1-2 postdoc positions in early childhood neuroimaging at the Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance in Copenhagen, Denmark

1-2 postdoc positions in multimodal MRI of cerebral palsy, motor outcomes, and/or social cognition in typically developing and at-risk infants

Are you interested in understanding how developing brain structure and connectivity shape motor and social outcomes in infants and toddlers? Do you thrive in inspiring multidisciplinary teams, bridging brain mapping, computational modeling, and developmental neuroscience? Then you are the person we are looking for!

The Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance (DRCMR) at Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre (Denmark) is seeking 1-2 postdoctoral researchers in infant and early childhood multimodal MRI to work on the NIBS-CP and/or SELFiE projects.

The NIBS-CP project (www.drcmr.dk/nibs-cp) is an ongoing longitudinal study following ~200 infants aged 3-24 months, including both infants at risk for cerebral palsy and typically developing infants. Using advanced multimodal MRI and motor assessments at three time points (3-9, 12, and 24 months), the project aims to characterize early brain development, map relationships between brain structure and motor function, and improve the prediction of motor outcomes.

The SELFIE project is part of an ERC Advanced Grant led by Prof. Victoria Southgate, investigating the emergence of self-awareness in infancy. Approximately 100 infants will undergo MRI scanning at 5 months of age to study structural and functional brain connectivity underlying early social cognitive development. The postdoc will contribute to the MRI component of the project, analyzing connectivity patterns in relation to behavioral measures of emerging self-awareness.

You will be a member of the Brain Maturation (www.drcmr.dk/brain-maturation) and NIBS-CP  groups at DRCMR, with ample opportunities to interact with researchers working on related multimodal neuroimaging studies. We have multiple projects across pediatric populations, studying typical and atypical development from birth to early adulthood, in both typically developing and at-risk populations.

The postdoc position is supervised by Associate Prof. Kathrine Skak Madsen, and co-supervised by Associate Prof. Melanie Ganz, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen (https://lnn-ucph.github.io/), on the NIBS-CP project, and Professor Victoria Southgate, Center for Early Childhood Cognition, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen (https://psychology.ku.dk/ecc-en/), contributing to the MRI component of her ERC Advanced Grant project on infant social cognition

You are a highly dedicated and dynamic postdoctoral researcher with the following qualifications:

The project will be carried out at the DRCMR, which is a leading research center for biomedical MRI in Europe (www.drcmr.dk). Approx. 75 researchers from more than 20 countries and a diverse range of disciplines are currently pursuing basic and clinically applied MR research and its validation with a focus on structural, functional, and metabolic MRI of the human brain and its disorders. The DRCMR has a state-of-the-art research infrastructure for preclinical and human imaging, including six whole-body MR scanners (one 7T, four 3T, and one 1.5T) and a preclinical 7T scanner. The DRCMR also houses a high-performance computer cluster, state-of-the-art laboratories for electrophysiology and non-invasive brain stimulation, and dedicated MRI equipment and space for infant MRI studies.

Read more and apply here: https://www.regionh.dk/job/søg-job/Sider/Region-Hovedstaden-soeger.aspx?positionid=267693 

Starting date: May 1, 2026 or a few months after

Deadline: April 29, 2026

Further information
If you have questions concerning the position, you are more than welcome to contact Senior researcher, associate professor, Kathrine Skak Madsen via e-mail at