Project description
The position is funded by EU Horizon and part of the Marie Sklodwoska-Curie Doctoral Network NeuroNanotech: ‘Integrating Nanotechnology and Neurocomputational Modeling for Advanced Brain Interfaces’. The NeuroNanotech project aims to develop next-generation neurotechnological tools by integrating computational and experimental approaches to understand how nanoscale materials and electromagnetic interactions affect brain function. The PhD project will focus on biophysical modeling of electrical and magnetic brain signals and the mechanisms through which externally applied fields influence neural dynamics.
What skills are important in this role?
The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences has a strategic ambition to be among Europe’s leading communities for research, education and innovation. Candidates for these fellowships will be selected in accordance with this, and expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.
Qualification requirements:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in physics, computer science, mathematics or a mathematically-oriented engineering degree
- Foreign completed degree (M.Sc.-level) corresponding to a minimum of four years in the Norwegian educational system
- Experience in mathematical modelling and programming
- Fluent oral and written communication skills in English
Desired qualifications:
- Previous experience in computational neuroscience
MSCA requirements:
- Supported researchers must be doctoral candidates, i.e., not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment.
- Recruited researchers can be of any nationality and must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date. Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays and time spent by the researcher as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention are not taken into account.
Language requirement:
- Good oral and written communication skills in English
- English requirements for applicants from outside of EU/ EEA countries and exemptions from the requirements:
https://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/phd/regulations/regulations.html#toc8
Grade requirements:
The norm is as follows:
- The average grade point for courses included in the Bachelor’s degree must be C or better in the Norwegian educational system
- The average grade point for courses included in the Master’s degree must be B or better in the Norwegian educational system
- The Master’s thesis must have the grade B or better in the Norwegian educational system
The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree. For more information see:
http://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/phd/
All candidates and projects will have to undergo a check versus national export, sanctions and security regulations. Candidates may be excluded based on these checks. Primary checkpoints are the Export Control regulation, the Sanctions regulation, and the national security regulation.
