Announcement of Faculty Position for Female
Faculty of Chemistry
Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University
1. Position:
Tenure Track (TT) Assistant Professor (Female)
2. Affiliation:
Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University
https://www.se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/chemistry/
3. Field of expertise:
Coordination chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, or physical organic chemistry* The appointee will join the research group “Development of Functional Supramolecules and Understanding
the Mechanism of Their Functions” and perform the research on development of functional coordination
compounds or novel supramolecules with Profs. Shigehisa Akine and Hideki Furutachi.
4. Education:
1) School of Chemistry, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University
2) Division of Material Chemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University(Assistant Professor is responsible to Master's Level Section only.)
5. Subjects responsible for:1) Undergraduate course: Subjects related to coordination chemistry and general chemistry2) Graduate course: Subjects related to field of expertise
6. Employment status:
TT Assistant Professor: Full time, non-tenured (5 years).
Based on the results of an internal review by Kanazawa University concerning research and educational
achievements, the promotion to tenure associate professorship or the appointment of tenure assistantprofessor is possible. In the internal review the extension of the tenure track period is approved (up to 3years), the review will be conducted in the final year of the extended period.
* Outline for the standard in making decision on the approval of academic tenure:1) Research achievement in the concerned field is outstanding in both domestic and international researchcommunities.
2) Appropriately planned research is sufficiently achieved.
3) Sufficient competitive research funding is obtained.
4) Educational achievement for students (research guidance and lecture) is outstanding.
* Startup research budget (800,000 yen) is provided in the first year.
7. Compensation:
Annual salary system is applied.
8. Application requirements:
The applicant should be a female researcher with a doctoral degree, who can do research and educational
activities with passion and are interested in industry-academia collaboration. The applicant should havesufficient communication skills both in English and Japanese.
*Under Article 8 of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law (Special Provisions of Measures Pertaining toWomen Workers), in order to actively improve our considerably low percentage of women researchers,
applicants are limited to female researchers.
9. Starting date:
April 1st, 2025 or any early possible date afterwards

10. Documents for application
1) Curriculum vitae with a recent photograph, describing present address, phone number, e-mail address,
academic career (including the title of doctoral dissertation), research career, professional career andothers.
2) List of research activities, including original scientific papers, book chapters, other publications,presentations in scientific meetings, awards, patents, and others. Names of all the co-authors in each paper
should be indicated in appearance order.
3) Offprints or hard copies of five major papers
4) Research achievements (two A4 pages)
5) Research plans and philosophy of education (two A4 pages)
6) List of research grants (duration, name of grant, title of education/research, and amount of money shouldbe included.), awards, invited talks, and presentations at international conferences.
7) A letter of recommendation, or name and contact information of two reference persons★ Submit the hardcopies of all the above documents.
11. Deadline for receipt:
October 25, 2024 (due NLT)
12. Selection process:
After reviewing the submitted documents, shortlisted candidates will be requested to come to Kanazawa
University for presentation and interview. In that case, travel expenses (including overseas travel from aforeign country to Japan) will not be covered.
13. Postal address:
Prof. Kunishige KATAOKA, Chief of Faculty of Chemistry,
Institute of Science and Engineering,
Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
14. Contact person:
Prof. Wataru SATO, Chief of Chemistry Course in School of Chemistry,
College of Science and Engineering,Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
Tel: +81 76 264 5689, E-mail: wsato@se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
15. Additional information:1) All of the documents should be sent to the postal address provided above, the submitted documents will not
be returned.
2) The website below gives information about employment regulation.
https://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/university/administration/regulation/rules (in Japanese)
3) Kanazawa University also promotes the courses delivered in English under the internationalization policy.
https://www.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/sgu/en/kusgu/project.html
4) Kanazawa University promotes the development of diversity in the research and education environment.
https://ipdi.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/