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Open Positions
(Updated: January 2026)
Postdoctoral Researcher Position:
We are currently seeking
one
Postdoctoral Researcher
with a strong background in computational methods and simulations for Materials and Devices. The start date is flexible and can be discussed.
Funded Ph.D. student positions:
We have
one to two
funded Ph.D. student positions
available, with an expected start date in
August 2026.
Please email directly to Prof. Tian (hktian@gs.ncku.edu.tw) with a copy of your CV and publication list. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not receive a response within a week, please consider that the application has not been selected for further consideration.
Upcoming scheduled conferences and seminars
Invited talk
2026, 04/15-04/17, International Conference on Resilience and Intelligence for Sustainable Energy (2026 RiSER), @NCKU, Tainan, Taiwan
Invited talk
2026, 05/05-05/08, TW-DN Taiwan-Germany Battery Project meeting @Dresden, Germany
Committee and invited talk
2026, 07/01-07/03, Taiwan International Conference on Catalysis 2026 (台灣觸媒與反應工程研討會, TICC 2026) @National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (Yun Tech), Yunlin, Taiwan
Invited talk
2026, 07/27-07/29, International Conference of Optimization and Machine Learning (2026 ICOML) @NTNU, Taipei, Taiwan
Invited talk
2026, 10/31-11/05, 2026 International Union of Materials Research Societies International Conference in Asia (2026 IUMRS-ICA), Tainan, Taiwan
Award and Grant News
2026/01
Congratulation to Yu-Cheng Kuo (郭祐丞, D2 student) on passing the Ph.D. qualifying exam and officially becoming a Ph.D. candidate!
2026/01
Congratulation to Yu-Ting Tai (戴郁庭, D2 student) on passing the Ph.D. qualifying exam and officially becoming a Ph.D. candidate!
2026/01
Congratulation to Yu-Ting Tai (戴郁庭, D2 student), her paper has been selected as one of the JMCA HOT Papers!
Publication News
2026/01
Congratulations to Ming-Yuan Hung (洪名遠, D2 student) on his 1st-author work published in the Chemical Engineering Journal (IF: 13.2). The publication is titled “2D composite cathode modeling of imperfect contact in solid-state batteries: A phenomenological inverse optimization framework for pressure-assisted capacity recovery.”
2026/01
Congratulations to Yu-Ting Tai (戴郁庭, D2 student) on the successful collaboration with Prof. Chuan-Feng Shih at NCKU. This work is now published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A (IF: 9.5), titled “Dynamic origins of cation-modulated stability in tin-based perovskites revealed through combined fine-tuned machine learning interatomic potentials and experiments.”
