Job type

• Professor level

Research field

• Nanotechnology/Materials - Unspecified
• Life Science - Unspecified
• Manufacturing Technology - Unspecified
• Others - Others

  Frontier chemistry in a broad sense including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry, physical chemistry, chemical engineering, and polymer chemistry.

Wages

• Annual Salary : 8 million yen ~ 11 million yen

  The successful candidate will be paid under the “Annual Salary System with Lump-Sum Retirement Allowance” pursuant to the Institute’s Regulations on Wage and Salary for Staff under Annual Salary System with Lump-Sum Retirement Allowance. In accordance with the regulations, the amount of annual salary will be determined based on the standard level for the first fiscal year of employment, and will be based on performance evaluations in subsequent years. A retirement allowance will be paid separately at the time of retirement.
  
  ●Annual salary examples (The amounts listed below are only examples provided in the regulations and do not directly refer to this specific position.)
  ・Professor who has 15 years of work experience after completing a doctoral degree.
  Standard: JPY 9,400,000
  Minimum*: JPY 8,600,000
  Maximum*: JPY 10,700,000
  *The minimum and maximum amounts will vary depending on performance.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

  Applicants must hold a PhD, be near to completion of a PhD, or have equivalent experience in a relevant subject and have appropriate laboratory research experience.

• Work experience

  • Person who has high level achievement in one’s research field, or who can expect to achieve comparable results.
  • Person who is highly motivated to obtain large scale research funds.
  • Ability to supervise undergraduate and graduate students in the above specialized fields as well as the corresponding applications fields. (Willingness to communicate with young people is desirable.)
  • Ability to give lectures and exercises to the undergraduate and graduates students.
  • Willingness to contribute to the administrative tasks and the research activities in the group, area, CLS and IIR.
  ・Able to manage the laboratory in cooperation with the faculty members (one associate professor and two assistant professors) currently enrolled in the Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science.

Employment Type

• Regular employee

Contract period

• Tenured - Non-tenure track

  Probationary period present

  6 months

Work location

• 226-8501 Kanagawa Institute of Science Tokyo, Suzukakedai Campus 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama

Compensation

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  Smoking is prohibited on campus (excluding designated outdoor smoking areas).

Application Considerations

• Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)

  If the on-campus interview is impossible, the on-line can be selected.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/04/01

Starting date : 2025/04/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  1st April, 2025 or the earliest possible date thereafter

Application period

• 2024/10/08~2025/01/06 Deadline for receipt

Application method

• Application documents (specified forms)

  • rirekisyo_e.docx
  • applicant_data_summary_Eng.xlsx

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  1. Curriculum vitae* including professional and educational history from high school onward, honors and awards, criminal history and disciplinary actions, and email address
  *Please use the CV format.
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  2. Accomplishment statement, including:
  a. Refereed journal papers (Please underline the applicant name, and put * to the corresponding author. Also please mark the 5 papers listed in the item 7 below with number of citations (please specify the data base). DOI should also be indicated in the list, if possible.
  b. Presentations and lectures in the domestic and international conferences (Please specify plenary and invited talks.)
  c. Books, and Commentaries
  d. Patents
  e. h-index. Please specify the database used. *Google Scholar Citations, Scopus, Web of Science, or Inspire.
  3. Acquired research grants and external funds. Please include names of the funds, project titles, amounts, periods of research, and allocated amounts (if not the principal researcher)
  4. Research statement with a summary of research accomplishments and details of the future direction and plan for the applicant’s work (free form, up to A4 three pages)
  5. Teaching statement that provides a summary of accomplishments and discusses ideas for teaching and learning in the future (free form, A4 one page)
  6. Social activities such as those as a member of academic (domestic or international) committees and societies
  7. Up to five paper pdf files of the applicant's major publications.
  8. Two references with names, affiliations, titles and contact details (E-mail address etc.)
  9. An excel file of applicant information with the specified form filled in with requested information (2 pages). The form (applicant-data-E_Name.xlsx) can be downloaded from JREC-IN Portal.
  1.Community engagement including that as a member of international and academic committees
  2.Two references with names, affiliations, and contact details

  Other online application forms
  Upload a zip file containing PDF files of the required documents and an Excel file of the applicant information via JREC-IN Portal Web application system.
  Note: You may be asked to submit additional data during the selection process if necessary.

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  Selection will be based on a comprehensive review of applications and interviews. Selected applicants may be asked to have an on-campus interview and give a short lecture in English and/or Japanese. If the on-campus interview is impossible, the on-line can be selected. Please note that travel expenses for attending interviews will not be reimbursed.

• Notification of result

  We will contact you by email.
  

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