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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
Invited talk
2026, 11/15-11/18, International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (ENGE 2026)@Jeju Island, Korea
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.”
Activity News
2026/01
We were delighted to welcome Tabea Huss, a third-year Ph.D. student from Dr. Christoph Scheurer's team at the Fritz-Haber Institute in Germany, for a two month visit. During her stay, she focused on using machine learning interatomic potentials (MLIP) to compute the mechanical properties of solid electrolyte grain boundaries, and shared related methodologies and insights with our team.
