PhD Student in Translational Neurophysiology Center of Translational Neurophysiology

PHD PROGRAM in
TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCES AND NEUROTECHNOLOGIES

The Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication (CTNSC) at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is looking for up to 4 highly motivated, full-time PhD students to work in the core research areas of the Center. The PhD student will work in Ferrara, in an international and multidisciplinary team including biomedical engineers, biologists, computer scientists, psychologists and medical doctors. The PhD positions will cover the following core areas of CTNSC:

A) Improving performance and biocompatibility in brain machine interfaces
Dr. Davide Ricci: davide.ricci@iit.it
Dr. Elisa Castagnola: elisa.castagnola@iit.it
Prof. Luciano Fadiga: luciano.fadiga@iit.it

B) Functional investigation of innovative neural interfaces
Dr. Emma Maggiolini: emma.maggiolini@iit.it 
Prof. Luciano Fadiga: luciano.fadiga@iit.it

C) Animal neurophysiology investigation of sensorimotor functions
Dr. Riccardo Viaro: riccardo.viaro@iit.it,
Prof. Luciano Fadiga: luciano.fadiga@iit.it

D) Brain- and multimodal signal- based speech recognition
Dr. Leonardo Badino: leonardo.badino@iit.it,
Prof. Luciano Fadiga: luciano.fadiga@iit.it

E) Human Neurophysiology investigation of speech and communication abilities by means of micro-electrocorticography
Dr. Luciano Simone: luciano.simone@iit.it
Prof. Luciano Fadiga: luciano.fadiga@iit.it

F) Human Neurophysiology investigation of speech and sensorimotor communication abilities by means of non-invasive techniques
Dr. Alessandro D’Ausilio: alessandro.dausilio@iit.it
Prof. Luciano Fadiga: luciano.fadiga@iit.it

DEADLINE: 5TH AUGUST 2016
CTNSC Info: https://www.iit.it/centers/ctnsc-unife
PhD page [ITA]: http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/concorsi/ordinario
How to participate to the selection [ITA/ENG]:
http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/modulistica/Guidaconcorso.pdf