Application Guidelines for Associate Professor Position
Department of Biomaterial Sciences (Laboratory of Wood-based Materials and Timber Engineering),
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Position

Associate Professor

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Number of Positions

One

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Starting Date

January 1, 2025 (planned)4Term of Employment

Non fixed-term
1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo（University of Tokyo Yayoi Campus）

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Work location

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Affiliation

Scope of change: The University will assign the faculty member to work at a designated location. (In principle, thefaculty member will not be reassigned or transferred against his/her will. For details, please refer to Article 4 of theRegulations Concerning the Employment of University of Tokyo Faculty Members.)
Laboratory of Wood-based Materials and Timber Engineering, Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate
School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1) Research field: Wood-based materials and timber structure2) Teaching responsibilities:(Graduate level) Advanced Wood based Materials, Structural Analysis of Timber Construction, Advanced
Experiments in Biomaterial Sciences I, II, Seminar in Biomaterial Sciences, Advanced Seminar in BiomaterialSciences, and others

7Job Details(Undergraduate level) Introduction to Wood Science and Timber Engineering, Structural Analysis, Wood-BasedMaterials I, II, Wooden Construction, Wooden Housing and Homing, Architectural Design and Drawing I,
Exercise of Architectural Design and Drawing I, Experiments in Wooden Structure Science, Practice in Wood
Science and Timber Engineering, Practice in Forest Science, Seminar in Wood Science and Timber Engineering,
Graduation Thesis (Wood Science and Timber Engineering ), and others
In addition to the courses listed above, lectures at the College of Arts and Sciences (Junior Division) may berequired. Graduate school lecture courses may be required to be given in English.
Scope of change: The faculty member may be reassigned, concurrently assigned, or transferred to another position.
(In principle, such an order will not be issued against his/her will. For details, please refer to Article 4 of theRegulations Concerning the Employment of University of Tokyo Faculty Members.)

8Working Hours

9Days Off10 Salary

11 Insurance

Discretionary labor system: Working hours is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per day
Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end through New Year holidays (from December 29 to January 3of the following year).
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
Appointees will be enrolled in the Mutual Aid Association of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, andTechnology as well as employment insurance.
1) Ph.D. or an equivalent qualification
2) Outstanding research achievements in the field of wood-based materials and timber structure, and ability foreducational guidance to undergraduate and graduate students, including working-adult students in the Wooden
Architecture Course

12 Required Qualifications

3) Ability to actively develop and promote basic and applied research in the fields of wood-based materials andtimber structure4) Willingness and ability to teach the lectures and exercises listed in Section 7 above
5) Ability to communicate using Japanese language with faculty and other members of the University.
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 (peer-reviewed original articles, reviews, books, and others)3) List of educational achievements4) List of social contributions

13 Application documents5) Acquisition of competitive funds6) Up to 5 reprints of major papers7) Summary of previous research (within 500 words)
8) Research policy after arrival (within 500 words)
9) Educational plans and aspirations (within 500 words)
10) Names, job titles, and contact information of persons who can evaluate the applicant's research/educationalcareer etc. (2 persons)

14 Application Deadline

All documents must be received on or before Friday, August 16, 2024.
After screening of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed.

15For applicants from overseas, application documents should be submitted as email attachments in pdf format to theemail address in Section 16 with the subject line "Wood-based Materials and Timber Engineering Application
documents."

Application method

16 Contact Information

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657 JAPANGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Department of Biomaterial Sciences (Yuko Tsunetsugu）
TEL: +81(0)3-5841-5248
E-mail: a-yukot[at]g.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 InformationStatus of measures to prevent second-hand smoke: No smoking on the premises (There is a smoking areaoutdoors)
If you are personally in contract with foreign governmental bodies, corporations or universities, or you are inreceipt of a large benefit (financial or any other form) from foreign governmental bodies during the period of youremployment, the provisions of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act (FEFTA) may prohibit or restrict thesharing of technology that are designated as controlled technology possibly making it difficult for you to fulfill yourduties as an academic or administrative staff of the university as a result. Therefore, in such cases it is necessary tokeep such contracts/benefits within the scope where it does not hinder the sharing of technologies necessary foryour duties by the university.