Job type

• Researcher/Postdoc level

Research field

• Others - Others

  Applicants from fields other than earth science are also welcome (e.g., mathematics, information science, ecology, etc.) if you have an interest or motivation for such fields mentioned at the beginning.

Wages

• Annual Salary : 5 million yen ~ 5 million yen

  The salary will be determined in accordance with our university's specific employment salary regulations, based on years of experience. For the first year after obtaining a Ph.D. degree, the annual income is expected to be around 5 million yen.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

• Work experience

  Position Summary:The successful candidate will be able to contribute to education and research on weather controllability through ensemble data assimilation, weather prediction and model predictive control.

• Official qualification in specific field, etc.

  Those who are interested in research fields related to meteorological/hydrological models, data assimilation, machine learning, and data science, and have research achievements in related fields. Applicants from fields other than earth science are also welcome (e.g., mathematics, information science, ecology, etc.) if you have an interest or motivation for such fields mentioned at the beginning.

• Description

  [Related Research Fields]Geoscience (Earth Science) including meteorology and hydrology, civil engineering, general environmental science, mathematics, and information science.

Employment Type

• Others

  Specially-appointed researcher (full-time)

Contract period

• Nontenured - Non-tenure track

  Recruitment Period: The contract is until the end of the Japanese school year, but it may be renewed depending on the progress of the work.

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 263-8522 Chiba 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba-city, Chiba, Japan

Compensation

• Various systems

  Transportation expenses : yes

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : yes

  Employees' Pension Insurance : yes

  Worker's accident insurance : yes

  Employment insurance : yes

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  no somking on campus

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  Employee Benefits:
  (1) Job title: Specially-appointed researcher (full-time).
  (2) Salary, etc.: University's Specified Employment Staff Salary Regulations based on your years of experience will be applied
  (3) Working hours: from 8:30 to 17:15, 5 days a week, 7 hours and 45 minutes per day (under the Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work).
  (4) Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, National holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays.
  (5) Leave: granted based on the University’s employment agreement.
  (6) Various allowances: provide commuting allowance if requirements are met based on the regulations.
  (7) Insurance: join a mutual aid association, employment insurance, and workers' accident compensation insurance

Application Considerations

• Others

  Application documents will not be used for any other purposes than the selection process. These documents will not be returned unless a stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed.

Number of hired

1 person(s)

Hiring date : 2025/10/01

Starting date : 2025/10/01

• Job content supplemental explanation

  Hire Date: At the earliest possible timing after October 2025 **negotiable

Application period

• 2025/08/04~2025/11/30 Deadline for receipt

  Applications (required documents listed #8) must arrive by November 30, 2025. Please note that the deadline may change accordingly.
  

Application method

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Mailing
  Achievements and Activities : Mailing

  Other Mailing Documents
  Required documents:
  (1)Complete CV: any style or format is accepted. *Email address is required.
  (2)List of research achievements: please list peer-reviewed treatises and others separately.
  (3)Copy of 3 major publications: must be single author or first author treatise.
  (4)Research history and plan after being hired: please fill out two letter-size papers for each topic including your available programming languages.
  (5) Contact information of your former co-workers: list 1 or 2 people other than the Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University. Any style or format is accepted.

• Return of application documents

  Others

  Application documents will not be used for any other purposes than the selection process. These documents will not be returned unless a stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed.

• Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)

  263-8522 Chiba 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba-city
  Environmental Remote Sensing Research Center, Chiba University,Shunji Kotsuki

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  will be made based on application screening and interviews.

• Notification of result

  I will contact you promptly by phone or email.

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