Quoc Vuong

Institute of Neuroscience
School of Psychology
Henry Wellcome Building for Neuroecology
Newcastle University
Framlington Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4HH

Tel: +44 (0)191 222 6183
Fax: +44 (0)191 222 5227
Email: quoc.vuong@newcastle.ac.uk
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Education and Professional Experience:

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2014-present

Senior Lecturer, Institute of Neuroscience & School of Psychology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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2006-2014

Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience & School of Psychology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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2003-2006

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Cognitive & Computational Psychophysics, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tubingen, Germany (Heinrich Bulthoff)

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2001-2003

PhD in Cognitive Science, Dept. of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Michael Tarr)

Doctoral Thesis: Spatio-temporal signatures for object recognition: Motion and shape interact in discriminating, remembering, and learning novel rotating objects.

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1999-2001

MSc in Cognitive Science, Dept. of Cognitive & Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (Michael Tarr)

Masters Thesis: The contributions of shape and surface properties to object recognition.

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1994-1998

BSc in Psychology with Honours, Dept. of Psychology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (Alinda Friedman)

Honours Thesis: Cats, Cows, Cameras, and Cars: The role of visual similarity in naming and categorizing disoriented objects.

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Teaching Experience:

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currently: Methods in Psychology
The Damaged Brain: Case Studies in Neuropsychology
Project supervision for undergraduate and Masters students
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Apr 2016-present

Masters course on: Masters course on: Practical Neuroimaging Techniques, Department of Cognitive Science, University of Malta

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Nov 2007-Aug 2015

Psychology Subject Advisor for Joint Honours and Combined Honours

   
Sept 22-26 2008

Invited short course on: Psychophysics for Computer Scientists, Computer Science and Systems Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

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Oct 2005-Feb 2006

Computer Graphics for Vision Research, Max Planck International Research School, University of Tubingen

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2004-2006

Instructor for Behavioural Laboratory Course (yearly 2-week undergraduate practical course), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

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2001-2003

Teaching Assistant for Perception and Mind, Quantitative Methods in Psychology & Human Factors, Brown University

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Other Activities:

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Member of

Experimental Psychology Society, Vision Science Society

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Consulting editor for

Visual Cognition

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Ad-hoc Reviewer for

Perception & Psychophysics, Vision Research, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception & Performance, Psychological Review, Journal of Vision, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Visual Cognition, Brain & Cognition, Psychological Science, Experimental Psychology, Science

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Last updated ~ August 2017