PhD Opportunities in Neuropsychology in Netherlands

This PhD project at Radboud University Medical Center focuses on multiple system atrophy (MSA) , a rare and serious brain disorder that often resembles Parkinson’s disease but progresses more rapidly. The position combines two connected research tracks aimed at improving care for people with MSA and the professionals who diagnose and study it. In the first track, the project develops an AI-supported pathway for MSA knowledge sharing and education . Because most neurologists see MSA only rarely, ...

This PhD project explores how baculoviruses manipulate caterpillar behaviour and how that manipulation is shaped by the broader viral context of the host. The work starts with comparing behavioural effects across closely and more distantly related baculoviruses and lepidopteran hosts, then moves to testing how the insect virome influences those outcomes. The project asks fundamental questions about parasite-host interactions and the concept of the extended phenotype, with a particular emphasis o...

This PhD position is part of the Cerebrovasculaire Ziekten research line in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery at UMC Utrecht . The project sits at the interface of neurology and radiology and focuses on innovative imaging of atherosclerosis in the carotid arteries. The research aims to determine how inflammation caused by atherosclerosis can best be visualised with imaging. A key goal is to generate new insights that may support the clinical implementation of a new imaging marker for id...

This PhD project at Maastricht University and Maastricht UMC+ explores how the smallest blood vessels in the brain contribute to dementia and the clearance of harmful waste products from brain tissue. The work is part of the MODEM consortium, which studies the biological mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of dementia. You will investigate the neurovascular unit, with a particular focus on how capillaries interact with surrounding brain tissue and how microvascular function may relat...

This PhD project at Wageningen University & Research investigates how taste is encoded in the brain of specialist caterpillars and butterflies. The work focuses on deciphering the neuronal code that these insects use to recognize their host plants, using the cabbage white butterflies ( Pieris spp.) as a model system. The project sits at the intersection of neuroscience, ecology, and evolutionary biology. It explores how insect herbivores and plants have coevolved, how toxic plant compounds and i...

This PhD project at UMC Utrecht focuses on person-centred care and technological innovation in brain diagnostics, with a specific emphasis on bringing MRI closer to the patient and into primary care. The project is part of the consortium initiative Brain Matters and the broader Reimagine Imaging programme, which aims to redesign how people are referred, guided, and supported through the imaging pathway. The PhD student will work on the development of a largely automated MRI set-up in which patie...

Erasmus University Rotterdam is offering a fully funded, salaried PhD position in Decision Neuroscience through the Erasmus Center for Neuroeconomics, hosted by the Marketing department of the Rotterdam School of Management. The project is open-ended: PhD candidates develop and execute their own research projects in consultation with advisers. Research may address decision-making, persuasive communication, emotions and choice, dishonesty, charitable giving, consumer judgments, advertising, neuro...

Wageningen University & Research is offering a fully funded PhD position in insect neurobiology, sensory ecology, and insect-plant coevolution. The project will investigate how specialist caterpillars and butterflies encode plant taste in the brain and use chemical cues to recognize host plants. Using cabbage white butterflies ( Pieris spp.) as a model system, the researcher will compare gustatory coding between closely related species and between caterpillar and adult life stages. The work focu...

Amsterdam UMC is offering a PhD position in spatial proteomics and neurodegeneration , focused on understanding how cell-type vulnerability and resilience contribute to frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The PhD researcher will design and perform proteomics studies using human postmortem FTD brain tissue and patient-derived iPSC neuronal cultures. The project will employ innovative single-cell, spatial proteomics, and other omics technologies to investigate molecular and cellular dysfunction, cell-s...