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Name Email address Areas of Interest
Professor Arif Ahmed ama24@cam.ac.uk Philosophy of language, Decision theory
Dr Dora Alexopoulou ta259@cam.ac.uk Second language learning, Linguistic Theory, Syntax (theoretical and experimental), Learner Corpora, Linguistic Complexity
James Algie ja600@cam.ac.uk Language acquisition, Bilingualism, Psycholinguistics, Corpus linguistics
Ibtehaj Alrushoud ira24@cam.ac.uk Second language acquisition, Psycholinguistics
Dr Øistein E. Andersen oa223@cam.ac.uk Error detection and correction in non-native English text
Richard Armstrong-Wood Richard.armstrong-Wood1@nhs.net Programming
Professor John Aston j.aston@statslab.cam.ac.uk Statistical phonetics, Spoken language evolution, Functional data analysis for linguistics
Professor Wendy Ayres - Bennett wmb1001@cam.ac.uk History of linguistic thought in France, History of the French language, Socio-historical linguistics, Language policy and planning, Multilingualism
Julian Bailey jmb304@cam.ac.uk ​​​​​​​Language Teacher Education
Dr Simon Baker sb895@cam.ac.uk Natural language processing, Biomedical text, Lexical acquisition
Linda Bakkouche lb983@cam.ac.uk Phonetics, Auditory processing, Neural mechanism of temporally-selective attention in speech perception, Individual differences in second language (L2) speech learning, Cognitive processes underlying L2 performance and development, Role of implicit learning in L2 phonology acquisition, Effect of implicit and explicit training on improvement of segmental and prosodic L2 speech proficiency
Dr Anusha Balasubramanian ab2668@cam.ac.uk Exploring the interplay of cognitive-linguistic abilities in bi-literate bilingual children, adults and neurologically impaired population. , Current research focusing on understanding the interplay of literacy, mathematics and cognitive skills in bilingual children from disadvantaged contexts in India.
Dr Luca Benedetto lb990@cam.ac.uk Automated evaluation of content for language learners, Modelling of language learners, Natural Language Understanding
Dr Marie-Françoise Besnier mfb29@cam.ac.uk The transliteration and translation of texts of the omen corpus, Akkadian
Dr Theresa Biberauer mtb23@cam.ac.uk Theoretical, comparative and historical syntax
Professor Johan Bolhuis jjb19@cam.ac.uk Behavioural, neural and cognitive mechanisms of language, learning, memory and development, In particular, the neural mechanisms of birdsong memory, and the neurocognitive parallels between birdsong, speech and language, The relationship between evolution, cognition, and the brain
Núria Bosch nb611@cam.ac.uk Theoretical, comparative and diachronic syntax, Language acquisition, Biolinguistics
Dr Mirjana Bozic mb383@cam.ac.uk Neurobiology of language, Speech, Bilingualism
Dr Petre Breazu pb842@cam.ac.uk Generative AI, Social media discourse, Multimodal critical discourse analysis
Dr Mark Brenchley brenchley.m@cambridgeenglish.org Corpora/corpus linguistics, Lexico-grammar, First language acquisition , Language testing , Linguistic theory , Second language acquisition , Syntax , Writing development
Professor Ted Briscoe Ted.Briscoe@cl.cam.ac.uk Computational linguistics, Speech and language processing, Textual information management, Evolutionary linguistics
Chris Bryant cjb255@cl.cam.ac.uk Grammatical error detection and correction, Computer Aided Language Learning, Natural Language Processing
Dr Elizabeth Buchanan-Worster elizabeth.buchanan-worster@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Audiovisual speech perception, Development, Reading
Natalia Budohoska nb574@cam.ac.uk World Englishes, English in post-colonial context, Multilingualism, English as a world language
Dr Shawn Michael Bullock P.Phys., F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A. smb215@cam.ac.uk History of Language Education, History of Language Policy, Plurilingual Education, Language Learning
Professor Paula Buttery pjb48@cam.ac.uk Machine learning and Natural Language Processing, Intelligent tutoring and assessment systems , Computational modelling of language learners, Low resource language technology
Professor Bill Byrne bill.byrne@eng.cam.ac.uk Statistical modelling for speech and language processing, Statistical machine translation, Speech synthesis
Dr Andrew Caines apc38@cam.ac.uk Second language learning, First language acquisition, Speech NLP, Low resource languages, Cybersecurity
Dr Bob Carlyon bob.carlyon@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Hearing, Cochlear implants, Perceptual segregation of concurrent sounds, Effects of attention in auditory perception
Dr Ángeles Carreres ac289@cam.ac.uk Translation, Language teaching and learning
Abie Chan hkc35@cam.ac.uk Higher-order thinking skills, Second Language Education, Oracy, Creativity, Group Work
