Application Guidelines for Assistant Professor Position
Department ofBiological and Environmental Engineering（Laboratory of Biological and Environmental Information Engineering）,

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Position

Assistant Professor

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Number of Positions

One

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Starting Date

April 1, 2023 (planned)4Term of Employment

5 years. The appointment may be renewed once. It will be for 5 years or less.

5Work location

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Affiliation

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo（The University of Tokyo Yayoi Campus）
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Biological and Environmental
Information Engineering,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1)Research area: Areas related to Biological and Environmental Information Engineering.
2)Teaching responsibilities for undergraduate Subjects: Seminar in Biological and Environmental
Engineering, Applied analysis and exercises Ⅰ･Ⅱ，Analysis of Information of Remote Sensing,7

Job Details

Exercises of information processing, Practice of Surveying and Spatial Information Analysis，Field workin Biological and Environmental Engineering, Practice in Biological and Environmental Engineering,
Graduate thesis, etc.
3)Education, research, and management related to Biological and Environmental Information Engineering.

8Working Hours

Discretionary labor system: Working hours is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per day

9Days Off

Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end through New Year holidays (from December 29 toJanuary 3 of the following year).

10 Salary

Basic Salary will be decided taking your academic background, professional background, etc. into account.
Wage Raise System: Yes
Examples: Doctor / from JPY 340,000
Various Allowances:Bonus (twice a year), Commuting Allowance (basically up to JPY 55,000), and otherallowances decided by the University

11 InsuranceAppointees will be enrolled in the Mutual Aid Association of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science, and Technology as well as employment insurance.
1)Ph.D., an equivalent qualification, or evidence that either will be obtained by the starting date.

2)The applicant must have outstanding research achievements in the field of Biological and Environmental
Information Engineering, especially by applying remote sensing and other types of sensed data to theagriculture or environmental issues, and can actively provide education, research guidance, and12 Required Qualifications
experimental guidance to students as chasing any fundamental and advanced research topics in the field ofBiological and Environmental Information Engineering.
3)The applicant must be able to teach the subjects listed in 2),3) of 7. above in both Japanese and English.
The applicant must have proficiency in Japanese.
1)Curriculum vitae (Please use The University of Tokyo Standard Resume Form, downloadablefrom the following link: https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/about/jobs.html)
2)List of academic publications
3)Reprints of major papers, not more than 3
13 Application documents

4)Educational Achievements
5)Social contributions (academic society activities, committee activities, etc.)
6)Summary of research until now (about 400 words in English or 800 characters in Japanese)
7) Research direction after assuming the position (about 400 words in English or 800 characters inJapanese)
8) Educational plans and aspirations (about 400 words in English or 800 characters in Japanese)

14 Application Deadline

15 Application method

All documents must be received on or before （Friday, January 27, 2023）.
After screening of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed.
Application documents should be sent as a set of PDF files with a password toagyoshi[at]mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp（please replace [at] with @) with the subject line "Application
documents". If the total file size of the documents exceeds 10 MB, send the documents in separate emails sothat the attachment size for each email does not exceed 10MB. Make sure of receipt acknowledgement ofany documents from agyoshi[at]mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp（please replace [at] with @) .
1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657 JAPAN16 Contact Information

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering (YOSHIDA Shuichiro)
TEL: +81(0)3-5841-5344
E-mail: agyoshi[at]mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp （Please replace [at] with @.）17 Probation Period

There will be a six-month probationary period at the beginning of the appointment.

18 Employer

The University of Tokyo
Please note that application documents will not be returned.
Personal information obtained through this application process will be used only for the screening and therecruiting of the applicants, never for any other purpose.
The University of Tokyo promotes gender equality. We encourage applications from female researchers.

19 Additional Information

During the period of employment, sharing controlled technology to you may be prohibited by FEFTA and it
may become difficult to achieve your job as a faculty or a staff member of the University if you are under
the control of a foreign government, corporation or university by contract, or under the control of a foreign
government by economic interests. In such a case, you need to keep the contract or interests within therange that does not incur such restrictions.
We'll take your English and Japanese language skills into account.