Dr. Sobana Wijeakumar PhD BEng

@DrSWijeakumar

Associate Professor @UniofNottingham| Neurocognitive development | Caregiver-child interactions | Contextual influences| Long-term outcomes.

Nottingham, England projectneurosync.co.uk Joined March 2011

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Dr. Sobana Wijeakumar PhD BEng @DrSWijeakumar Aug 4

Really proud of @GhadaAmaireh for this amazing achievement. It was a pleasure to supervise you!

Ghada Saleem GMBPsS @GhadaAmaireh Aug 3

Thrilled to share that I’ve graduated with my PhD! 🎓

A special thank you to @DrSWijeakumar , for your guidance, encouragement, and unwavering support throughout this journey. Thank you also to @LineCaes and @cMadan for your support and mentorship.

@NeurosyncP @notts_psych

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Dr. Sobana Wijeakumar PhD BEng @DrSWijeakumar May 15

Congratulations to Dubheasa, PhD student (second from left) for best oral presentation at the U of Nott PGR conference. She presented our work on interpersonal synchrony and executive functions. @BaharTuncgenc and I are lucky to be her supervisors! @UfNCollab @PsychologyNTU

School of Psychology, University of Nottingham @notts_psych May 13

Fantastic talks and posters at our #PGRConference today! Huge congratulations to the runners-up and winners of the Open Research, Best Poster, and Best Talk awards!

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Dr. Sobana Wijeakumar PhD BEng @DrSWijeakumar Feb 17

The deadline for this fully-funded PhD studentship with me and @alexhendry is tomorrow (18th Feb). Apply if you are interested in improving executive functions in children from neurotypical and neurodiverse families.

Dr. Sobana Wijeakumar PhD BEng @DrSWijeakumar Jan 20

Funded ESRC DTP Strategic joint PhD studentship with me at @notts_psych and @alexhendry! Look at application details in the link. Deadline: 18th Feb. Please share widely!
jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE738/esr…
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Dr. Sobana Wijeakumar PhD BEng @DrSWijeakumar Feb 12

Sharing a fantastic paper using Miro-E I was lucky to be involved in. Led by the amazing Nikhil Deshpande at @UoNComputerSci @notts_psych. A Multimodal Adaptive Framework for Social Interaction with the MiRo-E Robot mdpi.com/3727124 #mdpisensors via @Sensors_MDPI

www.mdpi.com A Multimodal Adaptive Framework for Social Interaction with the MiRo-E Robot Adaptivity is a key component of social human–robot interaction (HRI) towards achieving more natural and human-like interactions. Current interactive systems tend to rely on preset and repetitive...

Dr. Sobana Wijeakumar PhD BEng @DrSWijeakumar Feb 11

Only one week left to apply for this ESRC PhD studentship with me and @alexhendry. If you are interested in how to improve executive functions through caregiver-child play interactions in neurotypical and neurodiverse families, consider applying!

Dr. Sobana Wijeakumar PhD BEng @DrSWijeakumar Jan 20

Funded ESRC DTP Strategic joint PhD studentship with me at @notts_psych and @alexhendry! Look at application details in the link. Deadline: 18th Feb. Please share widely!
jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE738/esr…
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