Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow / Research Associate / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time)

[Appointment period: each for twelve months initially, with possibility of further appointment]

Duties 

The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of a supplement as a novel myopia therapeutics by next generation proteomics”.  They will be required to perform:

(a)    biometric (refraction; A-scan) measurement on a guinea pig animal model;

(b)    drug application on animal eyes and tissue dissection; 

(c)    immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy and statistics;

(d)    mass spectrometry and bioinformatics analysis; and

(e)    any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.

The appointees will be required to travel to the Chinese Mainland occasionally.

Qualifications

Applicants for the Research Fellow post should have a doctoral degree plus at least three years of postdoctoral research experience or equivalent qualifications and experience.

Applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellow post should have a doctoral degree in Engineering, Optics or an equivalent qualification and must have no more than five years of post-qualification experience at the time of application.

Applicants for the Research Associate post should have a master’s degree or a good honours degree with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.

Applicants for the Research Assistant post should have an honours degree in Optometry, Ophthalmology, Biochemistry or an equivalent qualification.  

Applicants should also have:

(a)    a good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese, with fluency in Cantonese or Putonghua; and 

(b)    good communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

Preference will be given to those with relevant work experience and publications of study.

Applicants are invited to contact Prof. Thomas Lam at telephone number 2766 6115 or via email at thomas.c.lam@polyu.edu.hk for further information.

Conditions of Service

For full-time appointments, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.

For part-time appointments, the remuneration rates are $394 for the post of Research Fellow, $385 for the post of Postdoctoral Fellow, $181 for the post of Research Associate and $125 for the post of Research Assistant.

Consideration of applications will commence on 9 October 2026 until the positions are filled.

Posting date: 2 October 2026