Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, TAIWAN

With the goal of strengthening the connection between basic sciences and sustainable environmental development, the RCEC established a new group on the Environmental Resilience and Sustainability to expand interdisciplinary research into sustainability science that is transdisciplinary among environmental, social, and economic sciences and involvement of stakeholders. Additionally, the Climate Science and Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry groups were transformed into the Anthropogenic Climate Change Center and Air Quality Research Center, respectively. The Hydrospheric Science group has also been working on establishing a new focued research center of its own. These initiatives not only provides clear directions for scientific projects but also represents the RCEC’s declaration of dedicating scientific researches to critical social responsibilities. Having gonethrough preparatory, beginning, and growth stages over the last 20 years, the RCEC now has research manpower of more than 20 researchers and approximately 150 postdoctoral researchers and project-based staff, making it the largest environmental science research institute in Taiwan. The publication of high-quality research papers and participation in international scientific communities by colleagues of the RCEC have earned it prestige worldwide. The critical roles of RCEC colleagues are seen in various crucial international occasions concerning atmospheric and sustainability sciences, such as the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences, Future Earth, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, and the Belmont Forum. The RCEC will continue undertaking frontier researches in global environmental changes and persisting in its devotion to sustainable development of humankind.

Homepage: https://rcec.sinica.edu.tw/index_en.php

The “Air Quality Research Center” of the Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, is seeking to recruit one full-time tenure track researcher at the rank of Assistant Research Fellow, Associate Research Fellow, or Research Fellow (equivalent to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor in universities). This position starts as early as January 1, 2026.

Recognizing the impact of air pollution on human health and the environment, our center established the “Air Quality Research Center” in 2021 to advance research on the physicochemical mechanisms leading to air pollution. We are dedicated to improving the precision measurement, characterization, and numerical modeling of key air pollutants to address current challenges in air pollution mitigation.

PM2.5 and O3 are among the most critical air pollutants affecting urban environments. Their formation and transport involve both macroscopic meteorology and microscopic molecular chemistry. To strengthen our research capacity, we seek a researcher specializing in atmospheric chemistry relevant to air pollution, with experience in laboratory studies, field studies, or theoretical modeling of reaction mechanisms. The researcher will join our team projects and conduct research on the chemical reaction mechanisms of air pollutants, collaborate with national and international research institutions to develop innovative atmospheric pollution models, and engage in governmental and academic projects and provide scientific recommendations.

Applicants are required to have a doctoral degree; those with an excellent record of independent research are preferred. Application materials shall be submitted on-line through the Academic Jobs Online (https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29176) by including (1) curriculum vitae with a full publication list, (2) a research plan, (3) 1-3 representative papers, and (4) contact information of at least three reference peers.

For more information, please visit our webpage (https://rcec.sinica.edu.tw/index_en.php?action=researchGroup&cid=2) or contact Ms. Nellie Chang at nellie@gate.sinica.edu.tw. The application deadline is September 30, 2025.