This is a LaTeX template for a formal recommendation letter of Frontier Institute of Science and Technology (FIST), Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU)
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% Recommendation Letter (better one page, but more pages would also be fine)
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% Version 1.0 (December 24, 2022)
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% Authors: Yidian Wang
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\tiny Frontier Institute of Science and Technology (FIST) & \tiny 西安交通大学前沿科学技术研究院 \\% \cline{1-2}
\tiny Xi'an Jiaotong University & \multirow{2}{*}{\tiny 中国陕西省西安市雁塔区雁翔路99号} \\ %\cline{1-1}
\tiny No.1 West building & \\ %\cline{1-2}
\tiny 99 Yanxiang Road, Yanta District & \multirow{2}{*}{\tiny 交通大学曲江校区西一楼}\\ %\cline{1-1}
\tiny Xi'an, Shaanxi Province & \\ %\cline{1-2}
\tiny P.R.China, 710054 & \tiny 邮编：710054\\
\tiny Tel: +86 29 83395126 & \tiny 电话：+86 29 83395126\\
\tiny Fax: +86 29 83395132 & \tiny 传真：+86 29 83395132\\
\tiny E-mail: fist@mail.xjtu.edu.cn & \tiny E-mail: fist@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
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October 17, 2019 \\ % Date
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\\To whom it may concern,
Glad to know that Jay Chou has applied the PhD candidate position in your group. Here I wrote this letter to support his application.
Jay joined my group to pursue a master degree since September 2016. During these three years, he has developed excellent skills for XXX. The synthesis of ZZZ is actually quite demanding, which requires YYY and other anaerobic operations. In addition to synthesis he can also operate the ZZZ. I also know that he is able to XXX, and YYY and use the ZZZ to XXX by his own. As you can see he had completed his project excellently and earned here master degree in this summer. He has also published a nice paper in \textit{J. Am. Chem. Soc.}
Jay is also good at lab management, such as the maintaince of YYY and ZZZ. He is also a great team mate as he has well communication skills. This includes very good English proficiency in both writing and speaking. Thus, he has won the scholarship from XXX to pursue a PhD degree abroad, which means she will be funded by the YYY up to four years.
All in all, this man is quite ambitious and has great enthusiasm for ZZZ. Therefore, I strongly recommend you to accept his application to pursue the PhD degree in your group.
If you need further information related to Jay, please feel free to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
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Andy Lau\\
Professor of Chemistry\\
Xi'an Jiaotong University,\\
Group website: \href{http://www.addthegroupwebsite.com}{\textcolor{blue}{http://www.addthegroupwebsite.com}}
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