Dear all,
On behalf of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience (Prof. Olaf
Blanke, EPFL) and the Rehabilitation Engineering Lab (Prof. Roger
Gassert, ETHZ), I would like to formally announce an open PhD position
(details below). Please forward to anyone you think would be
interested.
Best,
James
Project Description
Supported by an Initiative from the National Competence Center for
Biomedical Imaging (www.nccbi.ch), the Blanke Lab (EPFL, lnco.epfl.ch)
and the Gassert Lab (ETHZ, www.relab.ethz.ch) are looking for a highly
motivated and hard working candidate to conduct cutting edge research
joining brain imaging of own body perception with rehabilitation
engineering and real time fMRI in humans. The candidate will learn to
develop and test technologies such as haptics, virtual reality as well
as real-time fMRI neurofeedback to influence and understand the brain
mechanisms of body ownership and movement control. If successful, the
project is likely to have large impact in the fields of motor skill
learning, neuroscience, neuro-prosthetics, brain-machine interfaces,
and neuro-rehabilitation.
The project extends previous successful collaborations between the
Gassert and Blanke Lab (i.e. Ionta et al., Neuron 2011) and will be
conducted in a dynamic collaboration between both laboratories
(Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience – EPFL, (Prof. O. Blanke) and
the Rehabilitation and Engineering Lab – ETH (Prof. R. Gassert)). The
appointed candidate will collaborate with and serve as link between
these two laboratories in addition to already existing joint projects.
The applicant should have a MS degree in Electrical Engineering,
Bioengineering, Biology, or Neuroscience or equivalent and a strong
interest in bridging these different fields of expertise. Programming
(Matlab, C, C++), experience with fMRI analysis tools and excellent
communication skills in English are highly desired, and previous
experience in hardware development is a plus. Capacity to work in an
interdisciplinary team and will to travel between Lausanne and Zurich
are required.
The deadline for submitting the application is May 1st. Interested
applicants can submit online here:
http://phd.epfl.ch/cms/page-19493-en.html. Information about the EPFL
PhD Program in Neuroscience (EDNE) as well as application guidelines
can be found at http://phd.epfl.ch/edne. For further information,
please contact Prof. Olaf Blanke at olaf.blanke at epfl.ch.
Ionta, S., Heydrich, L., Lenggenhager, B., Mouthon, M., Fornari, E.,
Chapuis, D., Gassert, R., and Blanke, O. (2011). Multisensory
mechanisms in temporo-parietal cortex support self-consciousness.
Neuron, 70 (2): 363–374.
Ionta, S., Gassert, R., and Blanke, O. (2011). Multisensory and
sensorimotor foundation of bodily self-consciousness – An
interdisciplinary approach. Front. Psychology, 2:383.
Dueñas, J., Chapuis, C., Pfeiffer, C., Martuzzi, R., Ionta, S.,
Blanke, O., and Gassert, R. (2011). Neuroscience robotics to
investigate multisensory integration and bodily awareness. Proc. IEEE
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), pp. 8348 -
8352.
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James Sulzer, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Fellow
Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ)
LEO B9.2, Leonhardstrasse 27, CH-8092 Zurich
Office: +41 44 632 67 63
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James Sulzer, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, ETH Fellow
Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ)
LEO B9.2, Leonhardstrasse 27, CH-8092 Zurich
Office: +41 44 632 67 63
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