Postdoctoral Research Fellows Wanted

Professor Dan Wang’s Research Group

College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University

Due to the growing needs of our research programs, Professor Dan Wang’s group at the College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, is seeking to recruit several postdoctoral research fellows. We warmly welcome young researchers who are passionate about scientific research, diligent, responsible, motivated, and eager to pursue academic excellence.

About the Research Group

Professor Dan Wang is a Distinguished Professor and doctoral supervisor at Shenzhen University. He has served as Chief Scientist of a National Key R&D Program, was selected for the CAS Hundred Talents Program, and is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. He is an expert enjoying the Special Government Allowance of the State Council, a leading talent in scientific and technological innovation under the National Ten Thousand Talents Program, and a Young and Middle-aged Leading Scientist in Scientific and Technological Innovation recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Professor Wang is a Fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and serves as an executive council member of the International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association. He is Executive Editor-in-Chief of Chemical Research in Chinese Universities and Chemical Journal of Chinese Universities, and Associate Editor of Materials Chemistry Frontiers. He also serves on the editorial boards of Science Bulletin, EnergyChem, Science China Materials, Chinese Science Bulletin, Acta Chimica Sinica, and Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, as well as on the advisory editorial boards of Energy & Environmental Science, Advanced Science, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Matter, EnergyChem, EcoMat, and ChemNanoMat.

Professor Wang has long been engaged in inorganic synthetic chemistry, with a focus on the frontiers of multifunctional inorganic structural systems. His group has made systematic and original contributions to the synthesis methodology and applications of mesoscale structural regulation and atomically controlled doping. He pioneered a universal and controllable synthetic strategy for inorganic hollow multishelled structures, revealed the underlying “concentration wave” physical mechanism, and achieved the precise synthesis of a series of inorganic hollow multishelled solid materials. His group further discovered the unique “temporal–spatial ordering” property of hollow multishelled structures and developed a series of highly efficient energy-related and ordered sensing inorganic solids based on such structures. In addition, his team invented a site-selective doping method for graphdiyne, discovered a new nitrogen-doping configuration known as sp-N, and realized atomically controlled synthesis.

Professor Wang has published more than 280 SCI-indexed papers in leading journals, including Nature, Nature Reviews Chemistry, Chemical Society Reviews, Accounts of Chemical Research, Nature Energy, Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Advanced Materials. His publications have received more than 27,000 citations, with an H-index of 91. He has filed more than 50 invention patents, of which more than 30 have been granted and two have been transferred for implementation, contributing to local economic development and industrial transformation.

Professor Wang has received a number of honors and awards, including the Japan–China Ceramic Science and Technology Exchange Award from the Ceramic Society of Japan, the Evonik Particuology Innovation Award for Outstanding Scientist, the Beijing Science and Technology Award, and the Natural Science Award of the Chinese Society of Particuology. He was selected as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher from 2018 to 2024.

Profile links: ResearcherID, ResearchGate, and the Wang Dan HoMS Research Group websites.

Research Areas

Postdoctoral positions are available in the following research directions:

1. Functional materials and devices for energy conversion and storage

2. Inorganic synthetic chemistry and coordination chemistry

3. Functional materials and devices for photo-, electro-, and thermocatalysis

4. Artificial intelligence, sensing technologies, and simulation/computational methods

5. Advanced in situ/quasi-in situ characterization methods and multimodal data analysis technologies

Basic Requirements

1. Strong enthusiasm for scientific research, excellent teamwork spirit, and strong execution ability in research. Candidates with creative and independent scientific thinking who are able to start the position soon will be given priority.

2. A Ph.D. degree in chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, physics, or related disciplines. Candidates should have a solid academic background in areas such as synthetic chemistry, catalysis, electrochemistry, energy storage materials and devices, or related fields.

3. The postdoctoral appointment period is 2–3 years. Applicants should be no more than 35 years old, have obtained their Ph.D. degree within the past three years, and should not have previously undertaken postdoctoral research in Guangdong Province.