Dr Ya-Ning Chang yaning.chang@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Computational modelling (neural network models) of language processing, Word reading, Visual word recognition, Psycholinguistics, Semantics
Dr Kevin Yet Fong Cheung kyfc3@cam.ac.uk Psychometrics, Automated assessment of writing and speaking, Computer adaptive testing, Cognitive processes in writing, Identity development in writing, Plagiarism
Professor Roberto Cipolla cipolla@eng.cam.ac.uk Robotics, Realtime gesture recognition
Professor James Clackson jptc1@cam.ac.uk Indo-European Comparison and Reconstruction, History of languages of Ancient Italy, History of the Greek Language, Armenian, Historical sociolinguistics
Professor Nigel Collier nhc30@cam.ac.uk Computational linguistics, Machine learning, Semantics, Text/data mining, Knowledge discovery, Domain adaptation, Question answering
Professor Ann Copestake ann.copestake@cl.cam.ac.uk Natural Language Processing, Computational Linguistics, Semantics
Sarah Kaarina Crockford skc48@cam.ac.uk Bilingual language processing and use in autism spectrum conditions
Prof Richard Dance rwd21@cam.ac.uk Old and Middle English texts, Germanic philology, Language contact (especially between early English and Old Norse), Historical lexicology and semantics, English etymology
Yoana Dancheva yid20@cam.ac.uk Codeswitching, Prosody, Language processing, Slavic linguistics
Dr Phung Dao pd543@cam.ac.uk
Daria Dashkevich dd551@cam.ac.uk Language acquisition, Typology of phonetic accent, Learning and teaching pronunciation
Dr Matt Davis matt.davis@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Speech perception and comprehension, Spoken and written word recognition, Language learning
Christopher Davis ccd38@cam.ac.uk Computational modelling of first/second language acquisition, Machine learning, Multimodal semantics
Professor Shihan de Silva Jayasuriya sd969@cam.ac.uk Multilingualism, Endangered Languages, Code-Switching
Dr Claire Dembry cdembry@cambridge.org Corpus-building and development in relation to English Language Teaching, The development of corpus-informed pedagogic materials for English Language Teaching
Professor Margaret Deuchar FRSA md118@cam.ac.uk Code-switching, Bilingualism, Language contact, Language variation, Corpus linguistics
Min Du md590@cam.ac.uk Virtual learning, Online learning, Course design, EFL assessment, Second language education
Dr Jacob Dunn jcd54@cam.ac.uk Primate Communication, Vocal production, Evolution of speech, Vocal allometry
Jane Durkin jrd46@cam.ac.uk Communications Manager, Cambridge Language Sciences
Prof Michelle Ellefson mre33@cam.ac.uk Development of language from a cognitive science perspective, Cognitive benefits of bilingualism and multilingualism, Cognitive processes involved in early literacy, Artificial grammar learning, Evolution of language
Dr Guy Edward Toh Emerson gete2@cam.ac.uk Computational semantics, Formal semantics, Machine learning, Philosophy of language, Morphosyntax, NLP for low-resource languages
Professor Brad Epps be243@cam.ac.uk Spanish and Latin American literature, Catalan literature and film, Linguistic unity and diversity, Language in relation to national and regional identity
Dr Edith Esch eme10@cam.ac.uk Second language education, Bilingualism
Dr Michael Evans mje1000@cam.ac.uk Second language education, Language teacher education, Language education policy, Language and identity, Multilingualism
Mariano Felice mf501@cam.ac.uk Grammatical error detection and correction in non-native English text
Dr Elena Filimonova ef263@cam.ac.uk Linguistic typology, particularly typology of personal marking and relational marking, Typological databases, Children's bi- and multilingualism involving Russian
Professor Rory Finnin ref35@cam.ac.uk Language, literature and national identity
Professor Linda Fisher lgf20@cam.ac.uk Multilingualism, Multilingual identity, Creativity in language teaching, Interdisciplinary working, Language learner motivation, Teacher education, Metaphor in relation to belief formation and change, Education policy
Sheila Flanagan saf31@cam.ac.uk Phonological processing skills and reading development, Auditory Processing Disorder, Developmental Auditory Neuroscience, Psychoacoustics, Auditory Semantics
Ms Kathleen Foley kmbf2@cam.ac.uk Candidate on MSt in English Language Assessment
Professor Robert Foley FBA r.foley@human-evol.cam.ac.uk Human evolution and language, Evolutionary ecology of language and cognitive evolution, Social evolution, Human cultural diversity, Linguistic phylogeny
Dr Karen Forbes kf289@cam.ac.uk Language learning strategies, Multilingualism and identity, English as an additional language learners in UK schools, School-level language policies
Dr Peter Forster pf223@cam.ac.uk Genetics and language
Dr Zihao Fu zf268@cam.ac.uk Natural Language Processing, Text Generation, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications
