Post-doctoral researcher in computer science

Offer Description

Principal investigator: Anna Maria Kubicka

Job type: post-doctoral researcher

Field: MRI, imaging segmentation, human brain mapping

Duration: 18 months with an option to extend

Funding: National Science Centre in Poland, Opus-30

Apply by: 10/21/2026

Application email: anna.kubicka@up.poznan.pl

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The project, titled “Brain development in genus Homo over the last two million years,” will contribute to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that shape neurocranial development in modern humans. The results will provide new empirical evidence on coordination between vascular growth, brain maturation, and cranial bone formation, which are the key questions in developmental and evolutionary biology.

The project is highly interdisciplinary and brings together methods from evolutionary biology, paleoneurology, virtual anthropology, computational neuroscience and neuroimaging. The OPUS project is funded by the Polish National Science Centre and will involve a team from France (Musée de l'Homme, Paris) and Spain (Valladolid University, Valladolid)

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a postdoctoral researcher in the OPUS-30 project, you will contribute to the development of MRI segmentation through an interdisciplinary collaboration. The researcher will take primary responsibility for improving skull segmentation in MRIs already collected from children and adults.

The successful candidate will conduct research on modern humans and, later, on early hominins, including early Homo, applying quantitative methods in evolutionary morphology and employing innovative analytical techniques to investigate evolutionary changes in the human brain.

Where to apply

E-mail: anna.kubicka@up.poznan.pl

Requirements

Research Field: Computer science
Education Level: PhD or equivalent

Research Field: Neurosciences
Education Level: PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in computer science, machine learning, computational neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, or a related discipline, completed by the start of the appointment.
• Experience working with neuroimaging data
• Strong experience and interest in MRI segmentation, medical image analysis and processing, Python/Matlab programming, human brain mapping, machine learning and optimising MRI processing pipelines for automated brain segmentation
• Capacity for original and independent research
• Good publication record relative to career stage
• The ability to work independently and take initiative in developing research
• Organisational and project-management skills
• Language: very good command of English (written and spoken).

Applicants are not expected to possess all of these research skills at the time of application. The project particularly values intellectual openness, methodological curiosity, and a willingness to engage with approaches beyond one's primary disciplinary training.

Languages: ENGLISH
Level: Excellent

Additional Information

Benefits

HIRING SALARY

• Salary: 15,000 PLN each month (before taxes), which is around 3,500 euros. The average salary in Poland is around 9,000 PLN.

Eligibility criteria

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please send all application materials to the email: anna.kubicka@up.poznan.pl by 11:59 pm on October 20, 2026.

All qualified candidates are invited to submit the following materials:

• a cover letter including current and future research interests;
• a current curriculum vitae;
• PDF of two research articles co-authored by the applicant
• the name and contact information of three references

In case of any questions about this position, please contact the principal investigator, i.e. Anna Maria Kubicka (anna.kubicka@up.poznan.pl)

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Poznań University of Life Sciences
Country: Poland
City: Poznań
Street: Wojska Polskiego 71C

Contact

State/Province: N/A
City: Poznań
Website: https://skylark.up.poznan.pl/
Street: ul. Wojska Polskiego 28
Postal Code: 60-637
E-Mail: fabianski@up.poznan.pl
Phone: 618487648