4. Good English proficiency and first-author publications in reputable academic journals.

Compensation and Benefits

1. The postdoctoral contract at Shenzhen University is for two or three years. The total annual compensation can exceed RMB 390,000, including a Shenzhen municipal living allowance of RMB 180,000 per year, disbursed after the opening assessment and mid-term evaluation, with a total amount of up to RMB 360,000, and a basic annual salary of approximately RMB 150,000 provided by Shenzhen University.

2. Candidates who meet the requirements of Shenzhen University’s “Lixin Incentive Program” may receive an additional incentive salary of RMB 4,000 per month, paid together with the monthly salary according to the actual months of service, for up to 24 months. Applicants should have obtained their Ph.D. degree within the past three years or be no more than 33 years old, and meet at least one of the following two criteria:

   • The Ph.D. degree was obtained from a university ranked among the top 150 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, including domestic universities; from a former “Project 985” university in China; or from a discipline rated A- or above, or ranked in the top 10%, in the latest national discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education.

   • For candidates in the natural sciences, at least two first-author papers published within the past five years in journals ranked in CAS Category II or above, with at least one paper in CAS Category I; or three papers in CAS Category II journals.

3. Candidates selected for overseas postdoctoral talent programs may receive total annual compensation starting from RMB 420,000 during the postdoctoral appointment. Those who remain in Guangdong after completing the appointment may receive a housing subsidy of RMB 400,000.

4. Eligible postdoctoral fellows may apply for professional technical qualification evaluation as Associate Research Fellow. Outstanding postdoctoral fellows who meet the requirements of Shenzhen University’s “Liyuan Young Scholar Retention Program” may be directly recruited into faculty positions at Shenzhen University. This policy is specifically available to full-time research staff and postdoctoral fellows at Shenzhen University.

5. Postdoctoral fellows who remain in, or come to, Shenzhen for full-time employment within six months after completing the postdoctoral appointment and sign an employment contract of at least three years with an enterprise or public institution may receive a living subsidy of RMB 360,000.

6. Outstanding postdoctoral fellows who receive support from the Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program or the Special Grant of the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation during their appointment, and who sign an employment contract of at least three years with an employer in Shenzhen within six months after completing the appointment, may receive matching funding from Shenzhen at a 1:1 ratio according to the national funding standard, up to RMB 300,000.

7. Postdoctoral fellows who win gold, silver, or bronze awards in the National or Guangdong Postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and who sign an employment contract of at least three years with an employer in Shenzhen within six months after completing the appointment, may receive matching innovation and entrepreneurship awards at a 1:1 ratio according to the national or provincial award amount. Awards higher than the above levels will be treated with reference to the gold award standard, up to RMB 200,000.

8. Upon joining the postdoctoral program, fellows may choose to obtain household registration in Shenzhen and enjoy the corresponding settlement benefits. Their spouses and minor children may also apply for dependent household registration. Nursery and school enrollment for postdoctoral fellows’ children will be handled in accordance with relevant Shenzhen municipal regulations.

9. During the postdoctoral appointment, the research group will assist fellows in applying for the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and other research funding programs. The group also supports eligible candidates in competitively applying for the national Postdoctoral Innovative Talent Support Program and provides one-time matching funding support.

10. Assessment requirements and specific management regulations for postdoctoral fellows shall be implemented in accordance with the Shenzhen Municipal Regulations on Postdoctoral Management, the Shenzhen University Regulations on Postdoctoral Management, and other relevant policies. The latest official documents shall prevail.

Application and Contact Information

Interested applicants should submit the following materials by email:

• A curriculum vitae, including personal information, work or research experience, research projects and individual contributions, and publication record

• Representative publications

• A detailed abstract of the doctoral dissertation

• Expected starting date

Please send the application materials to Professor Dan Wang at danwang@szu.edu.cn.

The email subject and CV file name should follow this format:

Application for [Position] - University Name - Major - Name

Students interested in applying for research assistant positions, Ph.D. programs, or master’s programs are also welcome to contact the group for further discussion.