Application Guidelines for Associate Professsor Position
Department of Biotechnology（Laboratory of Enzymology）,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Position

Associate Professor

2

Number of Positions

One

3

Starting Date

After November 1, 2022

4

Term of Employment

Non fixed-term

5Work location

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo（University of Tokyo Yayoi Campus）

6

Affiliation

Laboratory of Enzymology, Department of Biotechnology,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo1) Research on enzymology and structural biology in the field of agricultural chemistry("Nogeikagaku")
2) Teaching responsibilities:

7Job Details(Department) Exercise in Biological Chemistry and Biotechnology, Experiments in Applied
Biochemistry(Graduate School) Molecular Aspects of Biocatalysts, Life Science Technology-Frontier (I, II),
Research in Biotechnology (I, II, III), Biotechnology Seminar, Biotechnology Special Seminar

8Working Hours

9Days Off

Discretionary labor system: Working hours is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per day
Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end through New Year holidays (from December 29 toJanuary 3 of the following year).
Basic Salary will be decided taking your academic background, professional background, etc. intoaccount.

10 Salary

Wage Raise System: Yes
Examples: Doctor / from JPY 340,000
Various Allowances: Bonus (twice a year), Commuting Allowance (basically up to JPY 55,000), and

11 Insurance

other allowances decided by the University.
Appointees will be enrolled in the Mutual Aid Association of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,Science, and Technology as well as employment insurance.
1) Ph.D., an equivalent qualification, or evidence that either will be obtained by the starting date.
2) One who has outstanding research achievements and can actively and enthusiastically provide
education and research guidance to undergraduate and graduate students.

12 Required Qualifications3) One who can promote world-leading research in enzymology and structural biology (e.g. cryoelectron microscopy) in the field of agricultural chemistry ("Nogeikagaku").
4) One who can provide education and research guidance in cooperation with Professor Shinya
Fushinobu in the relevant field of study.
5) One who can teach the above lectures and exercises
1) Curriculum vitae (Please use The University of Tokyo Standard Resume Form, downloadablefrom the following link: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/jobs.html)
2) List of academic publications (indicate the applicant and the corresponding author(s))3) Reprints of up to 5 major papers
4) List of educational acheivements5) List of social contribution (academic society activities, committee activities, etc.)

13 Application documents

6) Status of competitive funding (past 5 years or so)7) Outline of previous research and future research plan (within 1500 words)
8) Educational policy for undergraduate and graduate students at the Graduate School of Agriculturaland Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo (within 1000 words)9) A letter of recommendation from one person who can evaluate the applicant's research andeducational background10) Names and contact information (address, tel., e-mail address, etc.) of two persons, including theperson in 9), who can be contacted for reference regarding the applicant

14 Application Deadline

All documents must be received on or before August 19, 2022.
After screening of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed.
Application documents should be submitted as email attachments in pdf format and sent to

15 Application method

utkuz[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp（please replace [at] with @) with the subject line "Applicationdocuments". If the total file size of the documents exceeds a 20 MB file attachment limit, send thedocuments in separate emails so that the attachment size for each email does not exceed 20 MB.

16 Contact Information

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, JAPANProf. Tomohisa Kuzuyama（葛山智久）, Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of
Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
E-mail: utkuz[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp（Please replace [at] with @.）17 Probation Period

There will be a six-month probationary period at the beginning of the appointment.

18 Employer

The University of Tokyo
Please note that application documents will not be returned.
Personal information obtained through this application process will be used only for the screening andthe recruiting of the applicants, never for any other purpose.
The University of Tokyo promotes gender equality. We encourage applications from female
researchers.

19 Additional Information

During the period of employment, sharing controlled technology to you may be prohibited by FEFTA
and it may become difficult to achieve your job as a faculty or a staff member of the University if you
are under the control of a foreign government, corporation or university by contract, or under thecontrol of a foreign government by economic interests. In such a case, you need to keep the contract
or interests within the range that does not incur such restrictions.
We will take your English and Japanese language skills (speaking, hearing reading, writing) into
accounts.