Sheila Thomas is a teacher and researcher. She runs The Psychology School Ltd offering online A Level and IB tuition in Psychology alongside teacher support. Her research interests focus on language development and bilingualism.
Nicholas Shipp is a Senior Lecturer in Research Methods at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. His research focuses on Embodied Cognition and the role that the body plays in conceptual knowledge and language comprehension.
Nuala Ryder is a Principal Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Her research Interests include developmental disorders, particularly DLD and ASD and the development of prospective memory. Her work extends to clinical qualitative research.
Lea Plum completed a MSc in Speech and Language Science and Teaching at the University of RWTH Aachen and is working as a research associate in the department of neurology. Her research focuses on communicative participation of children and youth with acquired or developmental speech and language disorders.
Ineke van der Meulen, PhD, is a clinical linguist and senior researcher at Rijndam rehabilitation center and Erasmus MC (Erasmus University Medical Center), Rotterdam. She is working with both adults and children with acquired aphasia after brain damage. Her research is strongly linked to clinical questions.
Franziska Krzok completed a MSc in Speech and Language Science and Teaching at the University of RWTH Aachen and is working as a research associate in the department of neurology. Her research focuses on communicative participation of adults with acquired aphasia.
Rena Overbeck completed a MSc in Speech and Language Science and Teaching at the University of RWTH Aachen and is working as a research associate in the department of neurology, Translational Neurodegeneration Section. Her research focuses on communicative participation, particularly in adults with dementia and Huntington's disease.
Mieke van de Sandt-Koenderman, PhD, is a senior researcher at Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam. Her research focusses on language rehabilitation after stroke in adults and children with acquired aphasia.
Klaus Willmes is a retired full Professor of Neuropsychology and former Head of the Section Neuropsychology at the Department of Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen. His fields of study cover issues in cognition, cognitive neuropsychology, functional brain imaging, as well as psychometric and statistical issues in neuropsychology.
Ferdinand Binkofski is full Professor of Cognitive Neurology and Chair of the Department Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience. His field of study covers issues in (functional) neuroimaging, neurodegenerative and neurological diseases, cognitive neuroscience, brain imaging, cognitive neuropsychology and magnetic resonance.
Stefanie Bruehl, PhD, PGCertHE, is Adjunct Professor at Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Head of Speech, Language and Music Therapy at St. Mauritius Rehabilitation Center Meerbusch, and visiting scientist at RWTH Aachen University, Germany. Her research focuses on developing and evaluating rehabilitative methods in SLT, including neuroscience-based approaches and computational modelling.
Yuchun Chen is an Associate Professor in the Center of Teacher Education at Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. Yuchun's research interests are on the cognitive, language, and literacy development of children and adolescents with language and communication difficulties. The goal of her work is to establish dialogues with teachers and improve educational practice.
Wen-Jing Lin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Science & Technology Policy Research and Information Center in Taiwan. Wen-Jing's research interests cover the entire spectrum of cognitive neuroscience. Her research involves using various neuroimaging tools to investigate episodic memory, spatial navigation, decision making, and so on.
