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Fernando Llanos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at The University of Texas at Austin. He earned his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 2016. Prior to his current position, he served as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh. His main research area focuses on psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics, particularly in relation to speech communication, bilingualism, and dementia. Dr. Llanos's research aims to advance the development of neurobiological models of speech processing, improve the acquisition of speech categories in adults, and inform clinical diagnostics and treatment. He is currently accepting new PhD students in various courses, including Neurolinguistics and the Bilingual Brain, where he leverages methods from linguistics, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence to explore the intricacies of speech processing in the human brain.
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