Associate/Full Professor in Northeast Forestry University (Harbin, China)

Northeast Forestry University (NEFU, https://www.nefu.edu.cn)

Founded in 1952 and located in Harbin, the “Ice City” of China, Northeast Forestry University is a multidisciplinary comprehensive key university directly under the Ministry of Education of China. It is a member of the national “211 Project,” a key institution under the “Innovative Platform for Advantageous Disciplines” initiative, and a National First-Class Discipline Construction University. 

College of Life Sciences, NEFU (https://life.nefu.edu.cn/)

Established in 2003, the School of Life Sciences holds a first-level doctoral program in Biology and a postdoctoral research station. It operates several key research platforms, including the Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Saline-vegetation Restoration and Utilization in the Northeast of China, the Provincial Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis and Utilization of Plant Natural Bioactive Compounds, and the Provincial Key Laboratory of Enzymes and Enzyme-like Biomaterials. The college has over 30 high-level talents, including national-level talents, young national talents, and leading talent teams from Heilongjiang Province. Over the past three years, the college has published 230 papers in top-tier journals such as Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, Nature Communications, Science Advances, and PNAS, received five provincial scientific awards, and obtained over 90 million RMB in research funding. 

Recruitment Focus

Guided by national priorities and Heilongjiang’s economic development, the College of Life Sciences actively recruits outstanding scholars worldwide. We offer competitive salaries, research support, and assistance in lab setup, grant applications, and career development. Key recruitment areas include: 

1. Forest Biology: Tree development, reproductive regulation, and quality formation.

2. Stress Biology: Saline-alkali vegetation (e.g., forage crops) restoration, stress resistance mechanisms, plant-microbe interactions.

3. Metabolic and Synthetic Biology: Natural product biosynthesis (medicinal plant/microbe), green biomanufacturing, directed evolution.

4. Molecular Genetics: Epigenetics and molecular breeding for plant resource development.

5. Cell Biology: Bioactive mechanisms of edible/medicinal resources and health applications, animal evolution.

6. Other Interdisciplinary Biology Fields. 

Benefits Package (Details: https://rsc.nefu.edu.cn/info/1080/3432.htm): 

1. State-of-the-art research facilities and workspace. 

2. Customized salary and startup funds (negotiable for exceptional candidates). 

3. Comprehensive university benefits for recruited talents. 

4. One-time housing subsidy for home purchase. 

5. On-campus employment assistance for spouses of high-level talents (case-by-case basis). 

6. Priority support for national talent program applications. 

Applicants should send their curriculum vitae and a statement of research interests to xu.zhichao@outlook.com.

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