[Neuro-IT] Vacancy for Electrical or Biomedical Engineer or Physicist (PhD-student)

[Wolfgang Stuerzl]

Brain-computer interface for stroke rehabilitation in the home environment

at University of Twente and Hospital Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, 
the Netherlands, in the framework of the national dutch project Braingain.

The Braingain-project aims at collaborative, highly multidisciplinary 
research between 5 universities and a number of companies, in the areas 
Brain-Computer Interfacing and Brain Stimulation.

The vacancy resides in the group Biomedical Signals and Systems, Chair 
Neurotechnology, Departments Electrical Engineering and Technical 
Medicine and Institute for Biomedical Technology.

The project will focus on neural dynamics in acute stroke patients, with 
an emphasis on motor and language re-learning. At present, our knowledge 
about the various processes that occur as a manifestation of neural 
plasticity, including the relation to the EEG and potential targets for 
rehabilitation, is limited. The project aims to develop a clinical 
stroke model, that captures various of these elements.
The major practical challenge is to improve rehabilitation of stroke 
patients by EEG-feedback of neural networks that are presumed relevant 
for re-learning using an in-home BCI-setup.


PhD student (4 years)
What we expect:
Recent MSc diploma in electrical or biomedical engineering/(bio)physics. 
Good expertise in neurophysiology (lab and clinical) experimentation and 
mathematics/signal analysis/classification methods/simulation is 
necessary. Good skills regarding communication with patients is a plus.
What we offer:
We offer a full-time position with a maximum duration of 4 years. The 
gross salary for the PhD student will range from € 1956 in the first 
year to € 2502 per month in the fourth year, according to the Collective 
Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

Information and application
For information and application you may contact : Prof. dr. Wim L.C. 
Rutten, w.l.c.rutten at utwente.nl, or Dr.Ir. M.J.M.M. van Putten, 
m.vanputten at mailcss.com