Opportunities

NEW!

For Graduate Students

We are looking for outstanding Postgraduate Students (with fluent English (IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 80 and above), excellent academic record (GPA 85/100 and above for Master's degree students, or first class honor for undergraduate degree students), great motivation and strong research background) to join the LY Research Lab. Candidates with SCI-listed publications and degrees from good universities are preferred. Researchers within the group will be exposed to diverse chemical, physical and materials science research, especially in 2D-layered materials field at our laboratory in the Department of Chemistry, Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced films (COSDAF).

If you are interested to join the LY group, please kindly send your CV, a one page statement of past research experience, your research interests to Dr. Ly for consideration. (email: thuchly@cityu.edu.hk).

Candidates who meet the basic requirements of Graduate school of City University of Hong Kong and the department of Chemistry can apply. All accepted PhD students will be provided with full scholarship. Applicants will need to apply to the Department of Chemistry at the City University of Hong Kong. See link1

​We encourage and support bright PhD applicants to apply for their own support. Eligible PhD candidates may apply for Hong Kong PhD Fellowship scheme, which provides an annual stipend of HK$319,200 (approximately US$41,000), a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$13,300 (approximately US$1,700) per year to each awardee for a period of up to three years, and an additional entrance scholarship of HK$81,000 (approximately US$10,300) covering tuition and on-campus hostel accommodation fees for the first year of studies. The deadline for application is Dec 1st each year.

Applications received after the deadline can also be considered subject to the availability of student places.

For Undergraduate Students, Final Year Projects and Intern students

Highly competent and enthusiastic undergraduate students are welcome to email their CVs to Dr. Ly (email: thuchly@cityu.edu.hk) to ask for potential openings in the lab. Please make sure to describe which research topic(s) you are interested in and the reasons.

For Research Assistants

Highly competent and enthusiastic Master/MSc students in Chemistry, Materials Sciences, Energy Science, or related fields are welcome. Having experience in 1. water treatment; 2. environmental science; 3. optical measurement will have higher priority.

Please email your CVs to Dr. Ly (email: thuchly@cityu.edu.hk) to ask for potential openings in the lab. Please make sure to describe which research topic(s) you are interested in and the reasons.

We are recruiting!

For Research Associates/ Postdoc positions

The RGC is inviting applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS) 2022-2023, from which each awarded postdoctoral fellow will be provided a total stipend of HK$1,215,990 (HK$405,330 x 3 years; including the conference and research-related travel allowance of $12,880 per year).

Highly competent postdoc candidates, please contact Dr. Ly (email: thuchly@cityu.edu.hk) for further information. We are recruiting!

For Visiting Scholars

We welcomes visiting scholars from different fields (Optic, environmental science, neuroscience, etc.) to join our team to build research of mutual interest.