Detailed information
Work location : Tokai district - Gifu
Date of publication : 2024/08/19
Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor (promote the interdisciplinary nature of fusion science), a few (up to ten people)
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National Institutes of Natural Sciences, National Institute for Fusion Science
Research field : Energy Engineering - Nuclear fusion | Energy Engineering - Fundamental plasma | Natural Science - Unspecified
Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent
Associate Professor : Regular employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent
Assistant Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent
Job description
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Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Fusion is a fundamental mechanism of nucleosynthesis and energy generation in the Universe and is the energy source that supports the activity of stars. NIFS comprehensively promotes a wide range of research topics, including plasma physics, microscopic quantum processes, materials science, and engineering technology, which are necessary for realizing fusion energy in a form we can use. Fusion science is an exhaustive research field that aggregates many difficult issues, and there are still many research problems to be solved. Therefore, academic research is needed to create innovations that open up new possibilities, in addition to development research that groups together various sciences and technologies. As an academic research institute, NIFS promotes the interdisciplinary nature of fusion science by dividing the challenge of fusion energy into several themes and generalizing each problem. We hope to deepen collaboration with universities and other institutions in Japan and abroad through interdisciplinary development that shares cutting-edge concerns and issues in various academic fields. By promoting intellectual collaboration involving an unprecedentedly wide range of fields, we aim thereby to enable the sustainable promotion of long-term fusion development research.
To promote interdisciplinary research, NIFS has established ten joint research teams, "Units," that come together under a common research theme, and the new system has operated since 2023. To strengthen the Unit system, we are actively seeking researchers who have creativity and strong communication skills and who can lead the interdisciplinary development of fusion science by actively participating in domestic and international joint research as members of an Inter-University Research Institute.
NIFS is actively working to increase gender and nationality diversity to build a diverse research environment that generates innovative and creative ideas. -
Work content and job description
Research and Education related to Fusion science, Fundamental Plasma and Nutural science
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Assigned department
Existing departments
Department of Research
Job type
- Professor level
- Associate Professor
- Assistant Professor level
Research field
- Energy Engineering - Nuclear fusion
- Energy Engineering - Fundamental plasma
- Natural Science - Unspecified
Wages
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Professor level
Annual Salary : 7 million yen ~ 10 million yen
The salary depends on academic and job careers and achievements.
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Associate Professor
Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 9 million yen
The salary depends on academic and job careers and achievements.
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Assistant Professor level
Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 7 million yen
The salary depends on academic and job careers and achievements.
Working hours
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Professor level
Working hours :08:30-17:15
Break time :12:00-13:00
Holidays : Saturday, Sunday, Japanese National Holidays, and December 29 to January 3
Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system, Overtime working: Possible (Max. 6 hours per day; 45 hours per month; 360 hours per year), Working on holidays: Possible (Max. 2 days per month)
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Associate Professor
Working hours :08:30-17:15
Break time :12:00-13:00
Holidays : Saturday, Sunday, Japanese National Holidays, and December 29 to January 3
Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system, Overtime working: Possible (Max. 6 hours per day; 45 hours per month; 360 hours per year), Working on holidays: Possible (Max. 2 days per month)
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Assistant Professor level
Working hours :08:30-17:15
Break time :12:00-13:00
Holidays : Saturday, Sunday, Japanese National Holidays, and December 29 to January 3
Overtime and other explanations : Discretionary labor system, Overtime working: Possible (Max. 6 hours per day; 45 hours per month; 360 hours per year), Working on holidays: Possible (Max. 2 days per month)
Application requirements
Qualifications
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Education and Degree Requirements
Ph.D. / Doctor
Applicants for Professor or Associate Professor
(1) Hold a Ph.D. degree.
(2) Those who are motivated to engage in fusion science research, including interdisciplinary fields, by utilizing their research achievements in their specialized fields to date.
(3) Actively engage in joint research in Japan and overseas and demonstrate leadership.
(4) Have an incentive to cultivate human resources.
Applicants for Assistant Professor
(1) Hold or expect to obtain a Ph.D. degree.
(2) Those who are willing to engage in fusion science research, including interdisciplinary fields. (regardless of the field of current research expertise)
(3) Actively engage in joint research in Japan and overseas.
