Detailed information

Ended
Date of update : 2024/10/16 End date of accepting applications : 2025/01/24
Ended
Date of update : 2024/10/16
End date of accepting applications : 2025/01/24

Work location : Tohoku district - Miyagi

Date of publication : 2024/10/16

Call for one professor (Department of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment, Ecomaterial Design and Process Engineering (Environmental Materials Surface Science))

D124101434

National university

Research field : Nanotechnology/Materials - Energy chemistry | Nanotechnology/Materials - Thin film/surface and interfacial physical properties | Manufacturing Technology - Catalyst and resource chemical process

Professor level : Regular employee - Tenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period absent

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    Replacements for retirements

    Candidates shall be responsible for the research and technology development on material and energy conversion materials based on surface science for the realization of a sustainable society.

    https://wadayama-lab.jp/english/
  • Work content and job description

    Successful candidates will be engaged in education and research for graduate students in Graduate School of Environmental Studies and undergraduate students in Department of Metallurgy, Materials Science and Materials Processing

    The main areas for which the successful candidate will be responsible:
    At Graduate School level
    Surface and subsurface measurements for environmental science
    Seminar on Eco-materials & Processing
    Master Course Seminar on Eco-materials & Processing
    Advanced Materials Processing for Environment
    Internship for Doctor Course Students
    Advanced Seminar on Eco-materials & Processing
    Doctor Course Seminar on Eco-materials & Processing
    At Undergraduate level (Japanese)
    Physics of Surface and Interface

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    Call for one professor (Department of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment, Ecomaterial Design and Process Engineering (Environmental Materials Surface Science))

Tohoku University

Job type

  • Professor level

Research field

  • Nanotechnology/Materials - Energy chemistry
  • Nanotechnology/Materials - Thin film/surface and interfacial physical properties
  • Manufacturing Technology - Catalyst and resource chemical process

Wages

  • Annual Salary : 8 million yen ~ 12 million yen

Working hours

  • Working hours :08:30-17:15

    Break time :12:00-13:00

    Holidays : Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year holidays (12/29 - 1/3)

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor

    Candidates shall be responsible for the research and technology development on material and energy conversion materials based on surface science for the realization of a sustainable society.

Employment Type

  • Regular employee

    Full-time

Contract period

  • Tenured - Non-tenure track

    Probationary period absent

Work location

  • 980-8579 Miyagi 6-6, Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai

Compensation

  • Various systems

    Pay increase system : available

    Bonus : available

    Retirement allowances : available

    Transportation expenses : available

    Retirement age : available

  • Insurance

    Employees' Health Insurance : available

    Employees' Pension Insurance : available

    Worker's accident insurance : available

    Employment insurance : available

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    1 person(s)

    Hiring date : 2025/07/01

    Starting date : 2025/07/01

  • Job content supplemental explanation

    Hiring date and start date will be either 7/1/2025 or 10/1/2025.

Application period

  • 2024/10/16~2025/01/24 Deadline for receipt

Application method

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Mailing
    with photograph attached
    Achievements and Activities : Mailing
    research papers, conference proceedings, reviews, books, patents

    Other Mailing Documents
    (1)Summary of research activities to date (about 3 pages on A4 paper) and Up to 10 major research papers (both printed and electronic files are acceptable)
    (2)List of research funding/grants
    (3)List of awards and honors
    (4)List of educational activities and social activities
    (5)Future research plan (about 2 pages on A4 paper)
    (6)Aspirations for educational activities (about 2 pages on A4 paper)
    (7)Referee’s contact information: name, institution, position, telephone number, and email address (2 referees)

  • Return of application documents

    All application documents will be returned by mail.

  • Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

    980-8572 Miyagi 468-1, Aramaki-aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai
    The Person in Charge of the Professor Recruitment for Creation of Environmental Materials Surface Science Laboratory,Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University

  • * Out of application period.

JREC-IN Portal web application
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E-mail Application
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Recruiting Institution's Web application system
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Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    Application Screening and Interview

  • Notification of result

    Selection will be made through an application screening. Only short-listed candidates will be invited for interviews. We cannot pay for expenses such as transportation expenses.

Contact details

Tohoku University

Tohoku University Graduate School of Environmental Studies

Taichi MURAKAMI

0227954896

taichi@material.tohoku.ac.jp

Notes

•Tohoku University promotes activities to increase Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and encourages people of varied talents from all backgrounds to apply for positions at the university.
•Pursuant to Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment, Tohoku University shall, as a measure for increasing the presence of women among the academic staff, prioritize the hiring of women deemed qualified for each job opening, based on impartial evaluation.
•Tohoku University has the largest on-campus childcare system of all Japanese national universities. This network comprises three nurseries: Kawauchi Keyaki Nursery school (capacity: 22) and Aobayama Midori Nursery school (116), both open to all university employees, as well as Hoshinoko Nursery school (120), which is open to employees working on Seiryo Campus. In addition, Tohoku University Hospital runs a childcare room for mildly ill and convalescent children which is available to all university employees

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