Rate My Professor Pedro Amarante Andrade

Dr Pedro Amarante Andrade serves as a Senior Lecturer in the Curtin School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, at Curtin University. A speech pathologist, biophysicist, and voice researcher, he holds a PhD in Biophysics from Palacký University Olomouc (2015), a Master's in Voice Pathology from University College London, and a degree in Speech Pathology from Brazil. His professional journey spans clinical and academic roles across multiple countries: in the UK at the Royal National Throat, Nose, and Ear Hospital in London; in Sweden at Karolinska Institutet, where he developed a vocal tract model for assessing semi-occluded vocal tract exercises; and in Czechia at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant investigating neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the voice. Relocating to Perth in 2023, he established a state-of-the-art voice research lab at Curtin University featuring high-speed camera technology and holds an Adjunct Research Fellow position at The University of Western Australia.

Andrade's research specializations include voice therapy, singing voice biophysics, semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTE), positive expiratory pressure devices, laryngeal configuration and vocal fold oscillations, Estill Voice Training, and head posture in singing. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, with key works such as 'Electroglottographic study of seven semi-occluded exercises: LaxVox, straw, lip-trill, tongue-trill, humming, hand-over-mouth, and tongue-trill combined with hand-over-mouth' (Journal of Voice, 2014), 'The flow and pressure relationships in different tubes commonly used for semi-occluded vocal tract exercises' (Journal of Voice, 2016), 'Resonance tube phonation in water—the effect of tube diameter and water depth on back pressure and bubble characteristics at different airflows' (Journal of Voice, 2018), 'A Comparison of the Effects of Phonation into a Positive Expiratory Pressure Device and Silicone Tube in Water on the Vocal Mechanism' (2023), and 'Comparison of laryngoscopic, glottal and vibratory parameters among Estill qualities—Case study' (2024). In 2024, he was awarded a Conjoint Grant by the Passe & Williams Foundation for 'Targeted Non-Invasive Electrical Stimulation to Treat Vocal Cord Paresis'. His research has garnered significant citations, influencing advancements in voice pathology and therapy.