Specially-appointed Assistant Professor in Institute for Materials Research,Tohoku University
Professional development Consortium for Computational Materials Scientists
October 13, 2016
In August 2015, Tohoku University, The University of Tokyo, Institute for
Molecular Science and Osaka University established partnerships under a MEXT
program, building a consortium for developing human resources in science andtechnology. The consortium, named as “Professional development Consortium for
Computational Materials Scientists (PCoMS)”, encourages young researchers toachieve cross-disciplinary research works by joining more than two institutes underPCoMS. They are expected to acquire the knowledge of materials science, condensed
matter physics, molecular science and materials design, and to lead the future
global academic community of high-performance computing technology forcomputational materials science. We encourage such highly motivated young
researchers to join the consortium through the following application.
1. Target Research Areas
Job Type

Specially-appointed Assistant Professor(Full-Time:Nontenured)

No. of Position

1

Affiliation

Main affiliation:
Institute for Materials Research (IMR), Tohoku University
Potential institutes for cross appointments/long term visits:
1. Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo2. Institute for Molecular Science
3. Institute for Nano Science Design, Osaka University

Research

Computational Materials ScienceFields(Aresearchbymeansof

high-performancecomputingtechnology for creating new field of computational science basedon materials science, materials design, molecular science andcondensed matter physics.)
TermFebruary 1, 2017 – March 31, 2020

Employment

Standard working conditions for faculty members of IMR areConditionsapplied. For the cross-appointment/long term visits, the details

have been discussed with the three institutions.
Opening

date February 1, 2017of the position

2. Qualifications
Requirements for the position:(1) Applicants should hold a Ph. D that was acquired after April 1, 2006*, andshould be under 40 years old** as of April 1, 2016.
(2) Research and education capabilities about the target research fields(3) English proficiency in oral and written communications, and capabilities of theeducation in English.
(4) Starting immediately after the appointment, no later than March 31, 2017.
Note:*Even if an applicant had intervals as maternity leave and/or child-care leave,
and the term from receiving a Ph. D degree is less than 10 years excluding theintervals, she/he can apply to the position.
**Due to eligibility requirements for subsidies from MEXT's 2015 consortium
development project for the training of scientific and technical personnel.

3. Employment Conditions
・ Annual salary will be determined in accordance with Salary Regulations of IMR,
Tohoku University.
・Annual research fund amounting to 1.8 million JPY for the first academic year
and 1.0 million JPY for the second academic year will be granted.

・No less than 70% of work effort will be dedicated to research.

・Various training programs to participate is available.

Note:
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There are possibilities that the research fund is reduced depending on thenational budget.

4. Selection Process
A selection committee at Institute for Materials Research and an expert

committee at Professional development Consortium for Computational
Materials Scientists (PCoMS) will examine application documents and conduct
interviews.
5. Result Notification
Results of the selection will be notified to all applicants by e-mail.
6. Application Instructions
Deadline: The application materials must be arrived by Nov. 17 (Thu.), 2016 at・17:00 (Japan time).
Send the application materials by registered mail to:

・Professional development Consortium for Computational Materials Scientists(PCoMS), Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University,
2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan（Please write “Application for PCoMS” in red on the envelope.）
Notes:※

If it takes time to send the documents by airmail from foreign countries to us,
please inform us by e-mail. We will consider the situation.

7. Documents to submit(1) Curriculum Vitae with photo(2) Summary of research activities (within 2pages/A4)(3) Research proposal (within 2pages/A4)(4) Publication and presentation lists(Original papers, proceedings of international conference, books and articles,
invited lectures, etc. Three representative papers must be indicated withcircles in the publication list.)(5)Two copies of each three representative papers(6) Names, affiliations, and e-mail addresses of two references(7) Certificate of Ph.D degree
8.

Inquiries

Inquiries are addressed to:
Yayoi Terada
Specially-appointed Associate Professor
at terada_at_imr.tohoku.ac.jp (change _at_ to @)Notes※

Personal information contained in the application documents will be used onlyfor the purpose of selection and recruiting procedure, never for any otherpurposes without applicants' consent. The documents will not be returned toyou.

※Expenses needed to apply for this project shall be borne by applicants inprinciple.

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We support a gender-equal society. We hope that many female researchers will
apply for the position.