group, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. “Brain Rhythms during audiovisual natural language processing (including research plans for developmental approach)”. 3 May 2024.

• Congratulations! Dr. Hyojin Park secured MRC-AIM funding for a new PhD student!

• Dr. Hyojin Park gave a seminar talk at the Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling (CSM), Coventry University, Coventry, UK (27 Mar 2024).

• Hosting a CHBH Seminar: Prof. Usha Goswami CBE FRS FBA at the University of Cambridge will give a talk titled “Dyslexia, Rhythm, Language and the Developing Brain” at the CHBH seminar series, 22 Feb 2024. Check out the blog!

• [Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity - Please apply!!] Please email me with your CV for ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships application (deadline: 16 May 2024)!

• Dr. Hyojin Park gave a seminar talk at the English Language and Linguistics (ELAL) Research Seminar, Department of English Language and Linguistics, School of English, Drama and Creative Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK (31 Jan 2024).

2023

• We currently have multiple competition-based PhD positions available! Please email me with your CV to discuss further!
  Research topic: Audiovisual integration and development, Language/Speech development, Cross-modal correspondence, Disorganised thought processing and speech prediction in Clinical High Risk (CHR) etc.
  Techniques: MEG/OPM-MEG, Computational Modeling using machine learning and deep learning, Natural Language Processing using Large Language Models

• New PhD position funded by MRC AIM DTP available - Please apply!! Please email me with your CV! (Deadline: 15th Dec 2023)

• New PhD position funded by BBSRC MIBTP available - Please apply!! Please email me with your CV! (Deadline: 15th Dec 2023)

• Dr. Hyojin Park gave a seminar talk at the Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis (IBB), University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany (15-17 Nov 2023).

• Dr. Hyojin Park participated in the groundbreaking first whole-head OPM-MEG data recording at the CHBH! Exciting developments lie ahead!!

• Dr. Hyojin Park attended the MEG UKI 2023 Conference in Dublin, Ireland (27-28 Oct 2023).

• New Paper! Our paper has been published in eLife!!

• New Paper! Paper accepted in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience - preprint here!!

• Dr. Hyojin Park served as an external examiner on Patrick Reisinger’s PhD defence at the Universität Salzburg!!

• We are hiring! Please apply!! Competition Funded PhD Studentship (Deadline: 5th Jun 2023)

• Dr. Hyojin Park attended OSL-Dynamics Workshop at the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA) group at the University of Oxford. 24-25 Apr 2023.

• Talk, ULB Hospital Erasme Brussels, Belgium. “Brain rhythms and Natural Language Processing (NLP)”. 27 Mar 2023.

• Talk, National Epilepsy Care Center, Seoul, South Korea. 13 Mar 2023.

• Talk, National Epilepsy Care Center, Seoul, South Korea. 27 Feb 2023.

• Talk, Auditory Research Society, Seoul, South Korea. 10 Jan 2023.

• Talk, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. 5 Jan 2023.

2022

• Talk, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea. 30 Dec 2022.

• BIOMAG (The 22nd International Conference on Biomagnetism). 28 Aug-1 Sep 2022, Birmingham, UK
  • Symposium Chair. Symposium title: “Rhythms in Auditory, Visual, and Audiovisual Speech Processing: Multisensory representations in unisensory cortices and beyond” (Chair: Dr. Hyojin Park, Speakers: Hyojin Park, Nicola Molinaro, Nina Suess, Emmanuel Biau, Anne Keitel)
  • Talk at Symposium “The temporal relationship between auditory and visual speech signals in naturalistic speech and their interactive spatial representations in the brain”
  • Talk at European MEG Society Satellite Workshop (28 Aug) titled “Investigation of human language with MEG: from research to clinical applications”. “Top-down and bottom-up processing in cortical entrainment to continuous speech”

• Talk, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon, South Korea, Daejeon, South Korea. 12 Aug 2022.

• Talk, School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea. 9 Aug 2022.

• Talk, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. 29 Jul 2022.

• Talk, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea. 27 Jul 2022.

• Talk, UST (University of Science & Technology) Global Mentoring Conference. Seoul, South Korea. “Brain rhythms and Natural Language Processing (NLP)”. 28 Jun 2022.

• Talk, BACN (British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience). Birmingham, UK. 25 May 2022. “Spatio-Temporal Neural Map of Representation of Topic Keywords during Natural Auditory Speech Perception”

• Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Mar 14-20 2022. Gabe (Gabriel Byczynski, MSc student in the group) talking about audiovisual speech integration! Check out his YouTube video!

• Talk, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) Chaucer Club Seminar, University of Cambridge. 3 Feb 2022. “Neural dynamics of natural speech perception via Natural Language Processing (NLP) models”

2021

• BBSRC funded Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) approved! PhD Funding available: Please apply here! (1 Nov 2021 - 9 Jan 2022) Project details can be found on the FindAPhD website.

• Co-PI of the Grant “Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Biomarker Study, a prospective cohort biomarker study of military and civilian participants with mTBI: mTBI-Predict” funded by Ministry of Defence (MOD), UK. Postdoc Position available: We are hiring a postdoctoral researcher. Please apply here!

• BIOMAG 2022 (The 22nd International Conference on Biomagnetism) Symposium proposal accepted! Symposium title: “Rhythms in Auditory, Visual, and Audiovisual Speech Processing: Multisensory representations in unisensory cortices and beyond” (Chair: Dr. Hyojin Park, Speakers: Hyojin Park, Nicola Molinaro, Nina Suess, Emmanuel Biau, Anne Keitel).

• Talk, Hallym University Medical Center, Anyang, South Korea. 7 Jul 2021.

• Talk, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, South Korea. 5 Jul 2021.

