Program-Specific researcher (Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry (FIFC), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

FIFC Fellow (General Research Division and Theoretical Research Division)
A couple of postdoctoral positions are open in General Research Division and Theoretical
Research Division at the FIFC, Kyoto University.

1. About FIFC: FIFC, successor of the former Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, wasfounded in 2004 in Kyoto University to memorize the research activities of Professor Kenichi
Fukui who was awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry (1981), together with Professor Roald
Hoffmann, for their theories on the course of chemical reactions.

Our Web page is http://www.fukui.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index-e.html. The research activities of theInstitute cover the research fields of the researchers and research advisors given below.

Fields of researchers
Atsushi Ikeda

Theoretical Chemistry and Statistical Mechanics

Shigeyoshi Sakaki

Theoretical and Computational Studies of Complex Molecules

Kazuyoshi Tanaka

Theoretical Chemistry for Molecules and Polymers with
Element-blocks

Shigeru Nagase

Theoretical Study of Non-transition Metal and Transition Metal
Chemical Species

Keiji Morokuma

Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Chemistry

Fields of research advisers
Kazuo AkagiFunctional Polymer Chemistry, Materials Chemistry

Makoto Yao

Physics of Disordered System

Katsuhisa Tanaka

Inorganic Solid-State Chemistry

Susumu Kitagawa

Coordination Chemistry

Hirofumi Satoh

Theoretical Chemistry

Shinichi Sasa

Statistical Physics

Hiroshi Watanabe

Molecular Rheology

Isao Tanaka

Computational Materials Science

Tsunehiro Tanaka

Catalysis Chemistry

Yoshitaka Tanimura

Theoretical Chemical Physics

Ryoichi Yamamoto

Soft Matters and Complex Fluids

Shoji Takada

Theoretical Biophysics

Shigehiko Hayashi

Theoretical Chemistry, Theoretical Biophysics

2. Term:

The period of employment is two years from the date of employment.

A furtherextension of two years may be possible, up to the maximum total period of four years.
(FIFC is currently in the provisionally extended period after the time limit of establishment
and under application of its formal extension)
Kyoto University is promoting gender equality.

3. Fields: Materials science and theoretical chemistry.
Ph.D. is required.

Ph.D. or a prospect to obtain

Preference will be given to the candidates with strong backgrounds

related to the research fields of the researchers and research advisers of the Institute givenabove.

4. Salary:

To be determined in accordance with Kyoto University regulations.

Research fund: 800,000 Japanese yen per year, from which some common expenses (suchas printer supplies) will be deducted.

5. Starting date:

As soon as possible

6. What to submit: The following documents should be submitted as e-mail attachments
or via postal mail. The title of the application e-mail should be ‘FIFC Fellow’. If you send
the documents by postal mail, specify that you want to apply to ‘FIFC Fellow’ in the coverletter.

(1) Curriculum vitae with photograph(2) Publication list (book, original papers, and reviews should be described separately)(3) One set of reprints of your five most important papers(4) A summary of research results: 1 page on A4 paper(5) Research proposal: 1.5 to 2 pages on A4 paper(6) Two recommendation letters (to be directly sent from the recommenders to the Institute).
* The documents submitted will only be used for the selection process. We will neverdisclose, transfer, nor lend the documents to a third party/person without a valid reason.
Note that the application documents submitted will not be returned to the applicant.

7. Closing date:

December. 18(Fri). 2015.

In the case of e-mail submission, we will send a reply e-mail within a week that we havereceived your application.

If you do not receive the reply e-mail, please contact us.

8. Address: e-mail: application*fukui.kyoto-u.ac.jp
The subject of the application mail should be ‘FIFC Fellow (general)’.

If you send by postal

mail, please send the mail to:
Professor Kazuo Akagi
Director, Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto UniversityNishibiraki-cho 34-4, Takano, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan

Please write ‘Application to FIFC Fellow (general)’ in red ink on the envelope.

If you need further information, please contact:
Professor Kazuo Akagi (Director)
E-mail: akagi*fps.polym.kyoto-u.ac.jp, Fax: +81-75-383-2760

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