Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Assistant
(Ref. 260513024)
(1) Postdoctoral Fellow
(2) Research Assistant (two posts)
[Appointment period: each for twelve months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Development of Sensor-based Air VOCs Analyser for Non-invasive Testing (SAVANT) for early diagnosis of tree brown root rot disease”. They will be required to be involved lab-scale tree infection experiments, transparent soil systems, VOC sampling and analysis, sensor testing, machine-learning-assisted diagnosis, prototype development, and technical / economic feasibility assessment.
For the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, the appointee will also be required to support the overall design and implementation of the project, including experimental planning, VOC data interpretation, sensor-system optimisation, diagnostic model development, technical reporting, and coordination of research deliverables.
For the post of Research Assistant, the appointees will also be required to support laboratory experiments, sample preparation, tree-culture system operation, VOC sampling, sensor testing, and PCR test.
Qualifications
Applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellow post should have a PhD degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science or Chemical Engineering, and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application. Preference will be given to those with experience in environmental sensing, electronic nose, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, proton transfer reaction–mass spectrometry, plant disease monitoring, microbiology, machine learning or sensor-system development.
Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree or a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering, Science, Biology, Chemistry or related disciplines. Preference will be given to those with hands-on laboratory experience, data analysis skills and good organisational ability.
Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Ben Shao-Yuan Leu at telephone number 3400 8322 or via email at syleu@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
A highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
Consideration of applications will commence on 20 May 2026 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 13 May 2026