<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Postdoctoral research
associate in Hydrodynamic Modeling or observation and data analysis of coastal
zone</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What You Will Do</span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Miaohua Mao’s numerical
modeling team seeks applicants with expertise in the numerical modeling or
observation and data analysis of the coastal, estuarine, and lake
hydrodynamics. The successful candidate will work on the parameterizations and
physical explanations of plume dynamics, wave dynamics, storm surge, circulation,
and sediment transport dynamics or further setting up and developing the
observational system in the coastal zone such as the Bohai Sea, China. Outcomes
from this work will be presented at the national and international conferences
and published in the peer-reviewed journals.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">What You Need</span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Desired
Skills:</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> The
successful candidates should have experience in the ocean modeling, fluid
dynamics, or</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> coastal observation and data analysis</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">. The candidate will also
need the skill in the data analysis and/or visualization (e.g., Matlab), and be
familiar with the Linux system, Fortran and C++ codes. The experience in the model
calibration and validation against observational data is preferred. The ability
to work in a highly cooperative team is also a requirement. <b>The experience of the publications in the
peer-reviewed journals is highly encouraged, </b>such as those ranking at least
Quartile 3 based on the Chinese Academy of Sciences journal ranking system.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Education:
</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">A Ph.D. degree
in the marine/ocean science, physical oceanography, fluid dynamics, geophysics,
mathematics, earth science, or related fields.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Where You Will Work</span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Yantai Institute of Coastal
Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences is located at the beautiful coastal
city of Yantai, Shandong Province, China. The successful candidate will be
provided an office together with other researchers at Yantai, while he/she
could visit the University of Maryland Eastern Shore numerical modeling group
in Maryland, USA. The numerical simulations will be conducted via the remotely
connected supercomputer system. The </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">post</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">doc position is 2 years.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Application Procedure</span></i></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Before a formal application,
the applicants are encouraged to send a brief description of your research
interest/area and an updated CV to Miaohua Mao (</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://ir.yic.ac.cn/profile/mhmao" style="color:blue">http://ir.yic.ac.cn/profile/mhmao</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">) at <b><span style="color:red"><a href="mailto:mhmao@yic.ac.cn">mhmao@yic.ac.cn</a></span></b> ASAP.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Location:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Yantai, China.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Organization
Name:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Yantai
Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Job
Title:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">
Hydrodynamic modeling or observation and data analysis postdoc</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Appointment
Type:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Postdoc.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Salary:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Up to 45 k U.S. dollars/year
(~300 k RMB) plus benefit + free accommodation in the faculty building of the
Institution.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Introduction of the current
group:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Dr.
Miaohua Mao got his BS in Zhejiang University, and achieved PhD degree at
University of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2018. Dr. Mao works at Yantai Institute
of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as an
Associate Research Scientist since 2019. His research interests include but are
not limited to nearshore hydrodynamics, numerical modeling and observation of
wave-current interaction. Dr. Mao lead 3 publications in the prestigious
journals including <i>JGR: Oceans</i> and <i>Ocean Modelling </i>and
presented nearly 20 times at the international academic conferences. Dr. Mao is
a reviewer of peer-reviewed journals such as <i>Progress in Oceanography,</i> <i>Estuarine,
Coastal and Shelf Science</i> (ECSS), <i>Ocean Dynamics</i>, and award as
the outstanding contribution in reviewing ECSS of year 2018.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:DengXian"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The numerical modelling team</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> is an international team,
which includes the full time Associate Research Scientist, Visiting Professor
from US</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, Visiting Scholar from Shenzhen University
(Assistant Professor), full time Assistant Research Scientist from India. This
team has recruited fresh graduate students from Vietnam National University
(CAS full scholarship) and two domestic graduate students (one ranks 1^st
in the graduate admission test and one from the Ocean University of China). The
disciplines of the team members involve atmospheric science, physical
oceanography and hydrology, and their research interests focus on the
observational data analysis and numerical modelling. This is a vigorous team
with the guidance and help from the experienced US Visiting Professor, we hope excellent
postdoc to join this group.</span></p></div>