RCNP-Z-845
April 1, 2021

Position Opening: Associate Professor
Director of RCNP
Prof. Takashi Nakano
Chair, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science
Prof. Kazuhiko Kuroki

Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP) at Osaka University has a job opening for anassociate professor position. We appreciate application by strong candidates.
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Position: an associate professor (full-time)2.

Affiliation: Experimental Nuclear Physics Division, RCNP, Osaka University (regular post),
Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science (concurrent post)

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Work place: Suita and Toyonaka campuses of Osaka University

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Employment period: no regulation up to the retirement age specified by Osaka University. See
the document number 3 of the work regulations in 17.(1).

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Research field and mission: the successful candidate is expected to play a leading role inexperimental research of nuclear physics and in the promotion of joint experiments with external
users at the cyclotron facility of RCNP, an international Joint Usage/Research Center, especiallyfor the physics researches employing the high-resolution magnetic spectrometer Grand Raiden.
The candidate will also be in charge of education of undergraduate and graduate students, as agroup member of Prof. Atsushi Tamii, at the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science,
Osaka University.

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Requirement to the applicants: an applicant is required to have (1) PhD or equivalent ability andachievements, (2) research achievements in the field relevant to the mission, and (3) ability ofusing English language without major problem on conducting the mission

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Start of the term: as early as possible after the official acceptance.

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Period of the trial contract: 6 months

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Salary: following the rule of the Osaka University standard. See the document number 18 of thework regulations in 17.(1).

10. Work style: following the rule of the Osaka University standard. See the document number 6 of

the work regulation in 17.(1).
11. Social securities: health insurance, pension, accident compensation insurance.
12. Selection: mainly with the application document. We may ask an interview in case needed. Thetravel fee relevant to the interview needs to be covered by the applicant. Online interview isavailable for foreign applicants.
13. Application materials: (1) Curriculum Vitae (2) Brief description of research career/experiences(3) Publication list (4) A copy of major publications (5 at maximum) (5) Research plan at RCNP
if employed (6) Experiences and attitude on education (7) Contact information on at least two
persons for asking a reference letter
14. Deadline of application: Monday May 31, 2021.
15. Way of submission: send all the above application materials (1)-(7) in the format of PDF. Pleasecontact the following email address at least one week before the deadline to be informed of theway of submission.
Director Professor Takashi Nakano
Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University
email: director@rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp
In case you have no response up to three days after the submission, please inform it to the contact
address of 16.
16. For the detailed information on the job, please contact:
email: apply-jinji2021-associate@rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp- Professor Nori Aoi, Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University- Professor Atsushi Tamii, Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University with concurrent at
RCNP and Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science.
- Professor Kazuhiko Kuroki, Chair, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, OsakaUniversity
17. Miscellaneous:(1) Work regulations of Osaka University are described in the following page:https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/information/joho/kitei_shugyou.html(2) RCNP, Osaka University serves an opportunity under gender equality.
(3) URL: http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/No smoking in the campuses.
18. Caller: Osaka University