Job Posting（for Professor）

Affiliation
Position title

Institute of Innovative Research (IIR), Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science(CLS)
Professor

Number of Openings

1

Area of Specialization

Frontier chemistry in a broad sense• Conduct internationally advanced research in own research fields includingapplication.
• As the principal investigator (PI) of a group (research cluster) consisting ofAssociate Professor 1 and Assistant Professor 2, manages the research group in
the Division of Molecular Advanced Chemistry and supervises graduate andundergraduate students.
・Lectures and exercises in undergraduate courses as well as lectures in English

Job Description

for the graduate school courses in the School of Materials and Chemical
Technology, or School of Life Science and Technology.
・Other administrative works for CLS, IIR and Graduate School etc.
Note: The appointed person must join to the selection committees of one associate
professor and two assistant professors to establish one’s research group. We will
prepare the start money and a research space (12 units or more) to accelerate thebuilding up of the research group. (Please contact us for details)• Applicants must hold a PhD, be near to completion of a PhD, or have equivalentexperience in a relevant subject and have appropriate laboratory researchexperience.
• Person who has world top level achievement in one’s research field, or who canexpect to achieve comparable results.
• Person who is highly motivated to obtain large scale research funds.

Qualifications• Ability to supervise undergraduate and graduate students in the above
specialized fields as well as the corresponding applications fields. (Willingness tocommunicate with young people is desirable.)• Ability to give lectures and exercises to the undergraduate and graduates
students.
• Willingness to contribute to the administrative tasks and the research activities in
the group, area, CLS and IIR.

Location

Suzukakedai Campus
Nearest station: Suzukakedai in Tokyu Den-en-toshi LineDe facto working hours* under the discretionary labor system for professional work:

Working Hours

7 hours 45 minutes per day (38 hours 45 minutes per week)*Hours considered as working hours

Term
Probationary Period

Permanent position
The Institute has mandatory retirement, requiring employees to retire at age 65.
6 months
The successful candidate will be paid under the “Annual Salary System with LumpSum Retirement Allowance” pursuant to the Institute’s Regulations on Wage andSalary for Staff under Annual Salary System with Lump-Sum Retirement
Allowance. In accordance with the regulations, the amount of annual salary will bedetermined based on the standard level for the first fiscal year of employment, andwill be based on performance evaluations in subsequent years. A retirement
allowance will be paid separately at the time of retirement.

Salary● Annual salary examples (The amounts listed below are only examples provided
in the regulations and do not directly refer to this specific position.)・ Professor who has 15 years of work experience after completing a doctoral
degree.
Standard: JPY 9,400,000
Minimum*: JPY 8,600,000
Maximum*: JPY 10,700,000*The minimum and maximum amounts will vary depending on performance.

Social insurance andother benefits
Employer

Employees’ pension, Mutual Aid Association short-term benefits (health insurance),
employment insurance, worker’s compensation Insurance.
President of National University Corporation Tokyo Institute of Technology

Proposed Start Date

1st September 2024 or the earliest possible date thereafter

Closing Date forApplications must be received by Monday 20th May, 2024

Application
Selection will be based on a comprehensive review of applications and interviews.
Selection Process

Selected applicants may be asked to have an on-campus interview and give a shortlecture in English and/or Japanese. If the on-campus interview is impossible, theon-line can be selected. Please note that travel expenses for attending interviews
will not be reimbursed.
1. Curriculum vitae* including professional and educational history from high school
onward, honors and awards, criminal history and disciplinary actions, and email
address*Please use the Tokyo Tech format..
2. Accomplishment statement, including:a. Refereed journal papers (Please underline the applicant name, and put * to thecorresponding author. Also please mark the 5 papers listed in the item 7 below
with number of citations (please specify the data base). DOI should also beindicated in the list, if possible.
b. Presentations and lectures in the domestic and international conferences(Please specify plenary and invited talks.)c. Books, and Commentaries
d. Patents
e. h-index. Please specify the database used.
3. Acquired research grants and external funds. Please include names of thefunds, project titles, amounts, periods of research, and allocated amounts (if notRequired Documents

the principal researcher)
4. Research statement with a summary of research accomplishments and detailsof the future direction and plan for the applicant’s work (free form, up to A4 threepages)
5. Teaching statement that provides a summary of accomplishments anddiscusses ideas for teaching and learning in the future (free form, A4 one page)
6. Social activities such as those as a member of academic (domestic orinternational) committees and societies
7. Up to five paper pdf files of the applicant's major publications.
8. Two Japanese references and two international references with names,affiliations, titles and contact details (E-mail address etc.)
9. An excel file of applicant information with the specified form filled in withrequested information (2 pages). The form (applicant-data-E_Name.xlsx) canbe downloaded from JREC-IN Portal.
1.

Community engagement including that as a member of international andacademic committees2.

Two references with names, affiliations, and contact details

Please submit your application via JREC-IN Portal (D124031355).
https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=4&id=D124031355&ln_jor=0&top_btn=1&ln=1

How to Submit anApplication

Upload a zip file containing PDF files of the required documents and an Excel fileof the applicant information via JREC-IN Portal Web application system.
Note: You may be asked to submit additional data during the selection process ifnecessary.
[NAME] Takeo Yamaguchi[POSITION] Director, Professor

Contacts[AFFILIATION] Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, IIR
Email: yamag@res.titech.ac.jp
Tel.: +81-45-924-52541.

Application documents will not be returned. The personal information
provided in the submitted documents will be used solely for recruitment andnot for any other purpose, pursuant to the Institute’s applicable rules andregulations.

2.

Tokyo Institute of Technology, in order to ensure a diverse workforce,guarantees equal opportunities for all individuals regardless of nationality orgender.

3.
Other

Smoking is prohibited on campus (excluding designated outdoor smokingareas).

4.

Questions regarding the applicability of the “Specific Categories” under theForeign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act may be asked during the selectionprocess.

5.

Work conditions may be subject to change due to the integration with Tokyo
Medical and Dental University, which is anticipated in fall 2024.

6.

The progress of the selection can be found on the following website:
https://www.iir.titech.ac.jp/job/info_en.pdf

7.

For more information, please refer to the following link.
https://www.jinji2.jim.titech.ac.jp/koubo/en/