<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">PHD PROGRAM in TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCES AND NEUROTECHNOLOGIES</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication (CTNSC) @ Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), is opening 4 PhD positions for the Academic Year 2020-2021.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Research areas:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- Improving performance and biocompatibility of electrode arrays for brain-computer interfaces</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- Organic neuroelectronics for multimodal recordings and stimulation of the brain in vivo</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- Investigation of sensorimotor functions in animal models</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- Machine learning applications to multimodal brain and speech signals</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- Human neurophysiology of speech and sensorimotor communication</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- Cortical recordings in human patients during awake Neurosurgery</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">- Hardware and software development for innovative exploration of brain signals</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Who: chemists, physicists, materials scientists, computer scientists, biomedical/electrical engineers, biologists, biotechnologist, medical doctors and experimental psychologists eager to work in an international and multidisciplinary team.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Where: The CTNSC (<a href="https://www.iit.it/centers/ctnsc-unife" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class="">https://www.iit.it/centers/ctnsc-unife</span></a>) is hosted by the University of Ferrara (UNIFE) in a prestigious historical building in the city center. UNIFE is one of the oldest Universities (founded in 1391) and one of the excellence Universities in Italy nowadays for research.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Ferrara is well connected by train and freeway (30-min to Bologna, 40-min to Padua, 60-min to Venice and their airports), bustling with students as it is an affordable University city (<a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/733" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class="">https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/733</span></a>).</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">General INFO: <a href="http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/it/corsi/riforma/neuroscience" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/it/corsi/riforma/neuroscience</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">Application INFO: <a href="http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/concorsi/selection" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/concorsi/selection</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">DEADLINE: 24 July 2020</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Contacts:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Luciano Fadiga (CTNSC Director): <a href="mailto:luciano.fadiga@iit.it" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class="">luciano.fadiga@iit.it</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">Thierry Pozzo: <a href="mailto:thierry.pozzo@iit.it" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">thierry.pozzo@iit.it</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">Fabio Biscarini: <a href="mailto:fabio.biscarini@iit.it" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">fabio.biscarini@iit.it</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">Michele Bianchi: <a href="mailto:michele.bianchi@iit.it" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">michele.bianchi@iit.it</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">Antonino Casile: <a href="mailto:antonino.casile@iit.it" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">antonino.casile@iit.it</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">David Papo: <a href="mailto:david.papo@iit.it" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">david.papo@iit.it</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">Alessandro D’Ausilio: <a href="mailto:alessandro.dausilio@iit.it" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">alessandro.dausilio@iit.it</span></a></span></div></body></html>