Dr Evelina Galaczi galaczi.e@cambridgeenglish.org Assessment of speaking skills in language learners, Technology and language assessment
Professor Mark Gales mjfg@eng.cam.ac.uk Large vocabulary continuous speech recognition, Robust speaker recognition, Speaker adaptation, Machine learning, Speaker identification and verification
Aurora Gao lg587@cam.ac.uk Language policy and migration, Multilingualism and cognitive development, Language learning motivation, Language learning strategies and cross-linguistic transfer
Professor Susan Gathercole FBA susan.gathercole@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Cognitive processes relating to language, Developmental disorders, Reading difficulties in children
Dr Ardeshir Geranpayeh geranpayeh.a@cambridgeenglish.org Psychometrics, Automated assessment of writing and speaking, Multilevel Testing, Cheating detection, Cyber Security, Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT), Learning Oriented Assessment (LOA)
Dr Mahbod Ghaffari mg695@cam.ac.uk Persian language, literature and culture, Iranian studies, Middle Eastern studies, Linguistics
Aretousa Giannakou ag771@cam.ac.uk Linguistics, Heritage speakers, Syntax, Morphosyntactic change
Professor Jenny Gibson jlg53@cam.ac.uk Social impact and cognitive underpinnings of specific language impairments, Pragmatic language impairments and autism, Development of non-literal language comprehension and pragmatic language development
Olivia Goodman ogoodman@cambridge.org Corpus linguistics, Functional language, Learner English, Application of research to inform ELT materials development
Jonathan R. Goodman jrg74@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mina Gorji mg473@cam.ac.uk The relationship between literary and spoken language
Professor Usha Goswami FBA ucg10@cam.ac.uk Dyslexia, Reading and spelling development, Cognitive development, Neuroscience in education, Reasoning by analogy
Hilary J. Goy hjg32@cam.ac.uk Latin, Classical Greek
Dr Calbert Graham crg29@cam.ac.uk Phonetic theory, Sound change and language evolution, Machine learning, Tone and pitch accent systems, Language acquisition, Creole, Romance, Japanese phonology, Language technology
Kim Groothuis kag45@cam.ac.uk Comparative syntax, Diachronic syntax, Italian dialectology, Romance philology, Historical linguistics
Dr Kshipra Gurunandan kg515@cam.ac.uk Language learning in adults
Lorene lh618@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kane Hafissatou hk542@cam.ac.uk Multilingualism, Second Language Acquisition, Linguistics
Nina Haket nch35@cam.ac.uk Conceptual Engineering, Semantics/Pragmatics, Language change
Jessica Hampton ji281@cam.ac.uk Sociolinguistics, Ecological linguistics, Language attitudes, Minoritised languages, Language identity, Ecological issues, Public policy
Chunxiao Han ch945@cam.ac.uk Second language acquisition , Pragmatics, Social network analysis
Dr Olaf Hauk olaf.hauk@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Visual word recognition, Neuroimaging of language, Reading
Prof Henriëtte Hendriks hpjmh2@cam.ac.uk The interaction between language acquisition and cognition
Dr Roxana Herescu arh68@cam.ac.uk The role of thinking skills in language learning, Cognitive and linguistic development in bilingual education
Mandy Hill amhill@cambridge.org Director of Academic Publishing, Cambridge University Press
Professor Richard Holton rjh221@cam.ac.uk Philosophy of language
Dr Alpo Honkapohja ah2293@cam.ac.uk Digital Humanities , Abbreviations
Songbo Hu sh2091@cam.ac.uk Dialogue Systems, Conversational AI
Tiancheng Hu th656@cam.ac.uk Natural Language Processing , Computational Social Science, Computational Journalism, Human-Computer Interaction
Professor Claire Hughes ch288@cam.ac.uk Theory of mind and executive function in children
Professor Caroline Humphrey FBA ch10001@cam.ac.uk Cross-language encounters, such as communication between Chinese and Russian traders
Dr Adil Ishag adil.ishag@gmail.com Psycholinguistics , Second Language Acquisition , Language and Cognition , Bilingualism
Dr Ahmed Izzidien BEng(Hons) MA MSc MPhil(Cantab) ai297@cam.ac.uk Artificial intelligence in the legal domain, Machine learning for legal analysis, Legal philosophy and its operationalization in the digital domain, Mapping schemata through an analysis of word usage (co-occurrence) , Using analytical jurisprudence to train machine learning algorithms
Professor Kasia M. Jaszczolt kmj21@cam.ac.uk Semantics and pragmatics, Philosophy of language, Propositional attitude reports and belief ascription, Representation of time, Semantic ambiguity and underspecification
Jenny Jiang lj282@cam.ac.uk Corpus Linguistics, Data-Driven Learning, English for Academic Purposes, Vocabulary acquisition
