PhD in Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering job with UNIJOBS.COM | 305800

2022-08-20 00:09:31 By : Mr. TCN Director

The State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering (MCE) of Nanjing Tech University (NJTech) was established in October, 2007, with the official approval of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China. The director of MCE is Prof. Jin Wanqin. The chief scientist is Academician Xu Nanping. The main discipline of Chemical Engineering and Technology, for which MCE was built, originated from the Departments of Chemical Engineering at former National Central University and Jinling University, and is one of the earliest chemical engineering disciplines in China. As one of the first group of national key disciplines approved in 2007, our discipline was rated A in the fourth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education in 2017, and ranked 3rd in the best subject ranking lists in China. With the great support of MCE, NJTech has entered the top 1‰ globally in its ESI comprehensive ranking, Chemistry ranking, and Material ranking.

MCE’s main academic thoughts are based on the “applications of chemical engineering principles and methodologies to the development and processing of novel materials” and the “development of advanced chemical engineering unit operation technologies and theories based on new materials”. The program aims to resolve the bottleneck problems in energy, resources and environment that are restraining the sustainable development of processing industry, through exploiting the relations between the functions, structures and applications of the materials. Under the national goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, MCE aims for the efficient utilization and substitution of carbon-containing mineral resources in the process industry as its primary goal, developing the equipment and technology of low-carbon process industry via process reengineering. MCE drives integrated research through interdisciplinary subjects (Chemical Engineering and Technology, Bioengineering and Technology, Materials Science and Engineering, Energy and Environment), elite scientists worldwide, and talents from prestigious international scientific institutions. Through years of development, MCE has formed a research team with 4 academicians as leaders and nearly 200 full-time personnel, among whom 90 are members of national-level talent programs. MCE also boasts the “Special Separation Membrane” innovation group supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 4 innovation teams funded by the Ministry of Education, and innovation teams in key areas funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

MCE leads cutting-edge research in the areas of membrane materials and processes, bio-based materials, cementing materials, and mesoscale transfer. In recent years, MCE has made new breakthroughs in the fields of hydrogen energy, battery materials, and integrated coupling technology based on new materials. In the past decade, MCE has undertaken a number of national-level major research projects, including 2 NSFC major projects, 7 national “973” projects, and 14 national key R&D projects. The research accomplishments have been published under influential research articles in top-notch journals such as Nature and Science, and have received numerous national-level scientific and technological awards. MCE has won 11 Second Class Prizes of the National Science and Technology Award, and accumulated economic benefits of tens of billions in CNY, realizing the direct contribution of original achievements to the national economy. MCE has significantly improved its domestic and international status and influence in related disciplines, and played an important role in developing national science and technology, promoting social progress and economic growth, and safeguarding national security.

MCE is unique in the industrialization of basic research results. MCE has cooperated with a number of local governments and industry leaders in building innovation platforms, and has formed a set of incentive mechanisms for the industrialization of achievements in scientific research. MCE has implemented over 1,000 scientific and technological achievements, and cultivated more than 10 listed companies including JIUWU HI-TECH. The economic benefits generated reach tens of billions of CNY. For instance, MCE has successfully developed specialty fertilizer for rice using bio-based materials, which was designated by Academician Yuan Longping as the specialty fertilizer for “super hybrid rice”. At present, 20% of special compound fertilizers produced in China have adopted this technology. MCE has also developed the world’s first complete set of engineering technology for zero discharge of pulping tail water based on membrane separation technique. MCE solves social development problems by means of technology, which has been fully receives wide recognition by all sectors of society.

MCE aims for the strategic goals of internationalization, strengthening international cooperation, and building a platform for the introduction and cooperation of overseas talents, having devised the means for engaging prominent overseas talents effectively. MCE has hosted a series of important international academic conferences on material and chemical engineering, such as ICOM2014, PPEPPD2010, ISIM2013, AMS2013 and SCPPE2016, and undertaken 15 international cooperation projects, such as NSFC projects for International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange, and NSFC projects for Joint Research Fund for Overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao Scholars. MCE has also carried out extensive cooperative research with more than 20 famous overseas universities and research institutions.

MCE sincerely invites talents from all over the world to form a scientific and technological innovation team with international influence in the field of Materials-orientated Chemical Engineering.

We are interested in candidates in following research areas: chemical engineering, industrial catalysis, biochemical engineering, material and process simulation, chemical engineering fundamentals at micro-nano interfaces, design, fabrication and application of membrane materials, industrial biotechnology, cementing and gel materials, CO2 capture and utilization, synthesis and application of green hydrogen, battery materials and energy storage, silicon energy, system integration and intelligent design, etc.

The applicant should be under 50 years old. The overseas applicant should generally have the position of associate professor or above in overseas universities, or has achieved a comparable level in international enterprises and institutions; the domestic applicant should generally have senior professional and technical positions, or have a comparable level of associate professor positions in domestic universities.

Active in the international academic frontier, have a certain international influence, be able to lead academic development, carry out original research or key technology research in the subject field and achieve important landmark results, or make important achievements and contributions in serving national strategies and economic/social development. Possess outstanding unity, cooperation and dedication, as well as strong organizational, management and leadership skills, good at cultivating emerging researchers/talents, pay attention to academic echelon construction, and be able to lead an innovative team to carry out collaborative research.

