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Now recruiting
Date of update : 2024/11/13 End date of accepting applications : 2025/02/02
Now recruiting
Date of update : 2024/11/13
End date of accepting applications : 2025/02/02

Work location : Kanto district - Tokyo

Date of publication : 2024/11/13

One or two Specially Appointed Assistant Professors (Prof. Yashima group, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Institute of Science Tokyo (previous Tokyo Institute of Technology)

D124110891

National university

Research field : Nanotechnology/Materials - Inorganic materials and properties | Nanotechnology/Materials - Inorganic compounds and inorganic materials chemistry | Nanotechnology/Materials - Functional solid state chemistry | Nanotechnology/Materials - Energy chemistry | Others - Others - solid state chemistry, materials science, solid state physics, solid state ionics, electrochemistry, catalysis, crystallography

Assistant Professor level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    Professor Yashima is the principle investigator of the research project "Creation of High Ion Conductors within the Norby Gap". He needs excellent researchers who will accomplish good works on the project.

    https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-24H00041/
  • Work content and job description

    The successful candidate will be required to carry out the excellent research on the project of Prof. Yashima, “Creation of High Ion Conductors within the Norby Gap". The successful candidate will be required to engage in research, teaching and supervision of students and assisting lecture. The successful candidate will be required to measure the ion and electronic conductivities and transport numbers of inorganic materials. The successful candidate will be required to measure and analyze the synchrotron X-ray and neutron diffraction data at various facilities in Japan and in other countries (and to apply the neutron/synchrotron user proposals), although previous experience of synchrotron X-ray and neutron is not required.

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    Department of Chemistry, School of Science

Job type

  • Assistant Professor level

Research field

  • Nanotechnology/Materials - Inorganic materials and properties
  • Nanotechnology/Materials - Inorganic compounds and inorganic materials chemistry
  • Nanotechnology/Materials - Functional solid state chemistry
  • Nanotechnology/Materials - Energy chemistry
  • Others - Others

    solid state chemistry, materials science, solid state physics, solid state ionics, electrochemistry, catalysis, crystallography

Wages

  • Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~ 7 million yen

Working hours

  • Working hours :08:30-17:15

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor / Master

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

Employment Type

  • Regular employee

    De facto working hours* under the discretionary labor system: 7 hours 45 minutes per day (38 hours 45 minutes per week)
    *Hours considered as working hours

Contract period

  • Nontenured - Non-tenure track

    The contract will expire on March 31, 2027. The contract can be extended through March 31, 2029 after the review. However, it cannot be extended beyond March 31, 2029. The employment period is subject to Article 7 of the Institute’s Employment Regulations for Fixed-Term Staff.

    Probationary period present

    14 days (The probationary period is subject to Article 12 of the Institute’s Employment Regulations for Fixed-Term Staff.)

Work location

  • 152-8551 Tokyo 2-12-1-W4-17, O-okayama, Meguro-ku

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 except in designated areas.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    2 person(s)

  • Description

    1 or 2 excellent scientists

  • Starting date : 2025/04/01

Application period

  • 2024/11/13~2025/02/02 Deadline for receipt

Application method

  • Application documents (specified forms)

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

    Other online application forms
    Read and make the files carefully following the required documents in "koubo_tok_e.pdf".
    Without all the files of (1)-(11) for the required documents, we will not receive the application.

  • 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/or give a presentation. Please note that travel expenses for attending interviews will not be reimbursed.

  • Notification of result

    We will contact you by e-mail within 10 days after the interview.

Contact details

Institute of Science Tokyo

Department of Chemistry, School of Science

Masatomo Yashima

0357342225

yashima.m.5864@m.isct.ac.jp

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