• Hosting a School Seminar: Prof. Soo-Eun Chang at the University of Michigan will give a talk titled “Rhythm and timing investigations in developmental stuttering” at the School of Psychology Seminar Series, 5 May 2021.

• Hosting a School Seminar: Prof. Edmund Lalor at the University of Rochester will give a talk titled “Modelling the electrophysiology of hierarchical speech and language processing” at the School of Psychology Seminar Series, 24 Feb 2021.

2020

• Hosting a CHBH Seminar: Prof. Nathan Weisz at the University of Salzburg will give a talk titled “Predictive listening as double-edged sword” at the CHBH seminar series, 25 Jun 2020.

• Hosting a School Seminar: Prof. Riikka Mottonen at the University of Nottingham will give a talk titled “Stimulating the talking and listening brain” at the School of Psychology Seminar Series, 12 Feb 2020.

2019

• Talk, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham. 6 Nov 2019.

• Talk, Nanosymposium, SfN (Society for Neuroscience) in Chicago, IL. 19-23 October 2019 (Session title: Integration Across Sensory Modalities (23 Oct 13:00-17:00). Talk title: “Rhythmic modulations in representational interactions between audiovisual speech features”

• Hosting a CHBH Seminar: Dr. Robin Ince at the University of Glasgow will give a talk titled “Information theoretic analysis of neuroimaging signals: Hands-on tutorial” at the CHBH Seminar Series, 10 Oct 2019.

• Talk, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences (KIRAMS). Seoul, South Korea. 17 Sep 2019.

• Talk, Department of Psychology, Kyungpook National University. Daegu, South Korea. 10 Sep 2019.

• Talk, Centre for Neuroscience-Inspired AI, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Daejeon, South Korea. 14 Aug 2019.

• Talk, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS). Daejeon, South Korea. 13 Aug 2019.

• Invited to be an opponent at the Corona (PhD defence) of Linda Drijvers. Thesis title: “On the oscillatory dynamics underlying speech-gesture integration in clear and adverse listening conditions” Congratulate her on Cum Laude! 13 May 2019.

• Talk, MEG UK, Cardiff, UK. 15-17 Apr 2019. Title: “Multivariate information theory analysis reveals spatiotemporal properties of audiovisual speech integration”.

• Brain Awareness Week (BAW) Mar 11-17 2019. Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH), University of Birmingham. Dr. Hyojin Park will guide the tour to the MEG and give a quick presentation about MEG facility.

2018

• Selected to participate in the Rising Stars Programme, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham. 2018-2019.

• Member of Local Organising Committee & Award Committee of the BIOMAG 2022 (The 22nd International Conference on Biomagnetism), Birmingham, UK. 2018-2022.

• Talk, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (Department of Neuroscience, Invited by Director Prof. David Poeppel and Prof. Lucia Melloni), Frankfurt, Germany, 24 Sep 2018. Title: “Neural oscillatory mechanisms in dynamic information representation during natural audiovisual speech perception”

• Talk, BACN (British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience) in Glasgow, UK. 7 Sep 2018. Symposium title: “Neuroscientific investigations of natural language processing” (chaired by Prof. Olaf Hauk).

• Interview with the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences (in Korean). 1 Sep 2018.

• Joined the Editorial Board as a Review Editor in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Since 1 Sep 2018.

• Talk, BIOMAG 2018 (The 21st International Conference on Biomagnetism) Symposium titled “Thinking Outside The Brain Box: Using MEG To Assess Oscillatory Coupling Between The Brain And The Body” (chaired by Dr. Karim Jerbi and Dr. Sarang Dalal), Philadelphia, 30 Aug 2018.

• Joined the Editorial Board as an Academic Editor in PLoS One, Since 1 Jun 2018.

• Talk, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University Medical School, 24 May 2018. “Neural oscillatory mechanisms in dynamic information representation during natural audiovisual speech perception” (invited by Prof. Christopher Petkov).

• Inaugural MEG (Magnetoencephalography) Symposium at the CHBH, 11 May 2018. Dr. Hyojin Park organizes (with Prof. Ole Jensen) the Inaugural MEG Symposium at the CHBH.

2017

• Talk, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus. 6 Nov 2017. Title: “Application of MEG in cognitive neuroscience research”. Lecture for the Postgraduate Program MSc Brain & Cognitive Science at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology (invited by Prof. Maria Kambanaros).

• Talk, BCBL (Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language), San Sebastian, Spain. 18 May 2017 (invited by Director Prof. Manuel Carreiras). Title: “Dynamic information in audiovisual speech entrainment through neural oscillatory communication”.

• Talk, CNS (Cognitive Neuroscience Society), San Francisco, CA, USA. 25-28 Mar 2017. Title: “Neural decomposition of synergistic and redundant information in interaction between audiovisual speech rhythms and brain oscillations”.

• Talk, MEG UK 2017, Oxford, UK. Mar 2017. Title: “Analysis of neuronal oscillatory communication: entrainment, coupling and directionality in cognitive paradigm” https://www.ohba.ox.ac.uk/files/news/meguk_program.pdf

2016

• Selected to participate in the Nature Masterclass! 13-14 Oct 2016, University of Glasgow.

• Young Investigator Award (YIA) from the BIOMAG (The 20th International Conference on Biomagnetism). 1-6 Oct 2016. Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Hyojin Park received the prestigious YIA!

• Merit Award from the OHBM (Organization for Human Brain Mapping). 26-30 Jun 2016. Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Hyojin Park received the Merit Award!

2015

• Merit Award from the OHBM (Organization for Human Brain Mapping). 14-18 Jun 2015. Honolulu, Hawaii. Dr. Hyojin Park received the Merit Award!

Talks listed here are limited to invited talks and invited spoken conference presentations since 2017.