Can Jin cj349@cam.ac.uk Sociocultural Theory of Learning and Second Language Acquisition (SLA);, (Computerised) Dynamic Assessment in Second Language Development;, (Intelligent) Computer-assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Dr Napat Jitpaisarnwattana napat.jit@gmail.com Computer-assisted Language Learning, Learning analytics, Educational data mining, MOOCs
Professor Mari Jones FLSW mcj11@cam.ac.uk Language variation and change, Language contact, Language death, Language revitalization, Dialectology, Language policy and planning
Osman Irfan Kadan oik24@cam.ac.uk English Language Assessment
Dr Eivind Kahrs egk1000@cam.ac.uk Sanskrit linguistics and philosophy of language, Pali, Prakrit
Melek Karadag mk923@cam.ac.uk Language Comprehension, Morphological processing, Speech perception, Orthographic processing
Georgi Karadzhov gmk34@cam.ac.uk Natural language processing, Dialogue systems
Dimitrios Kastanas dk610@cam.ac.uk
Professor Napoleon Katsos nk248@cam.ac.uk Semantics and pragmatics, Multilingualism and neuro-diversity, Language acquisition, Language processing, _
Dr Saussan Khalil smk58@cam.ac.uk Arabic language, Linguistics , Sociolinguistics , Computational linguistics , Lexicography , Teaching, Second language acquisition , Natural language processing, Community languages
Professor Geoffrey Khan gk101@cam.ac.uk Semitic philological and linguistic studies, particularly of Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic
Mia Kim mkmk2@cam.ac.uk Bilingualism, Language learning, Language and thought
Yoohee Kim yk443@cam.ac.uk English language testing/assessment
Haeng-A Kim hak35@cam.ac.uk Corpus Analysis of Target Language Use Domain for Content Validity in Academic Reading Comprehension Test
Dr Kate Knill kate.knill@eng.cam.ac.uk Large vocabulary continuous speech recognition, Multi-language/multilingual speech recognition and speech synthesis, Limited resource and language independent speech technology, Language learning and assessment, Assistive speech technology
Prof Aaron Koller ajk225@cam.ac.uk Historical linguistics, History of writing, Semitic languages, Language contact
Professor Anna Korhonen alk23@cam.ac.uk Computational approaches to lexicon, syntax, semantics and discourse, Lexical and domain adaptation, Unsupervised and lightly supervised approaches to NLP, Scientific text processing and text mining, NLP for biomedicine, NLP for real-world applications, Computational models of human language learning
Professor Zoe Kourtzi zk240@cam.ac.uk Learning and brain plasticity, Cognitive ageing, Adaptive behaviours across the lifespan
Dr Julia Krivoruchko jgk25@cam.ac.uk Greek, Lexicography, Etymology, Reading, Multilingualism
Professor Matt Lambon Ralph Matt.Lambon-Ralph@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Memory and language, Language disorders
Tim Laméris t.j.lameris@hum.leidenuniv.nl L2 acquisition of speech, Lexical tone , Influence of linguistic and non-linguistic factors in L2 speech acquisition, Japanese
Ms. Emily Lau ehynl2@cam.ac.uk statistical speech , synthesis methods
Dr Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga dl518@cam.ac.uk Semantics, Pragmatics, Experimental Semantics and Pragmatics, Language acquisition, Philosophy of language
Professor Adam Ledgeway anl21@cam.ac.uk Romance languages and linguistics, (Morpho)Syntactic Theory, Italian linguistics and dialectology, Historical syntax, Morphology
Dr Seul Bi Lee sbl34@cam.ac.uk Bilingualism related to Korean, Korean linguistics, Korean corpus analysis, Appraisal Theory, Genre analysis
Daniel D. Lee ddl26@cam.ac.uk Voice spoofing and deepfake speech detection, Forensic speech science, Voice biometrics , Voice quality
Dr Victoria Leong vvec2@cam.ac.uk Speech rhythm and temporal patterns of slow amplitude modulation in the speech envelope
Ms. Xiangning Li xl552@cam.ac.uk Education Technology , Gamification
Keith Liang kl529@cam.ac.uk Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience , Language Disorders, Language Development, Hearing, Reading Development
Joyce Dong Ok Lim dol20@cam.ac.uk Second language acquisition, Computer-assisted language learning, Corpus linguistics, L2 vocabulary acquisition, L2 writing
Prof Yongcan Liu yl258@cam.ac.uk Language-in-education policy, Sociocultural theory of learning and SLA, Multilingualism in schools and communities, Community/heritage language acquisition and education, Second language teacher development
Dr Alex Loktionov al621@cam.ac.uk Ancient Egyptian language with a particular interest in legal texts, Transmission of intellectual culture and legal ideas between Egypt and the Akkadian-speaking world
Xinbing Luo xl538@cam.ac.uk Psycholinguistics, Phonetics, Implicit learning , Connectionist modelling
Dr Bingjiang Lyu bl444@cam.ac.uk Incremental speech processing, Neurolinguistics, Computational linguistics
Xusong Ma xm246@cam.ac.uk Comparative Syntax, Second Language Acquisition, Bilingualism, Langauge and Cognition
