The Emerging Contaminants Research Group (ECRG) of the School of Environment, Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) invites applications for positions of

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER IN ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY OF EMERGING CONTAMINANTS

We are looking for highly motivated and skilled postdoctoral researchers who have interest in the environmental science, technology, policy and control of emerging contaminants (e.g. pharmaceuticals and personal care products, endocrine disrupting chemicals, new persistent organic pollutants) such as monitoring and risk analysis, behavior and degradation mechanisms, physico-chemical treatment technologies, policy studies, etc. Specifically, the postdoctoral researcher will deal with one or more of the following research directions:

• Environmental pollution characteristics, source apportionment, multimedia fate, risk assessment and control of emerging contaminants.

• Trace analysis of emerging contaminants (e.g. PFASs, dioxins, PPCPs, antibiotics) for understanding their source emission, contamination and fate.

• Strategies for POPs Convention implementation, inventory methodologies and databases, emerging contaminant screening methodology and hazard assessment models.

• Novel adsorbent preparation and application for various pollutant removal from wastewater, water, and air, combination of adsorption and oxidation technologies for emerging contaminant removal from wastewater.

• Physicochemical degradation/destruction technologies based on: electrochemistry, photochemistry, mechanochemistry, etc.

• Preparation of catalytic/reactive materials for emerging contaminant degradation in water.

Time limit for application is August 4, 2019.

Contract length is 2 years.

Requirements

1. Age under 35 years old, good health.

2. The applicant's Ph.D. graduation school should be in:

a) a top 100 university in the world (excluded China), included Environmental Science/Engineering subject ranking, according to the latest Shanghai Ranking’s Academic Ranking of World University, Times Higher Education World University Ranking, QS World University ranking, or U.S. News World University Ranking.

b) a top 3 university in a country along the Belt and Road Initiative (see Additional information below for country list).

c) a German university, if the applicant is formally recommended by the German Helmholtz Federation, according to the cooperation framework of the Sino-German Post-doctoral Exchange Project.

3. The applicant can guarantee an engagement in postdoctoral research in China for not less than 20 months.

4. The applicant achieved outstanding research results during the Ph.D. study period.

5. Applicants from non-English speaking countries should have good listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in Chinese or English.

6. No Chinese post-doctoral foreign exchange project or post-doctoral innovative talents support program has been funded before to the applicant.

Additional information

The postdoctoral researcher will be hired by Tsinghua University, with an annual salary of 300,000 RMB/y, which includes personal living expenses, housing subsidies, social insurance and international travel expenses to and from China during the period of postdoctoral research in China. The local living cost is 50,000 RMB/y on average.

The ECRG will provide assistance for Visa and other administrative procedures, prior to and upon arrival. A supervisor will be assigned to the postdoctoral researcher. The ECRG will also give to the postdoctoral researchers any help to facilitate everyday life in China and integration into the existing research team of the laboratory, which already hosts postdoctoral researchers, visiting students and visiting professors from various continents.

Informal inquires on the advertised post may be addressed to: Dr. Giovanni Cagnetta, email: gcagnetta@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.

Belt and Road Initiative countries. East Asia: Mongolia. Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam. Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan. Middle East and North Africa: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. South Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Europe: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine.

Application

To apply for the post, candidates are required to provide:

1) a cover letter that includes a brief statement of research interests, specifying which would be the most suitable research direction (among those mentioned above) and describing how past experience and future plans would fit with the advertised position;

2) a detailed CV with list of publications, projects, and any academic experience;

3) global/national university ranking webpage print, or recommendation by the German Helmholtz Federation (point 2 of the requirements).

The applications must be sent via email to Dr. Giovanni Cagnetta by clicking on the "Apply for this job" button.