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Position Overview School: School of Mathematics and Physics Department: Department of Physics Position: Faculty Position in Quantum Science and Technology [Open Rank] Location: Suzhou, China Job ID: 4124 Advertisement Closing Date: Interviews will start at 15 May 2025. Recruitment will continue until the position is filled. Contract Type: Fixed-term, renewable. 3rd contract is open-ended ABOUT XJTLU In 2006 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) was created by the University of Liverpool and Xi’an Jiaotong University – a top ten university in China. Offering a unique international education experience, XJTLU brings together excellent research practice and expertise from both institutions and gives students the skills and knowledge they need to secure careers in a global marketplace. XJTLU now has over 25,000 enrolled students in both Suzhou and Liverpool in the UK, with plans to grow to about 28,000 students by 2025. There are currently about 2,000 staff, among which about 1,000 academic staff, with an almost even split between citizens of the People’s Republic of China and international passport holders. XJTLU offers our undergraduates and postgraduates over 100 programmes with a diverse spectrum of courses. XJTLU is entering a new and exciting phase of its development as part of its strategic priorities for the next ten years. Adopting a new higher education model based on the concept of Syntegrative Education (SE), XJTLU is currently opening a new Entrepreneurial Education site in Taicang, part of wider Suzhou, where the Entrepreneur College (Taicang) is located. The Taicang site will be a pioneer of, and an educational model for, the future campus in addressing challenges arising from the 4th Industrial Revolution. Other new initiatives include new working partnerships with Xi’an Jiaotong University, the continued development of the four new Academies, and the exploration of further potential locations to develop the SE model. With a focus on innovative learning and teaching, and research, XJTLU draws on the strengths of its parent universities and plays a pivotal role in facilitating access to China for the UK and other institutional partners. At the same time, XJTLU is exploring future education by blending the educational theory, best practices, and culture from the west and east. For detailed information about the university, please visit www.xjtlu.edu.cn. ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS The Department of Physics is part of the School of Mathematics and Physics at XJTLU. Research within the Department of Physics seeks to explore and explain fundamental aspects of the world we live in, from the smallest subatomic particles to the Universe as a whole. The department aims to expand its research in practical applications that drive technological progress and tackle global challenges. such as quantum technologies, advanced imaging, and innovations in materials science. The department is involved in the delivery of undergraduate physics and mathematics modules at all levels, as well as the PhD programme. Research interests in the Department of Physics currently include particle physics, condensed matter physics and materials science, dynamical systems, theoretical physics, and astrophysics. We invite applications for the position of Associate Professor or Assistant Professor. Exceptional candidates may apply for the position of Full Professor. Candidates in quantum science and technology are encouraged to apply, including quantum information theory, quantum algorithms, quantum error correction, quantum systems theory, quantum materials, topological materials, and fundamental quantum science. Successful candidates will show commitment to a high standard of teaching at all levels. RESPONSIBILITIES Conduct high-quality research, leading to publications in top journals. Actively attract external research funding. Supervise research projects of PhD students, Master students, and undergraduate students. Teach physics and mathematics to undergraduate and graduate students in English. Contribute to the functioning of the department and school. PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES We are looking for future colleagues able to collaborate with others, with an active attitude for research, passionate about physics and able to conduct their academic duties in English. Effective communication skills. Fluency in written and spoken English. Problem-solving abilities and creativity. Adaptability and flexibility. Professionalism and a strong work ethic. Strong interpersonal skills to manage a research team. A positive attitude and high energy. ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCES All applicants are expected to have the following attributes: A PhD in Physics or a closely related field; Outstanding teaching skills; Fluent in English Successful applicants to more senior professorial ranks are expected to also show: A significant record of high-quality academic publications; A number of external research grants awards; Experience in PhD supervision. Desirable Qualifications/Experience Two years of full-time work experience with demonstrable teaching experience; International experience in higher education; Experience in conducting research supported by national level research funds; Experience in academic programme design and development; Experience in supervision of student research projects. CITIZENSHIP AND VISA REGULATIONS Employment at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University is regulated by Chinese Labour Laws, and must comply with the regulations of the provincial government. These regulations stipulate who is eligible for legal employment with regard to obtaining work permits and visas. Please be advised candidates over 65 may be not eligible for a work visa in the P.R. China. CAREER DEVELOPMENT Clear career development path with annual review. Professional development trainings are provided. RESEARCH FUNDING SUPPORT The university provides every new faculty member with a Research Development Fund to encourage them to initiate and/or continue research projects. The university will also support all faculty members to apply for national-level, provincial-level and city level programs. These programs aim to support excellent scientists, both Chinese and non-Chinese-citizen, to work and carry out research in China. Several of the programs are listed below. Successful applications are based on the applicant’s educational background, academic/research field, research achievements, working experience, etc. The university will provide full support on the applications. Talent/Research Program - Fund Outstanding Youth Science Foundaton Project (Overseas) RMB 1-3 Million Innovaton Leading Talent up to RMB 2 Million Outstanding Leading Talent of Internatonal Discipline 50% of Annual Package Young Leading Talent of Internatonal Discipline 50% of Annual Package COMPENSATION & BENEFITS SALARY: Competitive salary in the market BENEFITS Allowance: XJTLU provide various month/annual/one-off allowances as Housing allowance/Travel allowance/Relocation allowance Etc. Commercial insurance: international insurance plans customized for XJTLU staff and family members. (details refer to the University Policy) Paid holidays: Statutory Holidays (11 days) Annual Leave (36 days) Family Matters Leave Paid Sick Leave Marriage Leave Paternity Leave Parental leave Etc. Working visa and residence permit in China: XJTLU sponsors working visa and residence permit in China for the staff. HOW TO APPLY Applications must be submitted in a single pdf file that includes, in the order listed below: Cover letter Current CV, including date of birth and country of citizenship Full publication list Research statement (2-5 pages) Teaching statement (1-2 pages) Contact details of three references (2 references for Research and 1 reference for Teaching) For questions or inquiries about the position, please contact Head of Department of Physics, professor Donghui Quan at Donghui.Quan@xjtlu.edu.cn. For general enquiries, please email HR at Mingwei.Sun@xjtlu.edu.cn. Please quote the position and job ID in your enquiry.

Schemes of Service: Professional Officers Division: Professional Officers Employment Type: Fixed Term Academic Staff Positions in Cybersecurity Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) invites applications for Academic Staff positions in Cybersecurity. We are building a modern cybersecurity capability that brings together applied learning, competency-based education, translational research, and close partnership with industry. We welcome outstanding candidates across the breadth of cybersecurity, and we are especially interested in colleagues who can help SIT build stronger capability in Threat Operations. Appointment may be made at a rank aligned with experience and profile. Academic Staff positions in SIT comprises of both Faculty and Professional Officers. They play distinctive yet complementary roles in advancing SIT’s mission in education and applied research. Faculty provide academic leadership in the design, delivery, and continual enhancement of programmes, ensuring academic rigour and industry relevance, while Professional Officers, as technical specialists, embed current and emerging industry practices and support practice-oriented delivery. Together, they strengthen SIT’s applied learning environment through hands-on, real-world approaches that enhance students’ industry readiness. In applied research, faculty lead translational research and innovation in collaboration with industry, bridging knowledge creation with practical application, while Professional Officers contribute deep technical expertise and industry experience to translate concepts into implementation, prototyping and deployment, thereby ensuring impactful and industry-relevant outcomes. Why join SIT SIT is Singapore’s first University of Applied Learning and the University for Industry. Our students learn in authentic environments, work on real problems with external partners, and undertake substantial workplace learning through the Integrated Work Study Programme. Our approach to education is explicitly competency-based, with a focus on demonstrated capability, workplace relevance, and flexible pathways for learners. At SIT, we welcome both academic candidates, and practitioner-academics with substantial industry, government, or operational cybersecurity experience. Candidates should be able to translate their expertise into rigorous teaching, authentic learning experiences, applied scholarship, translational work, and industry relevant outcomes and impact. Areas of interest in cybersecurity We welcome applicants with expertise in one or more areas across the cybersecurity spectrum, and are especially interested in candidates whose work can