Dr Lucy MacGregor lucy.macgregor@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Spoken language comprehension, Semantic ambiguity resolution, Cognitive neuroscience, Psycholinguistics
Dr Alexis MacIntyre alexisdeighton.macintyre@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Speech perception, Speech rhythm , Prosody
Yury Makarov im562@cam.ac.uk phonetics, Iranian languages, online lexicography
Dr Jenny Mander jsm15@cam.ac.uk Modern language education and teaching publications in early modern Europe, Impact of technology on linguistic diversity
Mila Marcheva mmm67@cam.ac.uk Bilingualism, (First) language acquisition , Psycholinguistics, Computational modeling of linguistic phenomena
Professor William Marslen-Wilson FBA wdm10@cam.ac.uk The neuroscience of language
Dr. Michele Martini mm2363@cam.ac.uk Digital Humanities , Policy Analysis
Dr Oliver Mayeux ofm23@cam.ac.uk Sociolinguistics, Language endangerment and revitalization, Language contact and change, New speakers of endangered languages, Corpus linguistics, Creoles and pidgins
Dr Kirsty McDougall kem37@cam.ac.uk Phonetic theory, Speaker characteristics, Forensic applications of phonetics
Dr Simon McKnight swm35@cam.ac.uk
Dr Torsten Meißner tm10012@cam.ac.uk Reconstruction of the Proto-Indo-European parent language, Historical bilingualism and multilingualism
Dr Zrinka Mendas zam27@cam.ac.uk online teaching, sign language, medical professionals, communication, deafness
Professor David Menon dkm13@wbic.cam.ac.uk Cognitive impairment, Traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease
Prof Silke Mentchen scm30@cam.ac.uk Ab initio language teaching, Teaching of translation, Curriculum design, Use of technology in language teaching
Professor Neil Mercer nmm31@cam.ac.uk Language and education
Mateus Miranda mateusesm2@gmail.com Spoken Language
Professor Marta Mirazón-Lahr m.mirazon-lahr@human-evol.cam.ac.uk Evolution of language
Professor James Montgomery jem33@cam.ac.uk Classical Arabic, Literary translation and the translation of classical Arabic poetry
Mr Martin Moore mooremartin59@outlook.com
Professor Brian Moore bcjm@cam.ac.uk Mechanisms of normal and impaired hearing, Hearing aids, Cochlear implants
Javier Moreno-Rivero jm2227@cam.ac.uk Translation and language policy, Sociolinguistics , Critical Discourse Analysis , Law and language , Translation Studies
Dr Sarah Morgan sem91@cam.ac.uk Using speech and language to detect and predict psychiatric disorders
Gordana Najdanovic Gordana.Najdanovic@admin.cam.ac.uk Research Strategy Manager, Funder Relations and Knowledge Exchange
Li Nguyen nhbn2@cam.ac.uk Sociolinguistics, Corpus linguistics, Code-switching, Language contact, Theoretical linguistics, NLP
Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh mnm21@cam.ac.uk Medieval Irish language, Medieval Welsh language, Celtic philology
Adam Nicholas an547@cantab.ac.uk Computational law, Core linguistic theory applied in AI/ML, Historical linguistics
Diane Nicholls nicholls.d@cambridgeenglish.org Second language acquisition, Learner corpus research and development, Natural language data annotation, Automated assessment and feedback, Annotation system development
Professor Emeritus Francis Nolan fjn1@cam.ac.uk Phonetic theory, Prosody, The application of phonetics in forensic science
Dr Paul M. Noorlander pmn32@cam.ac.uk Linguistic typology & documentation, Areal & Historical Linguistics, West Asia, Semitic languages, Indo-Iranian languages
Dr Dennis Norris dennis.norris@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Speech recognition, Reading
Dr Hale Ögel-Balaban ho305@cam.ac.uk Language acquisition, Relationship between language and cognition, Bilingualism
Dr Sam Oliver samuel.oliver@cambridge.org Corpus linguistics, (Im)politeness, Pragmatics, Speech act theory, Interjections, Metaphor, English Language Teaching, Stylistics, Historical pragmatics
Professor Alex Oliver ado10@cam.ac.uk Logic, Metaphysics
Dr Ergin Opengin eo397@cam.ac.uk language description, language typology
Dr Karen Ottewell MCIL ko201@cam.ac.uk Assessment of academic English competency, The "cultural" impact on writing, Academic writing across the disciplines, Achieving clarity in writing, Academic Literacy
Dr Ben Outhwaite bmo10@cam.ac.uk The vocalization and underlying pronunciation of medieval Bible manuscripts, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew and Aramaic letters and documents as a source for the history of the medieval Middle East
Dr Hratch Papazian hp363@cam.ac.uk Ancient Egyptian language, Social and economic history of ancient Egypt, Palaeography and epigraphy
Dr Teresa Parodi tp209@cam.ac.uk Monolingual and bilingual first language acquisition, Second language acquisition by children and adults, Multilingualism, Second language acquisition and language change