Employment Type
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Professor level
Regular employee
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Associate Professor
Regular employee
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Assistant Professor level
Regular employee
Contract period
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Professor level
Nontenured - Non-tenure track
five years, and renewal is possible. Renewal of the contract will be determined based on research achievements during the tenure. The contract may be renewed up to twice, but after the second renewal, there will be no fixed term of employment.
Probationary period absent
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Associate Professor
Nontenured - Non-tenure track
five years, and renewal is possible. Renewal of the contract will be determined based on research achievements during the tenure. The contract may be renewed up to twice, but after the second renewal, there will be no fixed term of employment.
Probationary period absent
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Assistant Professor level
Nontenured - Non-tenure track
five years, and renewal is possible. Renewal of the contract will be determined based on research achievements during the tenure. The contract may be renewed up to twice, but after the second renewal, there will be no fixed term of employment.
Probationary period absent
Work location
- 509-5292 Gifu Toki City Oroshi-cho 322-6, National Institute for Fusion Science
Compensation
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Various systems
Pay increase system : available
Retirement allowances : available
Transportation expenses : available
Retirement age : available
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Insurance
Employees' Health Insurance : available
Employees' Pension Insurance : available
Worker's accident insurance : available
Employment insurance : available
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Supplementary explanation of compensation
Annual Leave, Refreshment Vacation, New Years' Holiday
Application Considerations
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Persons with disabilities
Please submit a copy of your disability certificate in order to consider your condition in the office, if possible.
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Others
If an applicant has taken a leave or leaves for the purpose of maternity, child-care, and/or family-care (including shorter working hours for the purpose of child-care, and/or family-care), or has been absent from research activities due to disease or an injury that occurred in the workplace or while commuting, please describe this in the resume. NIFS will take this information into consideration in the selection process.
Number of hired
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Description
A few (up to about 10), but the number may be less than this if there are not enough qualified applicants.
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Job content supplemental explanation
Appointment Period: As early as possible upon selection.
10 person(s)
Application period
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2024/08/19~2024/11/12 Deadline for receipt
Deadline for applications: 17:00 JST, 12 November 2024
Application method
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Attached documents
Application Form : Online SubmissionAchievements and Activities : Online SubmissionOther online application forms
(1)Curriculum Vitae: Specify the possible starting date, attach a passport-size photograph, list the applicant's academic degree(s) held, and provide an e-mail address.
(2)Applicant's past research summarized in two pages of A4 or letter-size paper.
(3)Future research plans at NIFS summarized in two pages of A4 or letter-size paper.
In the future research plan, please select one of the Units you wish to belong to (Meta-hierarchy Dynamics / Structure Formation and Sustainability / Phase Space Turbulence / Plasma Quantum Processes / Transports in Plasma Multi-phase Matter System / Sensing and Intellectualizing Technology (S&I) / Plasma Apparatus / Complex Global Simulation / Ultrahigh-flux Concerting Materials / Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics), the research plan in the Unit, and desired position (Professor, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor). For the research themes and keywords of each Unit, please refer to " Unit" on the website.
(4)List of Publications
(5)Copies of research papers
(6)A document of a brief summary of each publication and her contributions attached according to (5)
(7)Letters of recommendation
All documents must be prepared on separate pages. Documents other than the curriculum vitae should be printed on A4 or letter-size paper.
Also, be certain to print the applicant's name in the upper right corner on all documents. please refer to NIFS website in order to check detailed
Address for sending the documents
(1) Application documents other than the Letters of recommendation
Send an e-mail with the subject "Application in Research-education employee"
(2) Letters of recommendation.
The letter of recommendation should be sent directly from the recommender by post or e-mail.(When sending by e-mail, please write "letter of recommendation in Application in Research-education employee" in the subject. We accept PDF files only.) -
Return of application documents
We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.
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Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)
509-5292 Gifu Toki City Oroshi-cho 322-6,
Personnel Section, General Affairs Division, Department of Administration,National Institute for Fusion Science -
* Out of application period.
URL of this job posting
Selection / Notification of result
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Selection
1)Appropriate applicants will be selected by the Administrative Council of NIFS.