strengthen the university’s capability in Threat Operations. Relevant areas include threat detection and analysis, threat hunting, technical investigations, incident response, adversary tradecraft, operational threat intelligence, security operations, and detection engineering. We also welcome applicants working in areas that strengthen operational cyber defence, such as purple teaming, red teaming, AI for security, security automation, adversary emulation, and cyber range or validation environments. Applications from outstanding candidates across the wider cybersecurity spectrum remain strongly welcome. Key Responsibilities You will contribute to SIT’s mission through a combination of teaching, curriculum development, applied scholarship, and external engagement in the area of cybersecurity. Depending on rank and profile, responsibilities may include teaching undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education learners designing modules, labs, case-based learning, and authentic assessments supervising capstone projects, industry-linked projects, and graduate students where appropriate contributing to programme development across pre-employment and continuing education offerings building applied research, translational work, or practice-based scholarship with external relevance developing partnerships with industry, government, and professional communities contributing to interdisciplinary initiatives across computing, engineering, AI, and other applied domains Teaching and educational contributions At SIT, strong teaching means building learning experiences that are hands-on, rigorous, and close to practice. That may include secure system design projects, digital forensics investigations, threat-hunting exercises, red-blue or purple-team style activities, malware analysis labs, incident response simulations, or projects shaped by real operational and sectoral constraints. Our educational model values authenticity, workplace relevance, and the ability to assess whether learners can perform, not only whether they can recall. You should be able to contribute to curriculum design, develop modern teaching materials, mentor students well, and work with colleagues to improve programmes over time. Experience with applied learning, competency-based education, workplace learning, or industry-based training will be valuable. Research / scholarly / translational contributions SIT values scholarship that moves beyond publication alone. We are interested in research and scholarly work that can be tested, translated, adopted, or used to solve real problems. This may take different forms: applied research with industry or government; translational work that leads to methods, tools, datasets, or deployable capabilities; practice-based scholarship grounded in operational experience; sector-facing evaluations; or interdisciplinary work that brings cybersecurity into real systems and real environments. The strongest candidates will show a clear line of sight between their expertise and tangible external value. Candidate profile / qualifications We welcome applications from candidates with strong academic, applied, or practice-oriented profiles. You should have Doctorate or a Master’s degree (with substantial and credible industry achievement) in cybersecurity, computer science, computer engineering, information security, or a closely related field expertise in one or more cybersecurity domains relevant to this search demonstrated teaching excellence, or relevant experience in industry-based education and training demonstrated evidence in translating your expertise into authentic learning experiences and useful external outcomes and impact a strong interest in student learning and engagement, and keen to adopt flipped classroom methods, team-based learning, and authentic assessments for learning strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset interest in working across disciplines and with external partners The following will strengthen an application experience in industry, government, or operational cybersecurity environments professional certifications or recognised practice credentials experience with applied or competency-based education a track record in translational research, practice-led scholarship, or industry-linked innovation for candidates at the levels of Associate Professor / Professor, the ability to lead programmes, mentor colleagues, and help shape institutional capability Application Submission Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. All applications must be submitted electronically through the SIT careers website using the Apply Now button. As part of your application, please submit the following materials cover letter curriculum vitae research, scholarship, or applied practice statement teaching statement Questions about this opportunity may be directed to the Cybersecurity Faculty Search Committee Chair at bernard.nee@singaporetech.edu.sg. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

