Recruitment of Associate Professors, Lecturers, or Assistant Professors(Core Research Cluster for Materials Science, Tohoku University)

Tohoku University, one of the Designated National Universities in Japan, has focused on fourresearch fields including materials science to further strengthen the university’s researchcapabilities. The Core Research Cluster for Materials Science will recruit about four researchers(Associate Professors, Lecturers, or Assistant Professors). The successful applicants are expectedto conduct interdisciplinary research by using the strong point of each researcher and contribute tomaterials science.

<Available positions>
About four positions (Associate Professors, Lecturers, or Assistant Professors)<Starting date>November 1st, 2022, or the earliest possible date thereafter<Deadline for applications>
August 31st, 2022 (23:59 JST)
<Research fields>
Materials science (structure and environmental resistant area, energy and material conversion area,
spintronics and quantum physics area, soft matter and biomaterial area)<Reference websites>(Tohoku University as a Designated National University)
https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/about/designated_national_university.html(Core Research Cluster in Tohoku University) in Japanese
https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/dnu/research/research_center.html(Core Research Cluster for Materials Science)https://www.crc-ms.tohoku.ac.jp/en/(Advanced Institute for Materials Research)
http://www.wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp/en/index.html<Qualifications>
Potential candidates must have a PhD degree or equivalent, and a willingness to contributeglobally through research in materials sciences.

<Employment status>
1. Salary: Annual income based on the regulation of Tohoku University.
2. Hiring period: Until March 31st, 2025.
3. For those who have successfully passed biannual review process, the term can be extended up
to March 31st, 2028.
<Application materials>
1. CV (Including current address, telephone number, and e-mail address)
2. Publication list (papers, books, patents, invited lectures, awards, research fundings, etc.)
3. Summary of your previous research (within 2 pages in A4 size format
4. Research plan describing how you can contribute to the research of the material based on yourscientific background (within 2 pages in A4 size format)
5. Brief commentary of you three principal papers (about 150 words for each)
6. Names and contact information of two or three references

Convert and combine the documents 1 ~ 6 into one PDF and send it to the following address by
e-mail with the subject title “application for CRCMS2022". The file size should be less than 10
MB in total.
<Applications and inquiries>
E-mail: crcms_recruit2022@grp.tohoku.ac.jp<Remarks>
・Tohoku University will promote Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI).
http://tumug.tohoku.ac.jp/dei/・Pursuant to Article 8 of the Act on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between
Men and Women in Employment, Tohoku University shall, as a measure for increasing thepresence of women among the academic staff, prioritize the hiring of women deemed qualified
for each job opening, based on impartial evaluation.
・Tohoku University has the largest on-campus childcare system among all Japanese nationaluniversities. This network comprises three nurseries: Kawauchi Keyaki Nursery school (capacity:30) and Aobayama Midori Nursery school (116), both open to all university employees, as wellas Hoshinoko Nursery school (120), which is open to employees working on Seiryo Campus. In
addition, Tohoku University Hospital runs a childcare room for mildly ill and convalescentchildren which is available to all university employees.

・See the following website for information on these and other programs that Tohoku University
runs to assist work-life balance, to support researchers, and to advance gender equality.
http://tumug.tohoku.ac.jp/en/