Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto
Rua Alfredo Allen, 208 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Phone: +351 226 074 900
Email: info@i3s.up.pt
Open Positions
Join us
We are always interested in hearing from motivated students and researchers who want to work at the interface of neuroscience, engineering and computation. The NCN Lab welcomes candidates with backgrounds in neuroscience, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, physics, computer science, electrical engineering, applied mathematics, image analysis, machine learning or related fields.
Contact
For informal enquiries, please contact:
Paulo Aguiar
Neuroengineering and Computational Neuroscience Lab
i3S — Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto
Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal
Email: pauloaguiar@i3s.up.pt
Prospective PhD students
We welcome prospective PhD students interested in:
- neuronal circuit dynamics and neural computation
- microelectrode arrays and in vitro electrophysiology
- human iPSC-derived neuronal cultures
- microfluidics and brain-on-chip platforms
- neuron–astrocyte communication
- neuromorphic computing and spiking neural networks
- reinforcement learning for closed-loop neuromodulation
- adaptive DBS and Parkinson’s disease electrophysiology
- biomedical imaging and glioblastoma microstructure
Candidates should contact us with a CV, a brief statement of research interests and the names of potential fellowship or doctoral-program calls they intend to apply for.
Prospective PhD students
We welcome prospective PhD students interested in:
- neuronal circuit dynamics and neural computation
- microelectrode arrays and in vitro electrophysiology
- human iPSC-derived neuronal cultures
- microfluidics and brain-on-chip platforms
- neuron–astrocyte communication
- neuromorphic computing and spiking neural networks
- reinforcement learning for closed-loop neuromodulation
- adaptive DBS and Parkinson’s disease electrophysiology
- biomedical imaging and glioblastoma microstructure
Candidates should contact us with a CV, a brief statement of research interests and the names of potential fellowship or doctoral-program calls they intend to apply for.
MSc students and research trainees
We regularly host MSc students, Erasmus trainees and research interns for projects involving neural data analysis, MEA recordings, calcium imaging, computational modelling, image analysis, microfluidics and real-time closed-loop stimulation.
Postdoctoral researchers and fellows
Researchers interested in developing independent projects aligned with the NCN Lab are encouraged to contact us. We are particularly interested in candidates who can bridge experimental and computational approaches and who wish to apply for competitive national or international fellowships.