Phd program in Translational Neurosciences and Neurotechnologies

The Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication (CTNSC) @ Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), jointly with the University of Ferrara, is opening a PhD position starting in November 1st, 2025.

Research areas:

• Improving performance and biocompatibility of electrode arrays for brain-computer interfaces
• Organic neuroelectronics for multimodal recordings and stimulation of the brain in vivo
• Hardware and software development for innovative exploration of brain signals
• Machine learning applications to multimodal brain and speech signals
• Investigation of sensorimotor functions in animal models
• Cortical recordings in human patients during awake Neurosurgery
• Human non-invasive neurophysiology of speech and sensorimotor communication by means of TMS, EEG, EMG and MoCap

Who: physicists, computer scientists, biomedical/electrical engineers, biologists, biotechnologist, medical doctors and experimental psychologists eager to work in an international and multidisciplinary team.

Where: The CTNSC is hosted by the University of Ferrara (UNIFE) in a prestigious historical building in the city center. Ferrara is a well connected renaissance city (30-min to Bologna, 40-min to Padua, 60-min to Venice; 2 nearby international airports), bustling with students.