<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear colleagues,</p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(Sorry for cross posting.)</p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We are inviting applications for <strong>two fully funded 4-year PhD positions</strong> in sea-level science at the School of Energy and Environment (SEE), City University of Hong Kong, to start in either<b> Spring or Fall 2027 </b>under the supervision of Dr Yucheng Lin (<a href="http://yc-lin.com/" target="_blank">yc-lin.com</a>). Please consider forwarding this to anyone who may be interested.</p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-weight:normal">Research projects can be determined</span></strong> depending on mutual interest of students and supervisor. Potential projects (include but are not limited to):</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">  <i>Sea-Level Projections and Climate Risk</i> — Quantifying future sea-level change and its uncertainties by combining ice-sheet/ocean models, remote sensing, and in-situ observations with machine learning and Bayesian methods.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">  <i>Paleoclimate and Sea-Level Change</i> — Reconstructing sea-level and climate over centennial to millennial timescales using geological proxies, Bayesian spatio-temporal models, and numerical simulations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">  <i>Coastal–Human Interactions</i> — Examining how past sea-level change shaped coastal societies in history and/or how future rise will affect them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:18.4px;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong>Funding</strong></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Both positions are fully funded through the CityU PhD Studentship: approximately HK$19,100/month (Basic Rate), rising to ~HK$19,600/month after passing the Qualifying Examination. Exceptional candidates will be nominated for the <strong><a href="https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/index.html" target="_blank">Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)</a> </strong>, currently HK$28,400/month.</p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong>Requirements</strong></p><p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span>Master or Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., geophysics, oceanography and atmospheric science, remote sensing, statistics, data science, econometrics, or other related fields).</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span>Strong interest in research and demonstrated self-motivation.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span>Solid quantitative and programming background; proficiency in at least one programming language (preferably Python).</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span>For applicants whose previous degree was not taught in English, TOEFL/IELTS scores meet CityU's admission requirements.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span>Applicants will have to go through a centralized admission process through CityUHK  with Dr Lin's recommendation.</p><p style="margin-left:36pt;margin-right:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong>About CityU and SEE</strong></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">City University of Hong Kong is a publicly funded research university ranked <strong>63rd globally and 7th in Asia</strong> in QS 2026, and 2nd worldwide (1st in Asia) for QS Citations per Faculty 2026 — second only to Harvard. The School of Energy and Environment (SEE), founded in 2009, places three disciplines in the global top 20 in the 2025 ShanghaiRanking (Environmental Science & Engineering #17, Energy Science & Engineering #14, Materials Science & Engineering #19), with 21 SEE faculty listed in Stanford's 2025 "Top 2% Scientists Worldwide."</p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How to Apply</p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Interested applicants should send a CV, academic transcripts, and a half- to one-page research statement to <a href="mailto:yclin.recruit@gmail.com" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><b>yclin.recruit@gmail.com</b></a>, with the subject line <em>"PhD Application + Your Name"</em>. Applications for the <strong>Spring 2027 intake</strong> should be submitted <b>as soon as possible</b>; applications for the <strong>Fall 2027 intake</strong> must be received by <strong>1 December 2026</strong>.</p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please feel free to forward this announcement to any students who may be interested.</p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Best wishes,</p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-left:0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Yucheng Lin</p></div>