Sano PhD Student - Linking Eye Movements and Brain Function to Monitor Stroke-induced Alterations with fMRI

Location Krakow

Employment type Full-time

Region / State / Province małopolskie

About job:

Sano PhD Student – NCN Sonata-20

Institution Name: Sano – Centre for Computational Personalized Medicine International Research Foundation

Position Title: PhD Student - Linking Eye Movements and Brain Function to Monitor Stroke-induced Alterations with fMRI

Requirements:

The PhD Student position will be realized at Sano and funded through Sonata-20 Grant of dr. Cemal Koba: Linking Eye Movements and Brain Function to Monitor Stroke-induced Alterations with fMRI.

The successful candidate for the position needs to:

Have a Master’s degree in a relevant field: computer science, computational neuroscience, biomedical engineering or similar;

Be enrolled in a doctoral school and realize a topic with significant relation to the Linking Eye Movements and Brain Function to Monitor Stroke-induced Alterations with fMRI project.

Have at least basic knowledge and practical skills in coding;

Have practical experience with handling large dataset;

Familiarity with the structure of f/MRI datasets (DICOM, NIFTI) and related software (e.g. FreeSurfer, FSL, AFNI, Nibabel)

Have an interest in neuroscience research;

Tasks:

Conduct collaborative research in computational neuroscience.

Help with the data processing and analysis, conduct tasks related to quality control, postprocessing, algorithm development, and writing academic papers.

Participate in project meetings and collaborate closely with the supervisor and other students.

Support grant writing and project reporting activities. Prepare scientific publications and take part in international conferences to present the project outcomes.

Additional details:

NCN Project: SONATA-20 NZ

Application Deadline: July 14th 2025

Application Submission Method: www

Employment Conditions:

The involvement in the project will be based on a PhD scholarship agreement for a period of 24 months.

Planned start date: 01.10.2025

Place of work: Sano – Centre for Computational Personalized Medicine

A scientific scholarship of PLN 5000 per month will be paid in accordance with the rules outlined in the NCN Regulations on Awarding Scientific Scholarships in Research Projects Funded by the National Science Centre (Annex to NCN Council Resolution No. 25/2024 of March 4, 2024).

Application process:

The application should include:

A copy of the second-cycle (Master’s) degree diploma. Prior to the commencement of employment, the Candidate needs to submit a proof of enrollment at a doctoral school;

A curriculum vitae (CV) highlighting previous scientific activities (participation in workshops, research projects, authorship/co-authorship of scientific articles, participation in conferences, competitions, awards, contributions to the academic community, membership in scientific circles, etc.);

A cover letter;

A statement of consent for the processing of personal data with the following content: "I consent to the processing of my personal data contained in the job application for the purposes necessary for the recruitment process (in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act, Journal of Laws 2002, No. 101, item 926, as amended)."

Additional Information:

The Selection Committee reserves the right to conduct interviews with only selected candidates (the time and place of the interview will be communicated to candidates via email).

Please send your applications via our recruitment system, by clicking Apply below.

Applications should be submitted exclusively in electronic form.

The deadline for submitting documents is 15.07.2025. The expected date for selecting the successful candidate is 17.09.2025. The project work is scheduled to begin on 01.10.2025.