2)Applicants will be chosen based on their application documents in the first selection. Only Applicants who pass the first round will be invited for an interview for the second selection. Interviews are scheduled for the beginning of February 2025. Details will be emailed to those who have passed the document screening by the end of January 2025.
In the selection process, we will closely evaluate the applicant's research achievements (highly original or challenging research papers that have undergone rigorous peer review, as well as the ability to continue writing papers) and the idea and originality of the plan (research that advances fusion science with a broad, interdisciplinary vision, that develops fusion science in an interdisciplinary manner by utilizing the applicant's diverse background, that advances the research goals and academic strategies of the Unit to which the applicant wishes to belong). -
Notification of result
Notication will be sent by e-mail.
Contact details
National Institutes of Natural Sciences, National Institute for Fusion Science
General Affairs Division, Department of Administration,
Personnel Section
0572582013
nifs-jinji@nifs.ac.jp
[Regarding research]
Professor Ryuichi SAKAMOTO, Director of Department of Research, NIFS
sakamoto@nifs.ac.jp
Notes
(1) The information regarding the job offering may also be found on the NIFS website.
(2) Payment is on an annual salary system. (The salary will be paid in monthly installments.)
(3) NIFS's fixed-term system is prescribed by its regulations on Rules of Employment Terms of NIFS Research and Education Personnel.
(4)This opening will be conducted jointly with that of "Professor / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor (woman only)"at the National Institute for Fusion Science, which will close on November 12, 2024 (Tuesday). Woman applicants who apply for this position will automatically be eligible for selection for both openings.
(5) The purpose of the Basic Law for a Gender-Equal Society will be respected in this appointment. The National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) is committed to improving the quality of education and research by increasing the diversity of researchers.
• Women and foreign researchers are employed when they are recognized as equal in terms of research and educational achievements and personality evaluation.
• If you have taken leave for the purpose(s) of maternity, child-care, and/or family-care (including shorter working hours for the purposes of child-care and/or family-care), or have been absent from research activities due to disease or injury occurring while working or commuting, please indicate this in your curriculum vitae. We will take this into consideration in assessing your performance.
(6)The following are keywords for the research themes of each Unit. Please use them to help you plan the interdisciplinary development of fusion science.
boundary plasma, hierarchy, velocity space, multiscale modeling, non-equilibrium plasma, vortex, transport phenomena, self-organization, non-equilibrium open system, abrupt phenomena, effective theory, wave-particle interactions, transition phenomena, stability, plasma heating, multi-ion species transport, integrated modeling, entropy, hidden symmetry, invariant measure, structure formation, resilience, turbulent transport, nonlocal transport, collisionless plasma, burning plasma, non-Maxwellian distribution, phase space structure, wave heating, fluctuation theorem, collectivity, deep learning, highly charged high-Z ions, anisotropic non-equilibrium plasma, plasma-matter interaction, negative ions, laser plasma interaction, muon science, non isothermal/nonlinear/inelastic collisions, atomic and molecular elementary processes, high energy density plasma, astrophysical plasmas, origin of heavy elements, extreme ultraviolet and soft X-ray light sources, nonequilibrium cross transport, Solid surface physics, microstructure analysis, dissimilar material bonding, plasma diagonostic, data assimilation control, statistical and mathematical modeling, data-driven, laser and optics, optical vortex, regulatory science, informatics for visualization, open science, geochemistry/environmental science, plasma heating device, numerical calculation technology, basic/applied plasma device, quantum beam science, anti-matter science, electric propulsion, space weather forecast, MHD, gyrokinetic theory, turbulence, peripheral plasma, instability and saturation, coherent structure, dissipative structure, data science, computational science, low-activation materials, neutron multiplier, hydrogen isotope, hydrogen permeation, high heat flux, heavy irradiation, metastable phase, physical properties, hydrogen storage, lattice defects, deformation, diffusion, metals, ceramics, composites material, coating, interface, high reliability, safety, advanced superconducting conductor, superconducting coil, cryogenic fluids, SDGs, superconducting applications, liquid hydrogen, liquid helium, quantum technology, AI predictive maintenance, standardization, beam physics, beam applications, ion sources, accelerator science, RF plasma, plasma sources, neutral beams, low-temperature plasma numerical technique
