Research project title
Neurotechnology to recover hand function after a paralysis
Education level
Post-doctoral fellowship
Director/co-director
Director: Marco Bonizzato
End of display
July 31, 2025
Areas of expertise
Electrical and electronic engineering
Life sciences research related to human health and disease
Unit(s) and department(s)
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal
Conditions
The objective of the sciNeurotech Lab is to provide the cornerstone demonstrations for the next generation of intelligent neurostimulation technology for movement rehabilitation.
We develop new neurostimulation therapies, aiming at restoring sensorimotor function after neurotrauma, translationally from discovery in rodent to application in human medical technology, tailored and personalized to each user by artificial intelligence.
This project is open to engineering students, as well as students in neuroscience or related disciplines.
Engineers are required to have strong Python or Matlab coding skills, experience in data science / ML / AI or in neurotechnology. Neuroscientists and related fields must come with experience in system neuroscience or rehabilitation. Coding is a strong asset. For a postdoc, strong coding competences are required.
To apply, please send us CV and grades. Send to marco.bonizzato institutional email @polymtl.ca Have you considered adding your GitHub link, your blog, some previous work, a reference? They make a great addition to your presentation email!
We are committed in training students and postdocs with interdisciplinary backgrounds, biomedical and control engineering, to neuroscience and neurosurgery, to medical technology and AI. This pluralism makes the sciNeurotech Lab a unique environment, characterized by rare intervention models, a strong orientation to discovery and collaboration.
We are convinced that a strong, diverse, and interdisciplinary team is the ultimate enabling factor to help each member achieve their very own education goal, whether that involves a future as a professor, a medtech/AI industry leader or an entrepreneur. We are committed to offer you tailored mentorship for your career choice.
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Detailed description
We are looking for experimentalists for neuroprosthetic intervention discovery. The experiments are closed-loop electrophysiology/behavior in the rat model.
You will develop implantable neuromodulation interventions to improve hand movements after paralysis.
We use implantable brain interfaces to deliver distributed stimulation of the brain movement control networks.
These technique can probe transmission of motor commands between the brain and the hand/arm muscles, with a dual advantage:
1) tracking emergent changes in the brain during motor recovery,
2) controlling and improving motor execution (reversing paralysis deficits!) via neurostimulation and brain-computer interfaces (BCI).
This project will allow you to develop multiple cutting-edge neurotechnology skills:
- recording and decoding brain signals from behaving rats
- develop and deliver the most advanced brain stimulation interventions
- study hand kinematics with an unforeseen degree of precision, enabled by video AI processing
- discover and implement new neuroprosthetic and BCI technology.
What science should you expect? Check out some of our previous publications:
Financing possibility
Postdocs are guaranteed 70,000$ gross salary, and with up to +30,000$ through bursary programs, and international postdocs can benefit from a provincial tax exemption program.