Dr Carla Pastorino Campos carlaandrea.pastorino@cambridgeinternational.org Psycholinguistics, Second/additional language acquisition, Lexical acquisition and processing, Multilingualism, Neurolinguistics, Memory
Chloe Patman cep72@cam.ac.uk Forensic phonetics, Speech perception, Female voices
Dr Karalyn Patterson FBA karalyn.patterson@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Neuropsychology of language and memory, Semantics, Phonology, Focal dementia syndromes, Cross-language studies of English and Japanese
Dr Pascual Pérez-Paredes pfp23@cam.ac.uk Learner language, Variation and multidimensional analysis of (specialized) language(s), Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Corpora in applied linguistics, ICTs in language education
Professor Catherine Pickstock cjp15@cam.ac.uk The application of linguistics to theories of religious language
Dr Kate Plaisted-Grant k.plaisted@psychol.cam.ac.uk Auditory perception, Speech-in-noise perception, Linguistic processing
Mrs Maria Polychronidou mp2025@cam.ac.uk
Professor Brechtje Post bmbp2@cam.ac.uk Phonology, Phonetics, Language psychology, Neurolinguistics
Victoria Poulton victoria.poulton@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk Phonetics, Phonology, Neuroscience of speech and language
Mr Kevin Putt krp38@cam.ac.uk Ensuring test security in remote testing/assessment, Adaptive methods in English language testing/assessment
Assoc. Professor Nebojša Radić nr236@cam.ac.uk Multi-lingual literature , Literary self-translation
Rasman rr592@cam.ac.uk Multilingual Education, Multilingual Identity, Translanguaging in Education, Second Language Education, Language-in-Education Policy, Decolonising Language Education
Professor Sumantra Ray sr506@cam.ac.uk Nutritional education, The interfaces between nutrition, cognitive flexibility and language
Olesya Razuvayevskaya or264@cam.ac.uk Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Argument Mining
Dr Marek Rei marek.rei@cl.cam.ac.uk Machine learning, Neural network models, Sequence labeling tasks, Automated assessment
Professor Ian Roberts FBA igr20@cam.ac.uk Comparative and historical syntax
Professor Peter Robinson pr@cl.cam.ac.uk Human-computer interaction, Inference and expression of affect in non-verbal aspects of speech
Professor Pauline Rose pmr43@cam.ac.uk Educational inequality: gender and poverty, International and national policies and practices for reaching the marginalised
Professor James Russell jr111@cam.ac.uk Language acquisition, Lexical development, Syntax
Professor Paul Russell pr270@cam.ac.uk Multilingualism and language contact, Medieval linguistic analysis and thought, Spelling systems, Morphology and word formation, Medieval translation
Leonardo Russo Cardona lr548@cam.ac.uk Comparative Syntax, Romance Linguistics, Historical Syntax
Dr Angeliki Salamoura salamoura.a@cambridgeesol.org Second language learning with reference to L2 English, Language assessment, Learner corpora, Bilingualism
Professor Helena Sanson hls37@cam.ac.uk History of Italian literature and culture with reference to women and gender, History of the Italian language, History of linguistic thought
Dr Nick Saville saville.n@cambridgeenglish.org Language test development and validation- including automated systems for learning and assessment using AI, Learning Oriented Assessment - LOA, Language Policy - e.g. European policies on assessment in the context of migration, Multilingualism and Plurilingualism - new constructs for learning and assessment, Ethics and AI in language education, Understanding Assessment - "assessment literacy" in the context of language teaching and learning
Sarah Schechter ss2431@cam.ac.uk Language learner motivation, Outreach for language education, Applied Linguistics
Dr Elaine Schmidt aeis2@cam.ac.uk Psycholinguistics, Language acquisition, Language Processing, Phonetics and phonology, Neurolinguistics, Prosody, Sentence processing
Julia Schwarz js2275@cam.ac.uk Morphological Processing , Phonology , Psycholinguistics , Cognitive Linguistics , Language Acquisition, Language Communication and Comprehension, Natural Language Processing
Dr Abhimanyu Sharma aks71@cam.ac.uk Sociolinguistics, Language policy, German Linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, Language and law
Curtis Sharma BA, MPhil cjms2@cam.ac.uk Bilingual Cognition, Developmental Disorders, Cognitive Neuroscience, Executive Function, Attention and Working Memory, Learning, Pragmatic Language Use
Itamar Shatz is442@cam.ac.uk Quantitative and computational methods, Corpus linguistics, Learner corpora, Second language acquisition, Linguistic typology, Language distance
Samantha Sie slws2@cam.ac.uk Second Language Acquisition, Multilingualism, Syntax
Dr. Roberto B. Sileo rbs30@cam.ac.uk Bilingualism., English language teaching and assessment., First and second language processing., Pragmatics., Semantics., Research method practice.