Position 2: Young academic talents (overseas applicants for the National Natural Science Foundation of China Excellent Young Scholars Fund)

Candidates should have a formal teaching or research position in overseas universities, scientific research institutions, or company R&D departments. Three years in overseas experience is required, and candidates under age 40 will receive favorable consideration. For outstanding candidates, the requirement of 3 years in overseas experience is negotiable. Candidates should have scientific or technical achievements recognized by peer experts, and have the potential to become academic leaders or outstanding talents in the field. Candidates with strong competitiveness in applying for NSFC Excellent Young Scholars Fund (overseas) are preferred.

Candidates should possess a good academic background and have obtained a doctorate degree from first-class universities or research institutions at home and abroad. Candidates should have more than 2 consecutive years of full-time overseas research experience after obtaining a doctoral degree, and should generally hold the position of assistant professor or above, and alternatively other corresponding positions, in overseas high-level universities, scientific research institutions, or internationally renowned enterprises. Candidates under age 35 will receive favorable consideration.

Candidates should have a stable and independent research direction in line with the development of MCE, and be capable of solidarity and cooperation with other research groups.

Candidates should be highly comprehensive, capable of independently carry out scientific research, and able to obtain important national scientific research projects.

Candidates should have achievements of great influence in basic research, or have the ability to master key technologies in the field of engineering technology. Candidates should have advantages in applying for “talent introduction” projects in Jiangsu province.

4. Working conditions and living benefits

Salary will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Talents successfully selected by NSFC Excellent Young Scholars Fund (overseas) as an employee of NJTech will qualify for the following benefits:

NJTech provides an annual salary of 600,000–800,000 CNY, a settling fee of 2–3 million CNY, and a scientific research start-up fund of 2–3 million CNY (excluding national funding). The specific benefits are negotiable on an individual basis.

Selected candidates will be directly appointed as a professor, granted the qualification of doctoral supervision, and provided with the enrollment indicators for doctoral students.

NJTech provides sufficient space for lab and office.

MCE supports the formation and arrangement of academic teams by “attracting talents with talents”, and the number of formal team members (including postdoctoral and doctoral students) is not limited. The assessment is implemented on the team members as a whole.

500,000 CNY for the Key Overseas Talent Introduction Plan of Jiangsu province is fully granted.

NJTech provides 3–5 years of on-campus transitional apartments that are fully furnished and ready for moving in.

NJTech will take care of the spouse’s work.

The talents’ children will be recommended to the affiliated Experimental Primary School of NJTech, which is a public provincial experimental primary school.

Talents who meet the selection criteria for NSFC Excellent Young Scholars Fund (overseas) but fail to be selected can be directly included in NJTech’s Young Talents Project, and will be given 300,000 CNY as academic funding support.

Priority is given to recommending them to apply for dual-employment talents in Nanjing Jiangbei New Area (NJNA), with a funding of 300,000 CNY.

Priority is given to recommending them to apply for key provincial and municipal key talent projects, such as the Key Overseas Talent Introduction Plan of Jiangsu province (with financial supports of 3–5 million CNY).

For doctoral talents who graduate from the top 200 universities in the world, Jiangsu province directly provides 150,000 CNY as living allowances.

MCE encourages selected talents to rely on NJTech’s national innovation and entrepreneurship platform to extensively carry out the useful conversion of achievements and industry-university-research cooperation, and accelerate the development and conversion of achievements into practical value through scientific research or technology development. Talents will receive 90% of the benefits from the achievement conversion.

Talents who rely on NJTech to apply for NSFC Excellent Young Scholars Fund (overseas) but have not been selected or have not yet applied for the project will qualify for the following benefits:

NJTech provides talents with the chance to be appointed as professors, and gives preference to the enrollment rate of graduate and doctoral students.

NJTech provides an agreed salary of 360,000-480,000 CNY, a housing subsidy of 600,000–1,000,000 CNY, and a scientific research start-up fund of 600,000–1.5 million CNY. The specific treatment is negotiable on an individual basis.

According to the needs of talents, NJTech will provide 1–2 assistants.

NJTech will provide ready-to-use accommodation, and help solve the problems of the talent spouse’s work and their children’s schooling.

For talents to be appointed as professors, NJTech provides an agreed salary of:240,000–360,000 CNY, a housing subsidy of 500,000–800,000 CNY, and a scientific research start-up fund of 400,000–1 million CNY. The specific treatment is negotiable on an individual basis. NJTech will give preference to talents in the enrollment rate of graduate and doctoral students, provide them with ready-to-use accommodation, recommend work to the talent’s spouse, and solve the problem of their children’s schooling.

For talents to be appointed as associate professors, NJTech provides a housing subsidy of no more than 500,000 CNY. NJTech will provide ready-to-use accommodation, and solve the problem of their children’s schooling.

5. Additional supports of MCE

MCE provides additional financial support for talents in terms of scientific research platforms and scientific research funds. MCE affords 500,000–2 million CNY financial support according to their future research plan.

MCE has jointly built several innovation bases with other research institutions, providing good platforms for technology development and industrial application.

MCE has co-constructed several provincial key primary and secondary schools, e.g., Jiangbei No. 1 Middle School in Nanjing, which provides great convenience for the talents’ children.

Email: mcercb@njtech.edu.cn

Tel: +86-025-58139572; Mobile: +86-15250983885

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