PhD student, postdoc, research scientist positions in Nano
Energy Lab at KAUST in Saudi Arabia
http://nanoenergy.kaust.edu.sa
We are looking for talented, highly motivated, and hardworking PhD students,
experienced research scientists and postdoctoral researchers with interest in
collaborative research. Postdoc and research scientist applicants are
expected to have a strong quantitative basis, a solid publication record on
the subject, capacity for team work, and should have strong conceptual and
practical background on the
1) in situ TEM
2) Fabrication and measurement of semiconductor devices
3) Spectroscopy (photoluminescence, Raman, SNOM, SERS, and TERS)
4) Li-ion (-air) battery
5) 2D materials
6) Topological insulators
7) Water splitting
8) Flexible and transparent electronics
Talented students are encouraged to pursue a PhD degree in Electrical
Engineering (EE) with a thesis topic in any of the above research fields.
Salary and benefits:
Remuneration will be highly competitive and commensurate with the applicant's
qualifications and experience. For PhD students, the typical annual stipend
is $30,000 U.S. dollars (tax-free). For postdoctoral research fellows, a
typical annual salary ranges from $50,000 (for fresh PhD) to $70,000 U.S.
dollars (for PhD with very rich and excellent research experience) (tax-free). For the research
scientists, the annual salary starts from $70,000 U.S. dollars. Successful
applicants will also receive attractive compensation and benefit packages
provided by KAUST, including:
Ph.D. students-
(1) Fully-furnished housing (including utilities) at no cost to the student,
(2) Free education at KAUST schools for the student’s children (if there are
any),
(3) Free medical and dental insurance.
(4) Round trip airfare to hometown once per year.
Postdoctoral research fellows-
(1) Fully-furnished housing free (up to a 2 bed-roomed town house) or at a
subsidized price (for larger housing),
(2) Free education at KAUST schools for the children (if there is any),
(3) Medical and dental insurance (local or global plans are available and
subsidized),
(4) Family round trip airfare to hometown once per year.
KAUST will be responsible for actual recruiting decision, appointment offers
and employment benefits.
About KAUST:
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is an international,
graduate-level research university supported by a multi-billion dollar
endowment. With sufficient research funding, highly competitive and merit-based
compensation scheme, state-of-art core facilities, supercomputing machines and
university leadership’s vision and commitment to make KAUST one of the world's
greatest academic institutions, KAUST has attracted a large group of leading
scholars. Furthermore, through a Global Research Partnership, KAUST has built
up deep and meaningful partnerships with the world's most premier institutions
(e.g., Stanford University, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, The
University of Oxford, UC Berkeley, Cornell University, University of Texas at
Austin) and biggest companies (e.g., IBM, Boeing, Dow Chemical Company), which
provide KAUST researchers ample opportunities to work with the world's most
leading scientists and to commercialize their research projects. The
aforementioned unrivaled resources available to KAUST researchers offer
unprecedented opportunities for young scientists to build up their career at
KAUST. As to life at KAUST, one can refer to:
http://www.kaust.edu.sa/live-work-amenities-careers.html
For interested applicants please send a cover letter, CV with a complete list
of publications, and contact information of three references to Prof. Jr-Hau
(J.H.) He at jrhau.he@kaust.edu.sa
何志浩(Jr-Hau He)教授目前在KAUST电机系担任副教授。曾于清华大学与乔治亚理工学院
担任博士后研究员(2005-2007)，台湾大学电机系暨光电所担任助理教授、副教授
(2007-2014)，乔治亚理工学院(2007)、加州大学柏克莱分校(2010,2014)、加州大学圣地
牙哥分校(2012) 、香港理工大学(2015)担任访问学者/教授。
何志浩之研究领域是太阳能电池（包含水分解的应用）、光侦测器、与发光二极管之光管
理， 神经形态工程(Neuromorphic engineering)，纸印刷电子学，可挠式/透明电子元件
以及二维材料之光电元件与电晶体。何志浩教授在国际核心专业期刊发表约140篇，大部
分刊登在光电、电子、应用物理顶级专业刊物。发表论文已被SCI引用超过2300次，H
factor为28。获得9个期刊封面、超过40次的国际会议邀请报告、超过50次的国际新闻报
导也让何志浩团队的研究工作引起高度注目。何教授领导之研究团队也在专业学会与会议
得超过30个奖项，获得国际上的肯定。除了科学研究之外，何志浩教授对技术工业化相当
重视，积极参与产学合作、持续技术转移给工业界。个人曾获得吴大猷奖(2014) 、中国
电机工程学会优秀青年电机工程师奖 (2013)、台湾镀膜科技协会杰出青年奖(2012)、中
华民国光电学会第一届青年光电工程奖(2011)、台湾电子材料与元件协会杰出青年奖
(2011)、 Prof. Jiang Novel Materials Youth Prize of International Union of
Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) (2011)与潘文渊基金会考察研究奖(2008) 以及获
选为Member of the Global Young Academy (2011)。何志浩老师为senior IEEE, OSA,
and SPIE会员。有兴趣的人，请迳行向何老师联络：jrhau.he@kaust.edu.sa。