Whether undergraduate, PhD candidate or postdoc,
please read the text below before contacting us about open positions!
Postdoc candidates: Please read my mentoring and lab philosophy statement and send an email to katja.reinhard[at]sissa.it with your CV and a short motivation letter including who you are, what you'd like to do and why you’d like to work with me. Experts in visuo-motor processing, candidates with experience in (in-vivo) electrophysiology/imaging, viral tracing and/or behaviour studies or postdocs with a background in computational neurosciences preferred.
PhD candidates - Next deadline will be on 28 August 2025.
Generally, PhD candidates are hired through stipends of the Neurobiology Graduate School. Deadlines for the graduate school are usually in March and September - contact me to discuss potential fits and projects, but apply through the link provided (search for PhD and the current year on this site; put "status", "area" and "position" to "all"). Outside of the graduate school deadlines, applications to the lab from fascinating candidates are always welcome and will depend on lab funding and candidates' ability to obtain a fellowship. In all cases, please read my mentoring and lab philosophy statement and send an email to katja.reinhard[at]sissa.it with your CV and a short motivation letter including who you are, what you'd like to do, and why you’d like to work with me. Candidates must be willing to work with animals.
Master/erasmus students: Please read my mentoring and lab philosophy statement and send an email to katja.reinhard[at]sissa.it with your CV, a short motivation letter including who you are and what you’d like to do in my lab, and a writing example (University project/paper, journal article, …)
Trieste
We're located at SISSA in the beautiful Italian town of Trieste at the Adriatic Sea and close to Slovenia, Austria and Croatia. Trieste offers a great mixture of Mediterranean, Eastern European and Austrian culture and cuisine.
SISSA
We're located at the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati. SISSA combines physics, math and neuroscience in a stimulating environment and a stunning place.
Get in touch
Katja Reinhard - Group Leader
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
via Bonomea, 265
34136 Trieste
Italy
katja.reinhard[at]sissa.it