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Career Opportunities

Post-doctoral Fellowships and Research Assistant Professorships

Applications are invited for a number of positions as Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF) and Research Assistant Professor (RAP) at the University of Hong Kong. Appointments will be made for a period of 2 to 3 years and the appointees must be in post on or before May 31, 2025.

PDF and RAP posts are created specifically to bring new impetus and vigour to the University’s research enterprise. Positions are available from time to time to meet the strategic research needs identified by the University. Positions are available in the following Faculties/Schools/Departments/Laboratories::

Post-doctoral Fellows

PDFs are expected to devote full-time to research. Applicants should be doctoral degree holders having undertaken original research that has contributed to the body of knowledge. A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered. Other benefits include annual leave, medical benefits and free access to on-campus gyms and libraries.

Research Assistant Professors

The main focus of an RAP’s duty is research. RAPs can, however, be assigned some teaching duties, up to 50% of the normal teaching load. Applicants should be research active and have a proven publication record. A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered. The RAP appointment on fixed terms will attract a contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of basic salary. Other benefits include annual leave, medical benefits and free access to on-campus gyms and libraries.

Procedures

Prospective applicants are invited to view the list of the Faculties / Departments / Schools / Laboratories and their research areas in which PDF/RAP positions are currently available, and apply online by clicking the respective opening below. Before preparing an application, they should contact the Head of the respective academic unit, or the contact person as specified, to ascertain that their research expertise matches the research area in which a vacant PDF/RAP post is available.

Career Opportunities

Ref. Department Research Area
527341 Urban Planning and Design Generative AI for Building Design and Compliance Check
527229 Faculty of Business and Economics Digital Economy and Innovation – GenAI-Empowered Livestreaming E-Commerce
To be announced Faculty of Dentistry Cariology, Biomaterials
To be announced Faculty of Dentistry Clinical Artificial Intelligence
To be announced Civil Engineering Sustainable water environment, hazard resilience, climate change
To be announced Civil Engineering Transportation engineering; green transport infrastructure management; sustainability; climate change
To be announced Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology
To be announced Civil Engineering Environmental Microbiome
To be announced Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Intelligent Manufacturing for Semiconductor
To be announced Mechanical Engineering Materials Science and Engineering
To be announced Mechanical Engineering Urban Climate and Energy Consumption during Heatwave events
To be announced Mechanical Engineering Unraveling damage and fracture mechanisms in irradiated high entropy alloys: A comprehensive study through multiscale simulation and machine learning
526959 Biomedical Sciences Structural Biology & Brain and Cognitive Sciences
527081 Biomedical Sciences Immune Cells Generated from Stem Cells for Immunotherapy
527080 Biomedical Sciences Totipotent Stem Cell and Embryo Development
527183 Biomedical Sciences Structural biology – Cryo-electron Tomography
527217 Biomedical Sciences Neuroimmunology
To be announced Biomedical Sciences Structural biology – Cryo-electron Tomography
527316 Psychiatry Digital phenotyping of clinical, functional and neurocognitive measures in early psychosis for personalized outcome prediction
527231 Public Health Repeat influenza vaccine effects
527319 Biological Sciences Anaphase bridges and genome instability
To be announced Biological Sciences Genome biology, Biomedicine, Biochemistry
To be announced Biological Sciences Cancer immunology, mechanotransduction, 3D live-cell imaging
To be announced Biological Sciences Neuronal cell biology
526974 Chemistry Stereochemistry
526978 Chemistry Chemical Biology: Chemical Protein Synthesis and New Applications Exploration
526980 Chemistry Drug discovery and development for emergency infectious diseases
527246 Earth Sciences Integrated study of coastal groundwater and seawater
527282 Physics Nanophotonics
527215 Physics Condensed matter physics, atomic and optical physics, quantum physics
To be announced Physics Remote sensing-based global cropland mapping
527066 Geography China’s eco-urbanization
To be announced Psychology Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Mental Health
To be announced Psychology Sleep, circadian rhythm, mental health
To be announced Social Work and Social Administration Develop tech-enhanced support ecosystems to foster family caregivers’ self-care practices
To be announced The State Key Laboratory of Liver Research Deregulation of RNA Ac4C modification in Liver Cancer
To be announced The State Key Laboratory of Liver Research Tumor microenvironment in liver cancer