Postdoc on neural engineering for the control of robotic hand prostheses

We are pleased to announce this postdoctoral position on neural engineering for the control of robotic hand prostheses.
The position involves researching and developing robust neuro-muscular control algorithms for decoding users' intentions and enabling efficient control of hand prostheses from high-density surface EMG recordings.
The project is led by Dr Luca Citi at the University of Essex (UK) and involves a collaboration with Dr Christian Cipriani from Prensilia SRL, Dr Demba Ba from Harvard SEAS, Professor Silvestro Micera from EPFL, and Professor Dario Farina from University of Göttingen.
The successful applicant will have received a PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Statistics, Computer Science or a closely related discipline. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in neural engineering and applicants are also expected to have a strong publication record as first author, ideally including publications in 1st quartile journals in relevant areas.
The successful applicant will be part of the Essex BCI Lab, the UK's largest research group in brain-computer interfaces.
This post is fixed-term for 17 months.
Interested applicants can find further information about the post and the application process at http://csee.essex.ac.uk/staff/lciti/postodc_epsrc .
Please feel free to email lciti(-AT-)essex.ac.uk to discuss this opportunity.