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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Please help pass along to all interested parties. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">My
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">group Carbon-Climate-Energy Nexus (<a href="https://liulaibao.quarto.pub/lab/">https://liulaibao.quarto.pub/lab/</a>)
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has 1 Ph.D. position and 1 Postdoc position available. <b>The specific research project </b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">is
quite flexible within the context of Carbon-Climate Interaction and Climate-Energy Nexus.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>PhD position</b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">We will offer a <b>fully funded Ph.D. scholarship for 4 years</b>. You should already or soon hold a Master’s degree in Mathematics, Data
Science, Earth, Environment and Energy Science (including Climate, Geography, Ecology, GIS, Remote sensing, etc.), or a closely related discipline. <b>Excellent undergraduates can also be considered</b> exclusively. <b>Programming skills are required (e.g.,
Python).</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Postdoc position</b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
The position is full-time (100%) and is offered on a fixed-term basis. The <b>preferred starting date is
</b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">December
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">2024</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">, but an alternative starting date can be discussed.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">You should already or soon hold a PhD in Earth, Environment, Energy Science (including Climate, Geography, Ecology, GIS, Remote Sensing, etc.), Mathematics, Data Science, or
a closely related discipline. <b>Modeling experience is preferred, e.g.,</b> <b>Land surface model, Earth system model, Energy system model or Integrated assessment model.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Interested? </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Please send the following application documents in a single merged PDF document to the email (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><a href="mailto:laibao@hku.hk">laibao@hku.hk</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">),
titled with your name as well as the application date (for example 20240301_SmithJT_application_Postdoc) in the following order:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Cover letter [Ph.D. position requires a description of your motivation and some research experience or achievements (< 2 Pages); Postdoc position requires
a description of your motivation, research achievements, and research plan (< 1500 words) ]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Detailed CV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">T</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">he names and contact information of
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">3</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> references (could be written in the CV)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">The Postdoc position requires
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">2</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"> representative publications (PDF format)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">I look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible. <b>Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the
position is filled.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Best regards</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Laibao<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Laibao Liu, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">(HKU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Geography<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Institute for Climate and Carbon Neutrality<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Email: </span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0432FF;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:laibao@hku.hk" target="_blank" title="mailto:laibao@hku.hk"><span style="color:#0432FF">laibao@hku.hk</span></a></span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">;
Telephone: +852 391 03253<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Twitter/X: @LaibaoL<br>
Google Scholar: </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#031CFF;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Z-ZBdYAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank" title="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1Z-ZBdYAAAAJ&hl=en"><span style="color:#031CFF">1Z-ZBdYAAAAJ</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">ORCID: 0000-0001-9140-0509 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0432FF;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.geog.hku.hk/lb-liu"><span style="color:#0432FF">https://www.geog.hku.hk/lb-liu</span></a>
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