Jasper Hong Sim jasper.sim@nie.edu.sg Phonological acquisition in first and second languages, Properties of and variation in child-directed speech, Bilingualism, Speech variability, Social variation in language, Language contact, dialects and ethnolinguistic repertoires
Professor Nidhi Singal sn241@cam.ac.uk Disability, poverty and development, Poverty, ethnicity and special educational needs
Professor Ioanna Sitaridou is269@cam.ac.uk Comparative and historical syntax of the Romance languages, Greek dialectal and diachronic syntax
Jye Smallwood jps207@cam.ac.uk Syntax, Corpus Linguistics , Typology, Second Language Acquisition
Professor Janet Martin Soskice jcs16@cam.ac.uk Metaphor and figurative speech in bibilical studies, Religious language and "Naming God"
Dr Emmanuel Stamatakis eas46@cam.ac.uk The neural basis of consciousness, The neural basis for poor cognitive outcome following traumatic brain injury
Dr Philippa Steele pms45@cam.ac.uk Languages of ancient Cyprus, Aegean linear scripts, Multilingualism in the ancient world, Languages of ancient Mediterranean and Near East, Ancient Greek dialectology
Dr Arlid Stenberg as446@cam.ac.uk Text designs for the facilitation of reading, Comparisons of linguistic and musical reading strategies, Literacy acquisition and its social implications , Musical literacy
Professor Roel Sterckx FBA rs10009@cam.ac.uk Classical and literary Chinese, Classical Chinese philology
Benjamin Strawbridge FRSA MCCT bs537@cam.ac.uk Science education, Oracy and dialogue, Speech, language and communication needs, Second language education, Socio-economic disadvantage
Dr Li Su ls514@cam.ac.uk Language comprehension, Imaging and computational techniques for cognitive neuroscience
Dr. Masahiro Takimoto mt880@cam.ac.uk Brain science and cognition
Professor Simone Teufel sht25@cl.cam.ac.uk Natural Language Processing, Information Retrieval
Dr Andrew Thwaites acgt2@cam.ac.uk Theory of mind, Brain-imaging, Computational theory
Chara Triantafyllidou ct620@cam.ac.uk Reading comprehension , Prosodic skills and implicit prosody , Bilingualism in English as an Additional Language (EAL) , Socioeconomic status and reading abilities , Dyslexia , Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Dr Anna Tristram Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, Language variation and change
Professor Ianthi Maria Tsimpli imt20@cam.ac.uk Bilingualism and multilingualism, First and second language acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Language impairment
Andromachi Tsoukala adt48@cam.ac.uk
Dr Melody Turner mt745@cam.ac.uk Applying linguistic analysis in healthcare, Language Communication and Comprehension, Language Change and Diversity, Language Learning across the Lifespan, Human Language Technologies
Prof Richard E. Turner ret26@cam.ac.uk Computer perception in relation to sound, and its applications
Professor Lorraine K. Tyler FBA lkt10@cam.ac.uk The functional and neural structure of the language system, Preservation and loss of language function following stroke, Neurobiology of language and aging
Bert Vaux bv230@cam.ac.uk Phonology, Historical linguistics, Dialectology, Armenian, Abkhaz
Dr Vincenzo Vergiani vv234@cam.ac.uk Sanskrit, Classical Tamil, The history of linguistic ideas and the philosophy of language in ancient India
Dr Piers Vitebsky pv100@cam.ac.uk Ritual language, texts and performance , Indigenous languages of Siberia , Indigenous (Munda) languages of India , Greek philology , Dictionary and corpus compilation
Dr Margreet Vogelzang mv498@cam.ac.uk Speech and language processing, Syntax, semantics and pragmatics, Language acquisition and aging, Psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics, Cognitive approaches to individual differences, Multilingualism
Konstantinos Voudouris kv301@cam.ac.uk Cognitive Modelling, AI Evaluation, Bias Detection, AI Safety, Computational Phonetics/Phonology
