Description

The Westlake Fellows Program is seeking outstanding newly minted or imminent PhD graduates with a track-record of excellence and creativity to establish their own independent research programs at Westlake in any area of science and engineering. Westlake University offers a fully international research environment, with English and Chinese as working languages, strong institutional support for interdisciplinary collaboration, and a highly competitive startup package that includes generous research funding, salary, and comprehensive benefits aligned with leading global standards. 

Applicants' research area may include, but not limited to:

School of Science: mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy and astrophysics, and interdisciplinary science.

School of Engineering: electronic and information engineering, materials science and engineering, artificial intelligence, biological engineering, biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering.

School of Life Sciences: structural biology and biophysics, cell biology, stem cell research and therapy, neural and behavioral biology, bioinformatics and computational biology, aging and degenerative diseases, and cancer biology.

School of Medicine: microbiology and vaccine, immunology and inflammation, physiology and metabolism, cancer biology and therapy, medical genetics, clinical medicine, pharmacology, and public health.

Application deadline: Sept. 1, 2026

Program begins: Fall 2026

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