Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Assistant (Ref. 260904012)

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Assistant (Ref. 260904012) (1) Postdoctoral Fellow (2) Research Assistant [Appointment period: each for twenty-four months] Duties The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “WASTES to WINGS - Constructing a high-throughput Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) research platform to facilitate zero carbon air travel in Hong Kong”. They will be required to be involved real-time monitoring of the new biorefinery process for SAF production, signal/data analysis, AI-assisted modelling, sensor and data-logging development, software integration, and research reporting. For the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, the appointee will also be required to lead the biorefinery experiments, AI tool development, data-science and signal-analysis tasks, including processing experimental signals, integrating datasets, developing machine-learning models, and mapping measured fuel properties to SAF performance. For the post of Research Assistant, the appointee will also be required to support sensor development, data acquisition and logging, hardware / software integration, calibration, testing, and routine operation of the research platform. Qualifications Applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellow post should have a PhD degree in Artificial Intelligence, Data / Computer Science, Engineering, Signal Processing, or a related discipline, and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application. Preference will be given to those with strong programming and modelling skills. Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree or a master’s degree in Engineering or Science. Preference will be given to those with experience in environmental lab, chemical engineering, sensors, data loggers, basic computer software / programming, electronics and laboratory testing. 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. Application Please submit an application through PolyU’s career website (https://jobs.polyu.edu.hk/research). Consideration of applications will commence on 30 September 2026 until the positions are filled. The University’s Personal Information Collection Statement for recruitment can be found at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/careers/pics_for_recruitment. PolyU is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to fostering an environment that embraces diversity and demonstrates inclusion of people from all backgrounds, cultures, identities and experiences where all members of the University are treated with fairness, dignity and respect. To learn more about the University’s “Statement on Equal Opportunities, Diversity, and Inclusion”, please visit our website at https://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/equal_opportunities_diversity_and_inclusion/.