Ingvars Birznieks
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Quick answer: Ingvars Birznieks is Professor at University of New South Wales. Ingvars Birznieks shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-17.
⭐ Expression of Interest: One or more PhD student positions available in Sydney. If you have interest in sensory systems, haptics, bionics, cochlear implants, sensorimotor control of the human hand or robotic and bionic manipulators, please contact us for more information. We have inter-disciplinary projects on offer suitable for students with background in neurosciences, psychology, medicine, engin
Research interests
Dr Ingvars Birznieks is a sensory neurophysiologist interested in sensory information encoding mechanisms. He received his PhD training at the Umeå University in Sweden and the University of Melbourne, Australia - the leading laboratories in the field of somatosensory research. During his postdoctoral studies at the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute in Sydney, he broadened his research competence investigating proprioception, muscle pain mechanisms and function of the autonomic nervous system. From 2011 to 2014 he held an academic position of Senior Lecturer (Physiology) at the School of Science and Health at the Western Sydney University where he engaged in Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience (BENS) research program at MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development. Since 2014 he is at the Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Medicine in Sydney. In the role of a Senior Research Fellow he leads the Tactile research group at the Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA). His research primarily comprises range of studies related to the function of tactile receptors and sensorimotor control of the human hand. However, his ultimate goal is to use this fundamental knowledge and develop two branches of collaborative networks - one with clinicians, which would be aimed to develop new methods for evaluation of sensorimotor function in different groups of patients, while the second branch would be aimed to work with biomedical engineers to create artificial sensors and control algorithms for prosthesis and robotic manipulators resembling functionality of the human hand.
Sensory physiology, touch, tactile, hand prosthesis, bionics. Neuroscience, computational neuroscience, sensory processing, touch perception, haptics, biomedical engineering, robotics, stroke, stroke rehabilitation, vibro-tactile, sensory systems, prostheses, neurophysiology, peripheral nervous system, tactile sensing, tactile sensors, cochlear implants.
Selected publications (since 2023)
Ng K.K.W., So A., Fang J.Y., Birznieks I., Vickery R.M. (2024) Multiplexing intensity and frequency sensations for artificial touch by modulating temporal features of electrical pulse trains. Frontiers in Neuroscience 18: 1125597. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2024.1125597
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Yes. As of 2026-09-17, Ingvars Birznieks's faculty page shows a PhD hiring signal: Expression of Interest: One or more PhD student positions available in Sydney. If you have interest in sensory systems, haptics, bionics, cochlear implants, sensorimotor control of the human hand or r.
What does Ingvars Birznieks research?
Dr Ingvars Birznieks is a sensory neurophysiologist interested in sensory information encoding mechanisms. He received his PhD training at the Umeå University in Sweden and the University of Melbourne, Australia - the leading laboratories in the field of somatosensory research. During his postdoctor
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