Chapter 309 Rubbing Each Other

Since the instrument was bought back, not only Dean Li of the School of Chemistry wandered around Lu Zhou's laboratory every now and then, but also several old professors from the School of Life Sciences also cheekily ran here, looking for opportunities to get close to him, changing tricks Come to him to rub the instrument.

If it weren't for Lu Zhou's research on materials and no use of biotechnology, they even wanted to send one of their students to him as a research labor, so they could be a little more aboveboard.

In fact, rubbing against instruments is not a big deal. Lu Zhou has rubbed against them before when he was at Jinda University, when he was at Princeton, and now he is even rubbing against a building.

On the premise of not affecting the progress of the experiment, for some not very troublesome requirements, Lu Zhou will basically sell the face of Dean Li and the old professors of the School of Life Sciences.

However, his rules here are also very clear, no magnetic samples, no high-voltage experiments.

At the same time, interns are prohibited from operating on the computer.

With these conditions, with the level of those old professors, just taking a few pictures will not wear out his equipment.

On the other side, besides Qian Zhongming and Liu Bo, among the researchers officially hired by Lu Zhou, there is also a doctor named Yang Xu.

Dr. Yang has been a postdoctoral fellow at MIT for two years. In addition to being able to skillfully use the instruments he bought, he also has some experience in the field of nanomaterials research and has a certain international perspective.

Although he is not a master in the field of material science, and it is a little bit reluctant to say that he is a calf, but for Lu Zhou, it is enough.

He doesn't need that kind of big cow, he just needs other people to complete the research plan he made step by step.

A week ago, this Dr. Yang was still going through the resignation procedures at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and now he finally boarded the flight back to China and arrived in Jinling City.

After making an appointment to meet, Lu Zhou met him at a hot pot restaurant near Colonel Jin.

After the meeting, the returnee doctor immediately held Lu Zhou's hand and said with a smile.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, I have admired Professor Lu's name for a long time!"

This Yang Xu looks ordinary, wearing glasses, nothing special. If there is any difference from a typical engineering man, it is probably that shy smile.

Lu Zhou also smiled, and said to him: "You can't talk about your name, please sit down."

Usually, Lu Zhou and his roommates go to Xiaoyuzhuang at the door for dinner. It is also his first time to visit this hot pot restaurant. However, according to the recommendations of several old professors from the School of Life Sciences, this restaurant seems to have a good taste, so he decided to meet here.

After ordering a large plate of fresh fat beef, Lu Zhou and Yang Xu exchanged a few words after watching the waiter bring the hot pot with oil floating in it, and then chatted about the research.

"Using hollow carbon spheres and sulfur to form a composite material to solve the shuttle effect is a very promising direction, and it is also the main direction of our research."

"Hollow carbon spheres with a large specific surface area can increase the sulfur loading capacity and the utilization rate of sulfur in electrochemical reactions, and the small-diameter nanopores can inhibit the diffusion of soluble polysulfide ions into the electrolyte."

"Your main task at this stage is to collect data such as the specific surface area and pore size of the hollow carbon spheres on the sulfur loading, the mass fraction of polysulfide compounds in the electrolyte, and send them to me."

"You should have done similar research, right?"

Yang Xu nodded.

"I have indeed done similar research at MIT, you can send the experiment requirements to my email. By the way, which reagent do you plan to use?"

Lu Zhou thought for a while and said.

"For the precursor, use a copolymer of polyaniline and polypyrrole, and for the pore-forming agent, use polydiallyldimethylammonium chloride."

The two chatted and chatted, bubbles appeared in the hot pot, and then the fragrance also wafted out.

It's okay to talk about chemistry before eating, but it's a bit off-putting to continue talking while eating. Especially when thinking about those chemicals, I always feel that it will make people unable to eat.

While simmering the fat beef roll in the pot, the topic of the two of them changed from research to other places in a tacit understanding.

"You just returned to China, have you settled where you live?"

"I'm a native of Jinling, and I have a house here, and it's just a subway ride away." Yang Xu said with a smile, "I haven't been home for a long time, and I feel that the changes here are quite big. .”

Lu Zhou: "How long have you been abroad?"

Yang Xu: "Five years. After going to MIT to study for a Ph.D., I have been living there."

Lu Zhou: "Actually, when I got your resume, I always had a question, but I forgot to ask it during the interview. I don't know if it's appropriate to ask this question now."

Yang Xu smiled heartily, jokingly said: "Ask, ask whatever you want, as long as you don't take back my offer."

"Of course not. It's not easy for me to find someone to do an experiment. If you don't work here for three to five years, I won't let you go." Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "With your education, you can't get a job in Silicon Valley. You should be able to get a higher salary, why did you choose to return to China?"

In Silicon Valley, with his resume, it is no problem to get a job with an annual salary of 100,000 US dollars. But returning to China may be half difficult.

Unless it is a plan to go back to the country with hundreds or thousands of people, after returning, they will be given housing allowances and scientific research funds, directly corresponding to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, universities, and state-owned R&D units. However, talents of that level are at least second-line researchers abroad and have no reference value.

Hearing this question, Yang Xu, who was cooking fatty beef rolls with chopsticks in his hand, suddenly felt a little melancholy.

"PhDs in Silicon Valley are priceless, especially in engineering, where the talent market demand has shrunk severely. I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at MIT for two years, and I have been submitting resumes during this period, but I couldn't find suitable positions at all."

Doing research is just not starving to death. Except for the big cow who can get a large amount of funding, and the little cow who can drink soup with the big cow, the life of ordinary scientific research dogs is very hard.

Speaking of this, Dr. Yang shrugged helplessly: "Plus, my family urged me to get married, and there was no point in staying there other than wasting time in the laboratory, so I thought I might as well just come back. "

The big hole in the biochemical ring material, if you talk too much, it will be tears.

Outsiders only know how deep the pit is, only those who jump into it will know.

Not to mention that materials science is the three pillars of modern technology, the 21st century is still the century of biology.

However, many people have studied baldness, and they have not seen it become stronger.

Lu Zhou thought for a while and continued to ask, "Are you interested in taking classes?"

Yang Xu: "I have considered taking up a teaching position at Jinling University, but I heard that it is not easy to apply for teaching positions at Jinling University. Maybe when the job stabilizes, I will find a lecturer job at Jinling University of Technology. "

Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Go to Jinling University of Technology, if you plan to be a lecturer at Jinling University, maybe I can help."

Yang Xu's eyes lit up: "Really? Thank you so much!"

A job as a lecturer, including the year-end bonus and provident fund benefits, can earn at least 100,000 yuan a year. Moreover, there is no conflict between research work and teaching, and you can also enjoy the academic resources of the school.

If you can be a lecturer at Jinling University, of course you have a better future than Jinling University of Technology.

Although this teaching position is not so easy to get, if Lu Zhou, an honorary professor, is willing to arrange it for him, it is still quite easy, but it is just a matter of a recommendation letter.

As a moral boss, Lu Zhou is still very sympathetic to his researcher.