Funded PhD Studentship on motor cortex control of arm movements

[Mark Humphries (staff)]

We seek applicants for a fully-funded MRC PhD studentship project "Leveraging population activity trajectories to optimise Brain-computer interfaces for arm movement" with Mark Humphries (Nottingham) and Katja Kornysheva (Birmingham) for October 2026 start

This project will develop a new approach to brain-computer interfaces, by leveraging our new understanding of how the neural activity in the motor cortex encodes an intended arm movement. We will test this theory in multiple datasets of cortical recordings during arm movements, and we will develop new brain-computer interfaces that directly translate the encodings of motor cortex into intended movements.  

Application deadline: Jan 9^th 2026, midday (GMT)

How to apply for this project:  https://more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-opportunities/

Submit your application to: mrc-a...@nottingham.ac.uk  

Professor Mark Humphries | Professor of Computational Neuroscience

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Essays on the brain and science: drmdhumphries.medium.com

Book: "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds" (Princeton UP) in hardback, paperback, ebook & audiobook read by Anand Jagatia

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