Jane Walsh jaw75@cam.ac.uk Managing ongoing activities and overseeing the future development of Cambridge Language Sciences
Miss Shuling Wang sw895@cam.ac.uk
Hsiaoching Wang hw522@cam.ac.uk Theoretical/Experimental Linguistics, Chinese Syntax, Second Language Acquisition
Xiao Wang xw317@cam.ac.uk Data-driven learning, Corpus linguistics, Second language pragmatics, Academic English
Zhilin Wang Zw322@cam.ac.uk Natural Language Processing, Psycholinguistics , Personality Psychology, Human Language Technologies
Dr Elizabeth Warburton eaw23@cam.ac.uk Aphasia
Dr Sheila Watts sw271@cam.ac.uk German and Germanic linguistics
Jodie Webber jlw87@cam.ac.uk Multilingualism, Nutrition Education, Literacy, Cognition, Education Policy
Dr Daniel Weston dweston@hku.hk Discourse analysis of academic admissions interviews at elite institutions, Bilingual code-switching, English dialect development, Historical sociolinguistics
Dr Emma Widdis ekw1000@cam.ac.uk Russian and Soviet cinema
Mandy Wigdorowitz mw738@cam.ac.uk Monolingualism, bilingualism and multilingualism, Comprehension and cognition, Language profiling, Speech and language processing, Codeswitching , Statistical analysis
Dr John Williams jnw12@cam.ac.uk Second language lexical and syntactic processing, Cognitive mechanisms in second language learning
Dr Jo Willmott jcw25@cam.ac.uk Mood and modality in ancient Greek
Dr Elspeth Wilson ep321@cam.ac.uk First Language Acquisition, Experimental Semantics & Pragmatics, Pragmatic development, Implicature, Bilingualism
Professor Phil Woodland pcw@eng.cam.ac.uk Machine learning and statistical pattern recognition, Signal processing
Emily Woods esw32@cam.ac.uk Speech and Language Processing
Travis Wright tw537@cam.ac.uk
Professor Laura Wright lcw21@cam.ac.uk History of the English language, History of London English, Historical codeswitching, Lexical sociolinguistics
Xinran Wu xw340@cam.ac.uk
Jocelyn Wyburd jmw234@cam.ac.uk Learning environments, Curriculum design, Language learner autonomy, Use of technology to support language teaching and learning
Lini Xiao lx236@cam.ac.uk Sociolinguistics, Situated learning, Community languages and migration, Language education policy
Xie Wenhan wx240@cam.ac.uk Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Language and culture, Language and Cognition, Executive functions, Multiculturalism, Sociolinguistics, Language policy
Dr Jing Xu jing.xu@cambridge.org Technology-mediated language assessment and learning
Xin Yan xy333@cam.ac.uk SLA
Zehui Yang zy297@cam.ac.uk Second language education, Multilingual identity, Teacher identity, Distance learning, Narrative inquiry
Zihang Yang zy304@cam.ac.uk Second Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Language Prediction, Language Comprehension
Dr Helen Yannakoudakis helen.yannakoudakis@cl.cam.ac.uk Automated assessment
Professor Steve Young sjy11@cam.ac.uk Spoken dialogue systems, Speech recognition and synthesis, Human-computer interaction
Fei Yuan fy259@cam.ac.uk Evolution of language, Syntax
Professor Boping Yuan by10001@cam.ac.uk Developmental linguistics (syntax, semantics, interfaces), Non-native grammars, particularly second and third language acquisition of Chinese
Dr Nicholas Zair naz21@cam.ac.uk Languages of Ancient Italy, Proto-Indo-European and the Indo-European Languages
Yunan Zhang yz840@cam.ac.uk Second language acquisition , Large language models
Xi Zhang xz349@cam.ac.uk Relationship between speech and music in tone languages
Dr. Lucy (Xia) Zhao lz445@cam.ac.uk Syntax
Vicky Yiran Zhao yz462@cam.ac.uk Language disorder, Social Communication Disorder, Psychosocial adversities, Literacy, Global South
Tianyi Zheng tz347@cam.ac.uk Language and literacy development in China's ethnic minority children, Pedagogical translanguaging, Vocabulary acquisition, Multilingual education
Yuchen Zong yz538@cam.ac.uk Language learning strategies, Positive psychology in second language acquisition