School/Academy: School of Mathematics and Physics Department: Department of Applied Mathematics Position: Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Senior Associate Professor/ Professor (depending on experience) Location: Suzhou, China Contract Type: Fixed-term, renewable. 3rd contract is open-ended Advertisement End Date: 31st August 2026 ABOUT XJTLU In 2006, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) was founded by a partnership between the University of Liverpool, UK, and Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. Offering a unique international education experience, XJTLU brings together excellent research practice and expertise from both institutions and gives students the skills and knowledge they need to secure careers in a global marketplace. XJTLU now has over 25,000 enrolled students studying in both Suzhou and Liverpool in the UK. There are currently about 2,500 staff, including more than 1,300 academic staff from over 60 countries. XJTLU offers our undergraduates and postgraduates over 120 programmes with a diverse spectrum of courses. With a focus on innovative education and research, XJTLU draws on the strengths of its parent universities, and plays a pivotal role in facilitating access to China for UK and other institutional partners. At the same time, XJTLU is exploring future education by blending the educational theory, best practice and culture from the West and the East. The year 2026 marks the 20th anniversary of XJTLU. As part of its strategic priorities for the coming decade, the university is entering a new and exciting phase of development. XJTLU continues to innovate in education models, and is now transitioning from a collection of distinct approaches toward a unified, integrated Academy model – a syntegrative ecosystem designed to break down silos, enhance agility, and solidify XJTLU’s position at the forefront of global education and research. For detailed information about the university, please visit www.xjtlu.edu.cn. ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS The Department of Applied Mathematics comprises academic staff with active research in analysis of differential equations, numerical analysis and scientific computing, control theory and optimization, operational research, machine learning, probability, and related applications. The Department delivers courses for three four-year undergraduate mathematics programmes and also provides service teaching for other programmes across the University. At the postgraduate level, it offers a Ph.D programme in Mathematical Sciences as well as a master’s programme in Applied Mathematics. POSITION OVERVIEW The Department invites applications for faculty appointments in Applied Mathematics at any level. Successful candidates will demonstrate the potential to develop an active and independent research programme, as well as a strong commitment to high-quality teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Applicants from all areas of applied mathematics are encouraged to apply; however, preference will be given to those with research experience in fields with strong potential for external research grants and/or local industrial applications, such as mathematical/computational biology, inverse problems, and scientific machine learning, including statistical machine learning. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES Conduct independent and collaborative research leading to impactful publications and funded projects. Teach and design courses in mathematical sciences at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Supervise research projects of Ph.D, Master’s, and undergraduate students. Engage in interdisciplinary collaborations within the University and with external partners. Contribute to academic service and leadership at the departmental, faculty, and university levels. Typical workload balance research:teaching:service is 40:40:20 ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: A Ph.D in mathematical sciences such as Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics. Postdoctoral research experience for junior appointments. Proven record for scholarly research and publications in top-tier international venues. Demonstrated ability, or clear potential, to secure competitive external research funding. Clear potential for local industrial collaboration. Evidence of, or potential for, excellence in teaching and graduate supervision. Fluency in English. CAREER DEVELOPMENT Clear career development path with annual review. Professional development trainings are provided. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS SALARY: Competitive salary in the market BENEFITS Allowance: XJTLU provide various month/annual/one-off allowances as Housing allowance Travel allowance Children’s education allowance Relocation allowance Etc. Commercial insurance: international insurance plans customized for XJTLU staff and family members. (details refer to the University Policy) Paid holidays: Statutory Holidays (13 days) Full Paid Holidays (34 days per academic year including university close days and annual leave) Family Matters Leave Paid Sick Leave Marriage Leave Paternity Leave Parental Leave Etc. Working visa and residence permit in China: XJTLU sponsors working visa and residence permit in China for the staff. HOW TO APPLY Please submit your application on our university website. Applications must be submitted in a single pdf file that includes 3 parts in the order of: Cover letter Current CV, including date of birth and country of citizenship Full publication list Research statement (2-5 pages) Teaching statement (1-2 pages) Contact details of three references (2 references for Research and 1 reference for Teaching)  For enquiries relating to the position, please email to HR at Mingwei.Sun@xjtlu.edu.cn. Please quote the position and Position ID 2945 in your enquiry.