RCNP-Z-869
March 17, 2023

Position Opening: Assistant 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 an assistantprofessor position. We appreciate application by strong candidates.
1.

Position: an assistant professor (full-time)2.

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

3.

Work place: Suita and Toyonaka campuses of Osaka University4.

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).

5.

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, mainly
using the high-resolution magnetic spectrometer Grand Raiden. The candidate will also be incharge of education of undergraduate and graduate students, as a group member of Prof. Atsushi
Tamii, at the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University.

6.

Requirement to the applicants: an applicant is required to have (1) PhD or equivalent ability orachievements and (2) possess a desirable level of proficiency in both Japanese and English,
enabling them to perform their duties without any difficulties.

7.

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

8.

Period of the trial contract: 6 months

9.

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 ofthe work regulation in 17.(1).

11. Social securities: health insurance, pension, accident compensation insurance.
12. Selection: by the application document and interview. We may ask an interview in case needed.
The travel 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 the achievements in theresearch career (3) List of original papers, presentations at international conferences, books, andpatents, including awards and grants, if any. (4) A copy of major publications (5 at maximum) (5)Research plan at RCNP if employed (6) Experiences and attitudes on education (7) Contact
information on at least two persons for asking a reference letter
14. Deadline of application: May 17, 2023.
15. Way of submission: send all the above application materials (1)-(7) in the format of PDF. Pleasecontact the following email address with the title "Application to an assistant professor position
at RCNP" at least one week before the deadline to be informed of the way 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-position2023-assist@rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp
Professor Atsushi Tamii, Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University with concurrent
posts at Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University and Department of Physics,
Graduate School of Science, Osaka University.
- 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