Application Guidelines for Project Assistant Professor Position
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology （Laboratory of Field Phenomics）,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Position

Project Assistant Professor Position

2

Number of Positions

two

3

Starting Date

June 1, 2023 or the earliest possible date thereafter「1 year. The appointment may be renewed once only for 1 years or less. 」

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Term of Employment

5Work location

6

Affiliation

1-1-1, Midoricho, Nishi-Tokyo city, Tokyo（University of Tokyo Tanashi Campus）
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology,Laboratory of Field Phenomics,Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
1) Research area: Plant phenomics and related application areas
2) Research: From fundamental theory to the application of field phenotyping technology, conduct

7Job Details

research and develop application cases using various ICT technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence(AI) and image processing.
3) Social collaboration: Verification of the application of plant phenotyping techniques to smart
agriculture.

8Working Hours

9Days Off10 Salary

11 Insurance

Discretionary labor system: Working hours is deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per daySaturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end through New Year holidays (from December 29
to January 3 of the following year).
Annual salary system is applied, including performance and achievement allowances.Salary will bedecided taking your academic background, professional background, etc. into account.
Monthly amount: JPY 400,000 (before TAX)
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)Excellent research achievements in the field of plant phenomics and the ability to promote original

12 Required Qualifications and high-level research.
3)Proficiency in English and experience in conducting international research projects in a centralizedmanner.
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)
13 Application documents2)List of academic publications3)Up to 5 reprints of major papers
4)Summary of past research and self-evaluation (about 1,000 words)

14 Application Deadline5)Future research plans and resolutions (about 1,000 words)
All documents must be received on or before （Friday, March 17,2023）.
After screening of the application materials, short-listed candidates will be interviewed.
Application documents should be submitted as email attachments in password protected pdf format
and sent to skatsuma[at]g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp（please replace [at] with @) with the subject line

15 Application method"Application documents". If the total file size of the documents exceeds a 3 MB file attachment
limit, send the documents in separate emails so that the attachment size for each email does notexceed 3MB.
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: +81-3-5841-8994（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.