Career opportunities in Institute of Soil Science,CAS,Nanjing,China

The Institute of Soil Science(ISS)located at Nanjing is an academ ic community directly affiliated w ith the Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS).Being the cradle,research center,and talent highland of modern soil science in China,the institute is comm itted to promoting the development of soil science and to solving vital problems facing agricultural development,ecological conservation,and environmental protection.It has attracted and trained a large number of talented soil scientists,who have carried out a series of important research projects by fully utilizing China’s rich soil resources.The ISS has gradually developed into a powerful and inf luential international research center with a complete suite of subdisciplines of soil science,as well as a training base for senior scientists.

The ISS enjoys a respectable reputation both domestically and overseas.It is home to several major research platforms,including the State Key Laboratory of Soil and Sustainable Agriculture,the Key Laboratory of Cultivated Land Conservation of the M inistry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,and the National Engineering Research Center for Soil Nutrient Management and Pollution Remediation.For decades,the ISS has strived to build itself into a world-class research center of soil science and make major contributions to academic progress and national grow th of China and accomplished in 2018 the overall goal of the CAS“Feature Institutes”w ith outstanding achievements.

The ISS endeavors to foster an exciting,positive,creative,challenging,and rewarding culture at work.It is a place that provides support,cultivates talent,and rewards success.The ISS welcomes applications from interested individuals of all nationalities andethnicities whowant tomake an impact on the future of soil science and related f ields,plant nutrition,agronomy,ecology,m icrobiology,environmental science,and engineering.Applications in the follow ing areas are highly encouraged:quality improvement and dynam ic monitoring,pollution remediation and safe utilization,and healthy theory construction of cultivated land,as well as soil-plant interaction and regulation.To f ind out more,please visit http://www.issas.ac.cn/rczp/.Interested candidates should send their application materials to renshichu@issas.ac.cn.