Researchers

Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology is a new research institute established by the Government of Shandong Province, China. Focusing on the basic laws of material and major innovations in cutting-edge technology, the goal is to perform forward-looking research in the field of math, physics, engineering technology and information science. Meanwhile the institute will provide the outstanding environment for researchers, especially for young researchers, to conduct creative study in the frontiers of science.

Targeting on an equal, free and open research atmosphere, Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology is searching for outstanding researchers domestic and oversea based on their creativity and academic activity. Researchers of the institute have solid working experience in well-known institutions worldwide, including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, California Institute of Technology, University of Geneva, and Tsinghua University, Peking University.

Collaborating with the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology has leading academic resources, such as the global data centre of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment, and world-class experimental facility. Planning on the construction of two large-scale international scientific facilities, the institute will provide adequate support for researchers’ future careers.

Open positions

1. The Particle Physics Research Center
The Particle Physics Research Center is established to perform researches on particle physics and astroparticle physics with large-scale scientific facilities. Based on the global data centre of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), the missions of the research centre are:

• Searching for dark matter, antimatter, the origin of cosmic rays, and the measurements of cosmic radiation in outer space as well as solar physics.
• Establishing new laboratories to develop advance silicon particle detectors and superconduct magnets.
• Propose and organize future experiments to explore the fundamental structures of matter and the origin of the universe.

Positions: scientists and engineers in the fields of experimental particle physics, astroparticle physics, space physics, particle detector, electronics and data acquisition, and superconducting magnet etc.

2. The Thermal Science Research Center
The Thermal Science Research Center is established to perform research in thermal science and engineering, especially in the fields of heat transfer in nanoscale, deep cryogenic and heat transfer enhancement. The research centre currently has a small-scale surface cooling laboratory, a cryogenic laboratory for large-scale scientific facilities, a high-performance computing platform, a high-efficiency heat dissipation technology laboratory for electronic device, a laser thermal measurement system, a near-field radiation heat transfer laboratory, a magneto-optical material laboratory, and etc.

Positions: scientists and engineers in the fields of refrigeration and cryogenic technology, condensed matter physics, quantum thermodynamics, heat transfer at micro- and nano-scale, enhanced heat transfer and energy conservation technology, semiconductor materials and devices etc.

3. The Computing Science Research Center
Focusing on the research of math and computing sciences, the missions of the Computing Science Research Center include:

• Based on the AMS data centre, study the high-performance computing and large data (EB-level) storing technology for large-scale scientific facilities.
• Research on big data intelligent algorithms and advanced machine learning algorithms, and their applications in scientific data analysis.
• Forward-looking research on machine learning based on quantum computing.
• Research on the technology of specific operating system for space science experiment (spacecraft).

Positions: scientists and engineers in the fields of application math, high-performance computing, big data, computing network technology, machine learning, intelligent computing, quantum machine learning, operating systems etc.

4. The Material Science Research Center
Focusing on material sciences and their application, the Material Science Research Center is established to carry out researches in material production and processing, material structure analysis and characterization, material design and calculation simulation, material performance evaluation and application.

Positions: scientists and engineers in the fields of nanomaterials, carbon materials, thermal interface materials, computational materials science, material microstructure characterization etc.

Salary and funding

The Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology provides the following salary and funding depending on the academical achievements and potential of the successful candidates:

• Senior research scientist (doctoral degree, under 45 years old): annual salary between 800k and 1200k CNY, startup funding of 5 million CNY.
• Principle research scientist (doctoral degree, under 35 years old): annual salary between 600k and 800k CNY, startup funding of 3 million CNY.
• Research scientist (doctoral degree, under 30 years old): annual salary between 300k and 400k CNY.

The Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology also provides all the welfare benefits of provincial public institutions and special benefits including housing and children’s education.

Contact

Interested candidates should provide their resumes (including education backgrounds, working experiences and major scientific achievements) and contact information for three letters of recommendation. Please send the required materials together with the interested application position to hr@iat.cn, and we will contact you in time.

For more information about the positions, please contact the research center accordingly.

• Particle Physics Research Center, Computing Science Research Center:
  Professor Weiwei Xu, weiwei.xu@iat.cn or call +86 531 88797111.
• Thermal Science Research Center, Material Science Research Center:
  Professor Zheng Cui, zheng.cui@iat.cn or call +86 531 88797111.