1. For Graduate Students

We are looking for outstanding Postgraduate Students. Candidates with SCI-listed publications and degrees from good universities are preferred. Researchers within the group will be exposed to diverse chemical, physical and materials science research, especially in 2D-layered materials field at our laboratory in the Department of Chemistry, Center of Super-Diamond and Advanced films (COSDAF).

Candidates who meet the basic requirements of Graduate school of City University of Hong Kong and the department of Chemistry can apply. All accepted PhD students will be provided with full scholarship. Applicants will need to apply to the Department of Chemistry at the City University of Hong Kong. 

(I) CityU Mandatory:

     English test score (minimum TOFEL = 79, or IELTS = 6.5, or CET6 = 490) [test taken within 2 years]

University requirement, at least one degree must be from Double First-Class List. If bachelor, GPA must be > 85.

​(II) Research Group Mandatory: 

     At least one first-author published or accepted Q1 journal paper

​Meeting above requirements does not guarantee admission. However, not meeting the requirements need not apply.

​If you are interested to join the LY group, please send the following info to [email protected]. Complete information will receive quicker reply.

• Transcript(s) of all (including incomplete) degrees. State mark out of 100.
• English test score (explicitly state test taken within 2 years)
• CV with publication list
• Publication samples, 1st- or 2nd-author, in PDF format

​We encourage and support bright PhD applicants to apply for their own support. Eligible PhD candidates may apply for Hong Kong PhD Fellowship scheme. The Fellowship awarded by RGC provides a monthly stipend of HK$27,600 (approximately US$3,538) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$13,800 (approximately US$1,760) per year for the awardees for a maximum period of three years.

CityU will provide a monthly studentship at the same level as the Fellowship awarded by RGC for their fourth year of study. 

In addition, Fellowship recipients at CityU will be awarded a scholarship which covers students' tuition and on-campus hostel accommodation fees in their first year of research studies. 

The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme will invite applications for 2026 entry from 1 September to 1 December 2025 (12:00 noon Hong Kong Time or GMT +8 hours). The key milestones and application procedures are as follows:

Step 1:

Applicants should first submit an initial application at RGC's Online Application System (OAS) (https://cerg1.ugc.edu.hk/hkpfs/apply.html) to obtain a RGC reference number (RGC’s deadline: 1 December 2025 [12:00 noon Hong Kong Time or GMT +8 hours]).

Step 2:

Applicants are then required to submit full application, together with supporting documents, to CityU's Online Admission System, and quote the RGC reference number (CityU’s deadline: 1 December 2025 [23:59 Hong Kong Time or GMT +8 hours]).

Announcement of Fellowship results by the RGC: April/May 2024.

Applications received after the deadline can also be considered subject to the availability of student places.

2. For Undergraduate Students, Final Year Projects and Intern students

Highly competent and enthusiastic undergraduate students are welcome to email their CVs to Dr. Ly (email: [email protected]) to ask for potential openings in the lab. Please make sure to describe which research topic(s) you are interested in and the reasons.

3. For Research Assistants

Highly competent and enthusiastic Master/MSc students in Chemistry, Materials Sciences, Energy Science, or related fields are welcome. Having experience in 1. water treatment; 2. environmental science; 3. optical measurement will have higher priority.

Please email your CVs to Dr. Ly (email: [email protected]) to ask for potential openings in the lab. Please make sure to describe which research topic(s) you are interested in and the reasons.

We are recruiting!

4. For Research Associates/ Postdoc positions

The RGC is inviting applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS) 2024-2025, from which each awarded postdoctoral fellow will be provided a total stipend of HK$1,215,990 (HK$405,330 x 3 years; including the conference and research-related travel allowance of $12,880 per year).

Highly competent postdoc candidates, please contact Dr. Ly (email: [email protected]) for further information. We are recruiting!

5. For Visiting Scholars

We welcomes visiting scholars from different fields (Optic, environmental science, neuroscience, etc.) to join our team to build research of mutual interest.