Application Guidelines for Assistant Professor Position
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology （Laboratory of Plant Pathology）,
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, 2024 or the earliest possible date thereafter4

Term of Employment

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

5Work location

1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo（The University of Tokyo Yayoi Campus）

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Affiliation

Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology,Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1) Research Field: Plant Pathology2) Lectures, Experiments, and Exercises:(Undergraduate) Basic Experiments in Applied Biology I & II, Experiments in Applied Biology,

7Job Details

Research Exercises in Applied Biology, Basic Field Agronomy Training, Applied Field Agronomy
Training(Graduate school) Special Lectures on Plant Pathology, Special Lectures on Plant Bacteriology,
Special Lectures on Plant Mycology, Special Lectures on Plant Virology, Special Lectures on8Working Hours

9Days OffProduction and Environmental Biology
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 29to January 3 of the following year).
Basic Salary will be decided taking your academic background, professional background, etc. intoaccount.

10 Salary

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

11 Insurance

other allowances decided by the University
Appointees 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) Have outstanding research achievements in plant pathology and ability to develop original and

12 Required Qualifications

high-level research during tenure3) Those who can actively promote education and research in cooperation with faculty members inthe same research field.
4) Those who can teach lectures, experiments, and exercises described in 7 2)
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) Research achievements (dissertations, original papers, books, reviews, patents, etc.)
3) Educational achievements (subjects to be taught, part-time lecturers, etc.)
4) Social contributions (academic society activities, committee activities, etc.)
5) Up to 5 reprints of major papers (photocopies acceptable)

13 Application documents

6) Status of competitive funding (for the past 5 years)7) Summary of research to date (about 750 words)
8) Future research plans and ambitions (about 750 words)
9) Educational plans and aspirations (about 500 characters)10) Names, job titles, and contact information for two persons who can evaluate your research andeducational background11) Please send a single PDF file (all in one file with a password set) via e-mail. The method of

14 Application Deadline

password communication is left to the discretion of the applicant.
All documents must be received on or before （Thursday, January 4, 2024）.
After screening of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed.

Application documents should be submitted as email attachments in pdf format with the subject
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Application methodline "Assistant Professor Application documents". If there is anything unclear, please contact thebelow e-mail address before sending the documents.
1-1-1, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657 JAPANGraduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo

16 Contact Information

Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology
TEL: +81(0)3-5841-8994（Susumu Katsuma）

E-mail: skatsuma[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 the recruiting of the applicants, never for any other purpose.
The University of Tokyo promotes gender equality. We encourage applications from female
researchers.
Status of measures to prevent second-hand smoke: No smoking on the premises (There is a smoking

19 Additional Information

area outdoors)
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 theUniversity if you are under the control of a foreign government, corporation or university bycontract, or under the control of a foreign government by economic interests. In such a case, youneed to keep the contract or interests within the range that does not incur such restrictions.

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