Computational Neuroscience jobs

Develop and analyse an integrate-and-fire neural-network model of visual perception using the LAMINART framework. The project studies multiple-object tracking, object segmentation and how model dynamics explain experimental behaviour. The appointment lasts up to 36 months in the Research Unit of Health and Cognitive Psychology at the Esbjerg campus, with…

PhD project in Prof. Karin Roelofs's Affective Neuroscience group, funded by the ERC Advanced Grant HEART2ADAPT, which studies how the body's autonomic stress state shapes approach–avoidance decisions under threat. The project tests causal mechanisms with transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS), including offline TUS and the development of MR-compatible…

This CHEMCONTROL postdoctoral project studies human motivation, value-based decisions and cognitive control through experimental design, intracranial recordings, single-neuron and local-field-potential analyses, and computational behavioural models. The researcher joins Roshan Cools’s group at the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging and collaborates…

The Department of Neuroscience at Yale University is hiring tenure-track faculty with interests in computational or theoretical neuroscience, including candidates who use computational methods, machine learning and AI to link models with experimental data across neural activity analysis, network modelling, imaging, bioinformatics and molecular modelling.…

Research neural interfaces, implantable neurotechnology, neural decoding and closed-loop brain-computer interfaces. Topics include electrode and sensor design, biocompatible materials, high-channel-count recording and stimulation, neurophotonic probes combining optical stimulation with electrophysiology, and adaptive or deep-learning decoders. The…

Create biologically informed computational models of cognition driven by experimental data, working closely with experimental and clinical researchers. The primary appointment is in Mathematics and Statistics, with potential secondary affiliations across neuroscience and engineering. The successful scholar leads independent research, teaches, mentors…

Develop a human cognitive neuroscience programme using quantitative and computational approaches, supported by knowledge of neuroanatomy and systems neuroscience. The appointment sits in the Brain, Behavior and Cognition programme and is expected to use the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center. The role includes research, teaching, mentoring and collaboration…

Develop pretrained models of functional, diffusion and structural MRI that predict individual cognition with calibrated uncertainty. The ANR-funded MIND–GIN Bordeaux collaboration combines preprocessing and harmonization of large datasets, generative and self-supervised models, and transfer to smaller cognitive-neuroscience studies. The doctorate will…

The Brain and Cognitive Sciences department seeks faculty across computational, cognitive and experimental approaches to brain science. The anticipated start is July 2027. Duties combine original research, graduate and undergraduate teaching, and student mentoring; the normal teaching load is 1.5 subjects annually. The assistant-professor nine-month pay…

This postdoctoral role combines computational neuroscience and philosophy to investigate integrated information theory as an intrinsic account of experience. Topics include objects, meaning, value, purpose, agency, actual causation, free will and responsibility. Work includes conceptual and formal analysis, manuscripts, accessible IIT Wiki explanations and…

The Department of Neuroscience in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at UT Dallas is hiring a tenure-system faculty member at open rank (Assistant or Associate Professor) as part of a computational neuroscience cluster hiring initiative. The search targets expertise in neural coding, computation and dynamics, or approaches at the intersection of…

Conduct computational neuroscience research in the Laboratory for Neural Computation and Adaptation. The team seeks researchers with strong analytical skills who can connect theoretical models with experiments.

Research in Taro Toyoizumi’s laboratory connects synaptic plasticity, information processing and adaptive neural circuits. This role leads computational work on sleep within a multiscale CREST BioDX collaboration with Kaoru Inokuchi and Tatsuya Haga. Analytical approaches draw on statistical physics and information theory, alongside mathematical models of…

The Neural Dynamics accelerator at the Allen Institute studies how the brain generates flexible behavior. Reporting to the Institute's President and CEO, the Executive Vice President and Co-Director co-leads its scientific vision and long-range strategic plan and is the single point of accountability for people, administration and operations. The research…

The Kumar Lab in the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University in St. Louis runs an NIH-funded program on the cortical cellular and circuit mechanisms behind hearing difficulty in noisy environments after noise-induced hearing loss, integrating systems neuroscience, genetics, pharmacology and computational approaches. Methods include in vivo…

The A. Mathis Group for Computational Neuroscience and AI (CNAI), led by Professor Alexander Mathis, is recruiting two postdoctoral fellows. The group studies how to measure and understand behaviour with AI, how brains and embodied agents learn to control the body, and how the brain builds a sense of the body through proprioception; it develops open-source…

The Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor working at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence, with a substantive connection to neuroscience through data, theory or modelling. Example topics include generative models of brain data, AI-based analysis tools for neural activity…

Postdoctoral Flatiron Research Fellowships (FRFs) at the Center for Computational Neuroscience (CCN), which develops theories, models and computational methods for brain function through a vertically integrated systems neuroscience approach. Fellows affiliate with a primary PI from one of six groups: neural circuits and algorithms (Dmitri Chklovskii),…

A tenured associate professorship supports research across neuroscience, including neural plasticity, development, genetics and aging. Experimental, computational, cellular and non-model-organism approaches are welcome. The appointee develops interdisciplinary collaborations across biology and neuroscience, teaches and mentors students, and contributes…

Open-rank faculty recruitment covers systems, cellular, molecular, computational, clinical and cognitive neuroscience, including neural devices, neuroengineering and AI. Appointees build independent funded programmes, teach, mentor and collaborate across departments. Primary appointments match the research programme, with possible joint affiliations. The…

Computational and theoretical neuroscience faculty search in the School of Medicine. Research may address neural circuits and population dynamics, development, perception, cognition, learning, behaviour or machine-learning analysis of neural data. The appointee establishes an independent funded programme and collaborates with experimental researchers across…

Develop machine-learning methods that integrate multimodal human-brain data and characterise Alzheimer’s disease trajectories. Contribute to mechanistic analysis of disease using large-scale molecular, cellular and neuropathology datasets.

Lead analysis of large neural-population recordings collected during flexible decision-making tasks. Study distributed brain dynamics and adaptive behaviour using recordings from thousands of neurons across multiple regions.

Investigate the computational principles of dreaming in Louis Kang’s Neural Circuits and Computations Unit at RIKEN Center for Brain Science. Research combines biological neural-network models, machine learning and neural-data analysis, addressing how circuits generate dreams, what dream computations contribute to biological systems, and whether they can…