Are you interested in understanding how developing brain structure and connectivity shape motor outcomes in infants and toddlers? Do you enjoy working in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams, that bridge brain mapping, computational modeling, and developmental neuroscience? Then you may be the person we are looking for.
The Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance (DRCMR) at Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre (Denmark) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in infant and early childhood multimodal MRI to join the NIBS-CP project. The NIBS-CP project (www.drcmr.dk/nibs-cp) is an ongoing longitudinal study following ~200 infants aged 3-24 months, including 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, how brain structure and connectivity relate to developing motor function and improve the prediction of motor outcomes. Participant recruitment is nearing completion, and longitudinal data collection is well underway.
You will join the Brain Maturation research group (www.drcmr.dk/brain-maturation) at DRCMR and the broader NIBS-CP team. The group works closely together across projects, and you will have ample opportunities to interact with researchers working on related developmental neuroimaging studies. We value openness, knowledge sharing, and a supportive research culture. Our work spans multiple pediatric cohorts, covering both typical and atypical development from birth to early adulthood.
In this position, you will contribute to multimodal MRI analyses, longitudinal modeling of brain development and motor outcomes, scientific publications, and collaborative interdisciplinary research activities within the NIBS-CP project. We expect you to take scientific ownership of parts of the project, while also working closely with other members of the team.
Your profile:
You are a highly motivated and dedicated postdoctoral researcher with the following qualifications:
- A PhD in Neuroscience, Psychology, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field
- Strong experience with structural and/or diffusion MRI data analysis and/or computational modeling of multimodal neuroimaging data; network-based analysis experience is an advantage
- Interest and/or experience in early brain development, brain injury, and motor function
- Good programming skills (e.g., Python, or similar)
- Good statistical skills; experience with longitudinal analysis and/or predictive modeling is an advantage
- Ability to work independently, while contributing actively to a collaborative multidisciplinary and international research environment
- Strong English communication skills
The postdoc project will be supervised by Senior Researcher, Associate Professor Kathrine Skak Madsen, and co-supervised by Associate Professor Melanie Ganz, Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen (https://lnn-ucph.github.io/).
Starting date: August 1st, 2026, or soon thereafter.
We strongly value diversity and aim to create an inclusive and supportive research environment. We therefore encourage all qualified applicants, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, disability, or religion, to apply.
Applications must include a cover letter, CV, list of publications, and references, and be submitted through the RegionH job portal. Apply here: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=342&ProjectId=268932&DepartmentId=18051&MediaId=5855
Application deadline: June 16th, 2026 at 23:59 (CET)