TOHOKU UNIVERSITY FACULTY POSITION
The Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering invites
applications for a tenured faculty position at the Full Professor level. The successful applicant will join theMedical Device Innovation Group of the department and also join the Department of Mechanical andAerospace Engineering (Division of Mechanical Engineering) in the Graduate School of Engineering.
Special preference will be given to those applicants who have a strong background and interest in the newinterdisciplinary field of mechanical engineering and medicine such as biomedical devices.
There are currently 15 professors and 6 associate professors in 6 groups (Biomedical Measurements andDiagnostics, Biomedical Engineering for Diagnosis and Treatment, Biomechanical Engineering,Regenerative and Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering for Health and Welfare, and Medical
Device Innovation), pursuing research and teaching in the new multidisciplinary field that combines
engineering and biomedicine and is based on physics, chemistry, and biology. Division of MechanicalEngineering pursues research and teaching in areas such as Functional Systems Engineering, Energy
Systems Engineering, Materials Physics and Engineering, Nanomechanics, Biomechanics, Robot Systems,Nanosystems, Aerospace Engineering, Astronautical Engineering, and other fields newly created by fusionof different fields.
A successful candidate is expected to set up innovative research projects by himself/herself or incollaboration with other researchers of the groups. Responsibilities will include teaching at bothundergraduate (Division of Mechanical Engineering) and graduate (Graduate School of BiomedicalEngineering) levels, and directing research projects, which will lead to MS and Ph. D. theses.
The applicants must hold a doctoral degree in an appropriate field. Profound knowledge of the Japanese or
English language, written and spoken, is also required.
The position is open to any candidate who fulfills the listed academic requirements, regardless of gender ornationality. The successful applicant, of Japanese or non-Japanese nationality, will become a Japanese
National University Corporation employee and will be paid accordingly.
The deadline for application is May 19th, 2024. The position will be available after April 1st, 2025.
Applicants should send the following documents by e-mail:(1) Curriculum vitae including research and teaching history(2) List of research achievements [peer-reviewed journal articles (mark the corresponding author, ifapplicable), full-text reviewed international conference papers, other international conference papers,
reference papers (other than those mentioned above), invited lectures, books, articles, patents, awards,
research fundings (whether as a representative or a contributor), activities in academic and social
societies, other special items].
(3) Future prospects regarding education and research(4) Copies of five representative papers and a brief description of each paper(5) Names, addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of five persons who can evaluate his/herability and personality.
Sending address:
Takuji Ishikawa, Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University
Please send an email to "mech-recruit@grp.tohoku.ac.jp" with the subject line "Application documents
for a professorship at the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering". Application documents will not
be returned.
For further information, please contact:
Assistant Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University
E-mail: t.ishikawa@tohoku.ac.jp Telephone: +81-22-795-4009
Remarks:
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