University of Hong Kong

Ref.: 534941 Work type: Full-time Department: Department of Chemistry (25200) Categories: Senior Research Staff & Post-doctoral Fellow Applications are invited for appointment as Research Officer/Assistant Research Officer in the Department of Chemistry (Ref.:534941), to commence as soon as possible for two years, with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance. Applicants should possess a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry and a strong background and experience in the management and/or operation of interdisciplinary and cross-institutional collaborative research programmes. In addition, strong organizational skills, the ability to work independently, a strong sense of responsibility, and self-motivation are essential. Enquiries about the post should be sent to Professor V.W.W. Yam (email: wwyam@hku.hk). A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits. The appointment on fixed terms will attract a contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme at 15% of basic salary for Research Officer or 10% of basic salary for Assistant Research Officer. At current rates, salaries tax does not exceed 15% of gross income. The University only accepts online application for the above post. Applicants should apply online and upload an up-to-date C.V. Review of applications will commence as soon as possible and continue until May 4, 2026, or until the post is filled, whichever is earlier.

Ref.: 534928 Work type: Full-time Department: Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine (21200) Categories: Senior Research Staff & Post-doctoral Fellow Applications are invited for appointments as Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine (several posts) (Ref.: 534928), to commence as soon as possible for one to two years, with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance. Applicants should possess a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, computational biology, related disciplines or equivalent. They should be self-driven, highly motivated, creative with excellent communication skills in written and spoken English and Cantonese. Expertise and knowledge in AI deep learning model development on histology whole slide imaging analysis in computational pathology is essential. Applicants should have a solid publication record and demonstrated experience in computer vision or analysis of pathology images. The appointees will participate in a multidisciplinary collaborative research project related to development of deep learning model for diagnosis and prognosis of different sarcomas. He/she will develop and train deep learning models with state-of-the-art algorithms based on histology whole slide images. They may also contribute to research of integration of multimodality data with clinical, radiological images and genomics data. Enquiries about the duties of the post should be sent to Dr. Maximus Yeung at mcfyeung@hku.hk. A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits. The University only accepts online application for the above posts. Applicants should apply online and upload an up-to-date C.V. Review of applications will start as soon as possible and continue until June 30, 2026, or until the posts are filled, whichever is earlier.

Ref.: 534926 Work type: Full-time Department: Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine (21200) Categories: Senior Research Staff & Post-doctoral Fellow Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow in the Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine (several posts) (Ref.: 534926), to commence as soon as possible for one to two years, with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance. Applicants should possess a Ph.D. degree in biological science, biomedical sciences, bioinformatics or related disciplines. They should be self-driven, highly motivated, creative with excellent communication skills in written and spoken English and Cantonese. Expertise and knowledge in bioinformatics, deep learning and/or biomedical image and clinical data analysis (e.g. Linux, R programming) is essential. The appointees will need to perform data analysis of single cell RNA-sequencing, transcriptomics data, Nanopore long read sequencing analysis and/or multimodality deep learning model development in different sarcomas. Publications in related fields will be a strong advantage. Opportunities for publication and independent development will be available. Additional basic laboratory skills in handling clinical samples (e.g. FFPE tissue, blood), preparation of samples for scRNA-seq and DNA/RNA extractions will be desirable. Enquiries about the duties of the post should be sent to Dr. Maximus Yeung at mcfyeung@hku.hk. A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits. The University only accepts online applications for the above post. Applicants should apply online and upload an up-to-date C.V. Review of applications will start as soon as possible and continue until June 30, 2026, or until the post is filled, whichever is earlier.