Job ID: 121760

Postdoctoral researcher for brain-machine interfaces in nonhuman primates

Position: Post-doctoral Position

Deadline: 14 February 2025

Employment Start Date: 1 April 2025

Contract Length: 1 year, with possibility of extension

City: Leuven

Country: Belgium

Institution: KU Leuven

Department: Neurosciences

Description:

The Laboratory for Neuro-and Psychophysiology investigates the brain in human and nonhuman primates with a combination of electrophysiology, functional imaging and causal perturbation methods, both at the level of basic research and in translational research.

The postdoctoral researcher will be involved in a multidisciplinary project on intracortical brain-machine interfaces in nonhuman primates, in collaboration with clinicians and engineers. A second aspect of the position involves providing assistance in gene therapy experiments in nonhuman primates.

Profile

PhD in systems neurosciences

extensive experience with nonhuman primate electrophysiology (preferably multielectrode recordings)

excellent publication track record

capable of working in a team

solid knowledge of Matlab and/or Python