{"id":21,"date":"2025-06-09T09:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T05:51:54","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/index.php\/careers\/","title":{"rendered":"CAREERs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-233f1cecf68f5989262457514964ddff\">Application Deadline: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>Ongoing<\/strong>, welcome to send emails to <strong>tong.zhu@cityu-dg.edu.cn<\/strong>! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">(If you do not get a reply in two weeks, please do not hesitate to send another reminder.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-b58eeb481f18f91048d2841bb068a6a2\">Start Date: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Can be negotiated. Research Assistant positions will be for an initial 1-year period, with the opportunity to extend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-3ad298b9d60d7169bf03ca5509f09243\">Submission:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Interested applicants should send their <strong>cover letter<\/strong> and <strong>CV<\/strong> to tong.zhu@cityu-dg.edu.cn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">For Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow positions, you also need to send the <strong>contact information of three prospective referees<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-2d843d574574ddb7e04fbb5bc1125842\">Position Description: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-decoration:underline\">PhD and Research Assistant Positions focusing on the Inverse Design of Perovskite-based Materials <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The &#8220;Inverse Design by Efficient &amp; Accurate<em> ab initio<\/em> Simulations (IDEAs)&#8221; group at the City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan) (CityUHK (DG)) invites applications for <strong>1 PhD position<\/strong> and <strong>several Research Assistant positions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><strong>Research Focus:<\/strong>\u00a0Inverse design of perovskite-based materials systems, including the discovery of 1) pure-phase 2-dimensional perovskites and 2) stable and efficient perovskite-based solar cells.<\/span> Research activities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\">Developing multiscale models to reveal the underlying mechanisms of the light-induced phase segregation phenomenon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\">Developing the formation mechanisms of the 2-dimensional perovskite materials systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\">Developing efficient machine learning-aided first-principles software achieving standard DFT accuracy with significantly reduced computational resources and time. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\">The Inverse design of materials systems based on the combination of machine learning and DFT calculations. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Positions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\">PhD Positions: A collaborative program with the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) with full scholarships. Students will complete the required coursework at the Hong Kong campus in the first year and then work at the Dongguan campus. Students will receive a CityUHK degree upon graduation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\">Research Assistant Positions: Primarily based at the Dongguan Campus. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Qualifications: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\">Experience with first principle calculations combined with machine learning algorithms is highly advantageous.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\">Excellent written and oral English communication skills are required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Submit a cover letter and CV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Dr. Tong Zhu, Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Department of Materials Science and Engineering <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-eb-garamond-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Email: <strong>tong.zhu@cityu-dg.edu.cn<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Application Deadline: Ongoing, welcome to send emails t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ideas.zhut.group\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}