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Professor Wong Patrick Chun Man

Associate Vice-President (Research)
Stanley Ho Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor of Linguistics

BA, MA, PhD (Texas)

Curriculum Vitae

Academic Training

2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neuroscience, University of Chicago
2001 PhD in Cognitive Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
1998 MA in Cognitive Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
1996 BA in Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin

Faculty Appointments

2015 - Stanley Ho Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, CUHK
2013 - Professor of Linguistics, Otorhinolaryngology (by courtesy), and Psychology (by courtesy), CUHK
2004 - 2012 Assistant/Associate Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Linguistics, Neuroscience, and Otolaryngology, Northwestern University

Selected Awards

2023 Gold Medal with Congratulations of the Jury, 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva
2021 Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities (Linguistics)
2019 Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship, RGC
2015, 16, 20 (Three-Time) Winner of the Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, CUHK
2010 Independent Scientist Award, National Institutes of Health (USA)

Clinical Qualifications

2018- Member, Register of Speech Therapists, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR
2013- Full Member, Hong Kong Association of Speech Therapists
2004- Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist in Illinois, U.S.A.
2004- Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Selected Professional Services

Executive Committee, Asia-Pacific BabyLab Consortium
Board of Directors, Society for Neurobiology of Language
Board of Experts, Hong Kong Association of Speech Therapists
Research and Development, Standing Committee on Language Education and Research (SCOLAR), Education Bureau, Hong Kong SAR Government
Humanities & Social Sciences Panel (Language & Psychology Subpanel), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
Risk, Prevention and Health Behavior, National Institutes of Health (USA)
Sensory Panel, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (USA)
Language and Communication Study Section, National Institutes of Health (USA)
Communication Disorders Review Committee, National Institutes of Health (USA)
DABP Research/Infrastructure Special Emphasis Panel, National Institutes of Health (USA)

Selected Publications

Wong, P. C. M., Skoe, E., Russo, N. M., Dees, T., & Kraus, N. (2007). Musical Experience Shapes Human Brainstem Encoding of Linguistic Pitch Patterns. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 420-422.
Wong, F. C. K., Chandrasekaran, B., Garibaldi, K., & Wong, P. C. M. (2011). White Matter Anisotropy in the Ventral Language Pathway Predicts Sound-To-Word Learning Success. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(24), 8780-8785.-2014
Morgan-Short, K., Faretta-Stutenberg, M., Brill-Schuetz, K. A., Carpenter, H., & Wong, P. C. M. (2014). Declarative and Procedural Memory as Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 17(1), 56-72.
Feng, G., Ingvalson, E. M., Grieco-Calub, T. M., Roberts, M. Y., Ryan, M. E., Birmingham, P., Burrowes, D., Young, N., & Wong, P. C. M. (2018). Neural Preservation Underlies Speech Improvement from Auditory Deprivation in Young Cochlear Implant Recipients. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(5), E1022-E1031.
Wong, P. C. M., Kang, X., Wong, K. H. Y., So., H-C., Choy, K. W., & Geng, X. (2020). ASPM-Lexical Tone Association in Speakers of a Tone Language: Direct Evidence for the Genetic-Biasing Hypothesis of Language Evolution. Science Advances, 6 (22), eaba5090.
Lau, J.C.Y., To, C.K.S., Kwan, J.S.K., Kang, X., Losh, M, & Wong, P.C.M. (2021). Lifelong Tone Language Experience does not Eliminate Deficits in Neural Encoding of Pitch in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(9), 3291-3310.
Margulis, E. H., Wong, P. C. M., Turnbull, C., Kubit, B. M., & McAuley, J. D. (2022). Narratives Imagined in Response to Instrumental Music Reveal Culture-Bounded Intersubjectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119 (4), e2110406119.
Zhou, X., Wang, L., Hong, X., & Wong, P. C. M. (2023). Infant‐Directed Speech Facilitates Word Learning through Attentional Mechanisms: An fNIRS Study of Toddlers. Developmental Science, e13424.

Patents

Wong, P.C.M., Feng, G., Young, N.M. (2023). Neural Predictors of Language Skill Outcomes in Cochlear Implantation Patients (Granted U.S. Patent No. 11,607,309).
Wong, P.C.M., Novitskiy, N., Feng, G., Leung, T.F., Lam, H.S., Maggu, A.R. (2023). 预测婴幼儿的发育语言和交流能力的方法和工具 (“Method and Tool for Predicting Language Development and Communication Capabilities of Infants and Toddlers”) (Granted PRC Patent No. ZL202010692253.5; Pending in US, GB, AU, VN, & TH)
Wong, P.C.M., Novitskiy, N., Geng, X, Chan, H.Y., Lam, H.S., Leung, T.F. (Filed on April 21, 2023). Using Neural Data from Infancy to Forecast Future Developmental Outcomes in Preterm Children (US Provisional Patent Application No. 63/461,204).

Entrepreneurial Activities

Founder,	Foresight Language and Learning Solutions Limited
	Supported by Technology Start-up Support Scheme for Universities (Innovation and Technology Fund, Hong Kong SAR) and Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Incub-Tech