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Experience, Education, and Service

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Email: junke.jiang@york.ac.uk

Appointments

Mar 2026-present

Research Associate · University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, York, United Kingdom. Project: grain-boundary defect dynamics and machine-learning force-field development for hybrid semiconductors. Mentor: Prof. Keith McKenna.

Nov 2022-present

Guest Researcher · Institut FOTON, INSA Rennes / University of Rennes

Continuing collaboration on theory and simulation of layered perovskites, perovskite materials and devices, and semiempirical simulation methods for semiconductor optoelectronic materials.

Nov 2022-Sep 2025

Postdoctoral Researcher · Institut FOTON, INSA Rennes / University of Rennes

Theoretical studies of optoelectronic and dielectric properties of layered perovskites; theory-guided optimization of perovskite materials and devices; development of semiempirical methods for large-scale simulations. Mentors: Prof. Jacky Even and Dr. Claudine Katan.

Apr-May 2023

Guest Researcher · University of Bremen

Bremen Center for Computational Materials Science, Germany. Developed DFTB methods and parameters for large-scale simulations of metal-halide perovskites. Mentors: Dr. Bálint Aradi and Prof. Thomas Frauenheim.

Nov 2021-Nov 2022

Postdoctoral Researcher · Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

Theoretical description and optimization of perovskite materials and devices, including photovoltaics and light-emitting diodes. Mentors: Dr. Claudine Katan and Prof. Jacky Even.

Oct-Nov 2021

Visiting Scholar · Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes

Simulation-guided design and optimization of perovskite materials and devices.

Sep 2017-Aug 2021

Junior Researcher · Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research

Project work associated with computational science for energy research.

Sep 2017-Oct 2021

Doctoral Researcher · Eindhoven University of Technology

Used DFT and ab initio molecular dynamics to understand phase stability in lead-halide and lead-free perovskites.

Education

2017-2021

PhD in Applied Physics · Eindhoven University of Technology

Supervisors: Dr. Shuxia Tao and Prof. Peter A. Bobbert.

2014-2017

MEng in Mechatronic Engineering · Guilin University of Electronic Technology

2010-2014

BEng in Microelectronics Manufacturing Engineering · Guilin University of Electronic Technology

Skills

Theory and Simulation

DFT, DFTB, molecular dynamics, DFT-1/2, solid-state physics, semiconductor physics.

Programming and Software

Python, Bash; DFTB+, SIESTA, VASP, CP2K, AMS, Materials Studio, Hefei-NAMD, Gaussian, QuantumATK, GNUplot, Chemdraw, ChemOffice, VMD.

Awards

  • 2019

    Science China Materials Annual Excellent Paper Award.

  • 2017

    Outstanding Master's Thesis, Guilin University of Electronic Technology.

  • 2017

    Outstanding Master's Graduate, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

  • 2016

    National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China.

  • 2014-2017

    First-Class Graduate Scholarship, Guilin University of Electronic Technology.

  • 2015

    Third Prize, National Multimedia Courseware Design Competition.

Projects and Service

  • Collaborative projects

    Contributed to Horizon 2020 PeroCUBE, Horizon 2020 POLLOC, M-ERA.NET PHANTASTIC, and NWO CSER projects; led a Guangxi graduate innovation project.

  • Editorial and reviewing

    Young Editorial Board Member for Nanomaterials; Guest Editor for Nanomaterials and Micromachines; reviewer for more than 40 journals, including Advanced Materials, Physical Review Letters, and Nano Letters.

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