We are looking for highly motivated PhD students who are interested in interdisciplinary research project in Neural Engineering at the Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering in City University of Hong Kong. We are a young lab interested in various aspects of neuroprosthetics and neural network computation.

http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~chungtin/

Interested students with backgrounds in Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience/Biology, Mechanical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Science or related area are strongly encouraged to apply. Priority will be given to applicants with Master’s degree or at his/her final year of master program, but outstanding candidates with a good honor Bachelor’s degree are also welcome to apply.

The candidates should have strong interest in interdisciplinary research and highly motivated, with experience in one or more of the following area:
1. Electrophysiology and animal stereotaxic experiment
2. Neuronal cell culture
3. Optogenetics
4. Machine learning/Reinforcement learning

PhD studentships are available at a monthly stipend of $HK 14,400 .

Further information about admission to our PhD program can be found at
http://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk/prospective/rpg/

Strong candidates are also encouraged to apply for the Hong Kong PhD fellowship:
http://www.sgs.cityu.edu.hk/prospective/rpg/hkphd/

To apply, please send your CV and transcripts with a brief description of your research experience/interest to Dr. Chung TIN (chungtin@cityu.edu.hk).

Application deadline is in early December 2013….

Job details

Employer:City University of Hong Kong

Website:http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/...

Location:Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Expires:December 17, 2013

Job type:PhD Studentship

Salary:Unspecified

Qualifications:Postgraduate - Master's degree

Employment type:Contract

Job hours:Full-time

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