Nicola Molinaro
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PhD and Postdoctoral Positions in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience, MEG/fMRI, and Bilingual Speech Decoding Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language in Spain
Degree Level
PhD, Postdoc
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Postdoctoral salary is 30,000€-32,000€ gross per year, full-time, temporary contract for 4 years, with an end-of-contract payout according to institutional and funding regulations. PhD salary is 21,000€ gross annual salary, full-time or part-time option mentioned, temporary contract for 4 years, with an end-of-contract payout according to institutional and funding regulations.
Deadline
Expired
Country
Spain
University
Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language
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About this position
BCBL – Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain is recruiting for the Deco-B / Decoding Bilingual Speech Perception project within the BrAIn2Lang network.
The project sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, computational neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, brain rhythms, bilingualism, MEG, fMRI, and language models. The research aims to decode bilingual speech perception and neural data, combining multimodal neuroimaging with transformer-based multilingual AI models to study whether bilinguals use shared or language-specific semantic representations.
Open positions: a Postdoctoral Researcher position and a PhD Researcher position in the Brain Rhythms and Cognition group led by Nicola Molinaro.
Postdoc profile: candidates should have a PhD in computational neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, machine learning, or a related field, plus strong programming and modelling experience. Desirable experience includes MEG/EEG/fMRI analysis, transformer-based language models, multimodal learning, open science, and reproducible workflows. Salary is 30,000€–32,000€ gross/year, with a full-time temporary contract and an end-of-contract payout. Deadline: 2026-06-10.
PhD profile: candidates must be eligible for a PhD program at UPV/EHU and have completed at least 300 ECTS across bachelor’s and master’s studies. The role is aimed at applicants with a background in computational neuroscience and interest in machine learning-based neural decoding. Salary is 21,000€ gross/year, with a temporary 4-year contract and an end-of-contract payout. Deadline: 2026-05-10.
How to apply: use the linked BCBL application pages for the relevant position and upload the requested documents before the deadline. For the postdoc, submit a CV, research statement/motivation letter, and two recommendation letters. For the PhD, submit a CV, research statement/motivation letter, transcript of records, and two recommendation letters.
Institution: Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL), Spain.
Funding details
Postdoctoral salary is 30,000€-32,000€ gross per year, full-time, temporary contract for 4 years, with an end-of-contract payout according to institutional and funding regulations. PhD salary is 21,000€ gross annual salary, full-time or part-time option mentioned, temporary contract for 4 years, with an end-of-contract payout according to institutional and funding regulations.
What's required
For the postdoc, candidates must have a PhD in computational neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, machine learning, or a related field; demonstrated expertise in developing and applying machine learning or statistical models; ability to independently carry out research; experience with complex datasets and analysis pipelines; critical analysis and synthesis skills; ability to contribute to research design and methodological development; effective communication, scientific writing, and dissemination experience; collaborative interdisciplinary working ability; strong programming skills such as Python; and preferably experience with MEG, EEG, or fMRI, transformer-based language models, multimodal learning, open science, reproducible workflows, and student supervision. For the PhD position, candidates must be eligible for a PhD program at UPV/EHU, including completion of at least 300 ECTS credits across bachelor’s and master’s studies (240 ECTS bachelor’s + 60 ECTS master’s); they should have a background in computational neuroscience, be able to work under supervision, show ambition to develop research methodology skills, demonstrate understanding of the field, produce data under supervision, and communicate research outcomes clearly.
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Professors
Ikerbasque Research Professor and Group Leader
Spain
Research Interests
Neuropsychology
Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Science
Meg
Computer Science
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