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Ended
Date of update : 2025/02/19 End date of accepting applications : 2025/04/30
Ended
Date of update : 2025/02/19
End date of accepting applications : 2025/04/30

Work location : Kinki district - Kyoto

Date of publication : 2025/02/19

Program-Specific Assistant Professor or Program-Specific Researcher (Postdoc)MEXT Data generation and utilization materials research and development projects (DxMT)

D125021245

National university

Research field : Nanotechnology/Materials - Polymer materials | Informatics - Computational science | Nanotechnology/Materials - Bio chemistry | Life Science - Applied microbiology | Others - Others - Material Informatics

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

Researcher/Postdoc level : Regular employee - Nontenured - Non-tenure track - Probationary period present

Job description

  • Background of the recruitment and description of the project

    Research on the Creation of Polymer Materials regarding MEXT Data generation and utilization materials research and development projects (DxMT)

    http://pixy.polym.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ku_numata/index.html

  • Work content and job description

    1) Polymer science (polymer chemistry, polymer physics, polymer structure, biopolymer science)
    2) Material informatics
    3) Data science regardless of chemistry or biology
    4) Chemistry or biochemistry related to peptides/proteins
    5) Microbiology and/or biotechnology for protein and biopolymer synthesis

  • Assigned department

    Existing departments

    Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering

Job type

  • Assistant Professor level
  • Researcher/Postdoc level

Research field

  • Nanotechnology/Materials - Polymer materials
  • Informatics - Computational science
  • Nanotechnology/Materials - Bio chemistry
  • Life Science - Applied microbiology
  • Others - Others

    Material Informatics

Wages

  • Common to all Job Types

    Annual Salary : 3 million yen ~ 5 million yen

    Salaries are determined based on the Kyoto University Standards depending on capabilities and backgrounds (annual Salary system)

Working hours

  • Common to all Job Types

    Working hours :08:30-17:15

    Break time :12:00-13:00

    Holidays : Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, National holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, Foundation Day

    Overtime and other explanations : Full-time employment in a discretionary work system, based on 7 hours, 45 minutes (8:30-17:15 work schedule with a one-hour break) per day, 38 hours 45 minutes per week.

Application requirements

Qualifications

  • Education and Degree Requirements

    Ph.D. / Doctor

    The candidate should possess a doctoral degree (including prospective doctoral degree), or have a research achievement equivalent to a doctoral degree.

  • Work experience

    ・Generally, successful candidate is expected to have experience in the job description ant speak and write English fluently.
    ・Generally, successful candidate is expected to have knowledge and expertise in one or more of the following areas:
    1) Polymer science (polymer chemistry, polymer physics, polymer structure, biopolymer science)
    2) Material informatics
    3) Data science regardless of chemistry or biology
    4) Chemistry or biochemistry related to peptides/proteins
    5) Microbiology and/or biotechnology for protein and biopolymer synthesis

Employment Type

  • Common to all Job Types

    Regular employee

Contract period

  • Common to all Job Types

    Nontenured - Non-tenure track

    * The employment contract could be renewable annually until March 31, 2032 based on evaluation results.

    Probationary period present

    Six months in accordance with the regulations of Kyoto University

Work location

  • 615-8530 Kyoto Kyoto-Daigaku Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, 615-8510 Japan Kyoto University

Compensation

  • Various systems

    Others : Any allowance such as commuting expenses, housing expenses, bonuses, etc. is not provided.

  • Insurance

    Others : Social insurance: (1) National Public Service Mutual Aid Associations, (2) Employee’s pension insurance, (3) Unemployment insurance, and (4) Worker's accident insurance

  • Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

    To prevent passive smoking, Kyoto University prohibits smoking at indoors and outdoors at all campuses except for the designated smoking areas.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

    2 person(s)

Application period

  • 2025/02/19~2025/04/30 Deadline for receipt

    Open until the position is filled.

Application method

  • Attached documents

    Application Form : Online Submission
    Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

    Other online application forms
    Please submit the following PDF formatted application by email, with the subject “Job Application of DxMT”.
    （1）Complete CV (with photo and email address)
    （2）List of research achievements
    *Also attach ONE representative paper related to the position applied to.
    （3）Previous research and future research plan (A4, 2 pages)
    （4）Certificate of graduation for the highest level of education achieved or copy of said diploma
    （5）A letter of recommendation from the PI of current laboratory
    * A recommendation from a third party is allowed when it is difficult for the candidate to obtain a recommendation from the PI of current laboratory.
    * The letter should be addressed to Keiji Numata.
    （6）A work/research reference who can be contacted for an opinion
    (with affiliation and email address)
    ※If you have interrupted your educational/research activities due to childbirth, childcare, etc., you may state the period of interruption. If stated, it will be taken into consideration during the screening process.

    Submit by email to:
    numata.keiji.3n＊kyoto-u.ac.jp （Please replace ＊ with @)

  • Return of application documents

    We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

  • * Out of application period.

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Selection / Notification of result

  • Selection

    After the first screening (examination of application documents) successful, candidates will be contacted for an interview.

  • Notification of result

    We will contact you by email within 14 days after the interviews. (Please note that we may take some time depending on the selection process.)

Contact details

Kyoto University

Numata Laboratory, Department of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering

Nishiita, Miyazaki

0753832405

numatalab_secretary(at)t.kyoto-u.ac.jp

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