Research Team of Advanced Energy Storage Technology at ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center is looking for two post-docs in the field of energy storage. Prof. Bo Zheng, leader of the team, is a “Cheung Kong Scholar’s Program” Young Professor of Ministry of Education and Fellow of Institute of Physics (IOP), the UK, and currently Deputy Director of State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization. With his achievements in the R & D of advanced energy storage technology, he has been funded by National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars and Newton Advanced Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK.

Please refer to https://person.zju.edu.cn/zhengbo#0 for more information.

Youth Talent Excellence Program 

I. Mainly recruit talents in

1.1 R & D of advanced energy storage technologies such as supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries;

1.2 Research on microscopic mechanisms of heat and mass transfer in energy storage processes;

1.3 Nano-energy materials development;

1.4 R & D of plasma technology;

Priorities will be given to the PhD with research experience in engineering thermal physics, condensed matter physics, materials, chemical engineering and other related disciplines, in particular, those who have proficiency in numerical simulation tools such as FEM, MD, DFT and one or more microscopic detection techniques such as NMR, EQCM.

II. Application Requirements

2.1 Have a Ph.D. degree awarded by a top university or research institute in China or overseas;

2.2 Under 35 years old (in principle, but exceptions for age may apply for outstanding candidates);

2.3 Have solid foundation, research experience and deep academic attainments in relevant disciplines. Priorities will be given to the applicants with experience in interdisciplinary research;  

2.4 Have the ability to conduct research independently as PI;

2.5 Have, in principle, at least one centre for post-doctoral studies or work experience of two years;

2.6 Good sense of teamwork and strong capacity of working independently.  

III. Benefits and support

3.1 Competitive salary (discussed individually). Those who satisfy the requirements can enjoy the corresponding talent policies of Hangzhou and Xiaoshan District;

3.2 Successful candidates and their team members will be provided with talent apartments. Those who satisfy the requirements can enjoy the talent housing policies of the Center;

3.3 A research fund of RMB 3-5 million yuan;

3.4 About 150 m² of office and lab space;

3.5 Access to “one-stop full-range” administrative support and the shared large instruments and equipment of the research platform;

3.6 Successful candidates who have outstanding research performance and meet the talent requirements of Zhejiang University can be recommended to be employed by Zhejiang University.

IV. Application documents  

4.1 Attachment: Youth Talent Excellence Program Candidate Application Form.docx

4.2 Attach any representative academic achievements with the application (e.g journals or conference papers, publications, authorized invention patents, academic reports for conferences).

The applicant shall send the electronic version of the above materials to hic@zju.edu.cn. The subject and attachment shall be labeled in the format: “Research Team of Advanced Energy Storage Technology+ Youth Talent Excellence Program + Full Name”.

Contact person: Ms. Liu

Phone number: 0571-80990656

Email address: hic@zju.edu.cn

Address: ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, No. 733, Jianshe 3^rd Road, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province