Tenure-track position at JAEA

Tenure-track position at the Advanced Science Research Center 

The Heavy Element Nuclear Science Research group at the Advanced Science Research Center at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency in Tokai mura, Japan is seeking a highly qualified postdoctoral researcher to join their experimental research program on nuclear physics of heavy isotopes. 

The advertised position is a 5-year tenure-track post-doctoral position within the framework of “Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers Research Plan” promoted by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). (https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-le/index.html) In addition to the salary, the candidate will receive 9 million JPY (approximately 84,000 USD) per year of research funding during the first 2 years, and additional 2-3 million JPY each year to cover indirect expenses for the whole duration of the position. 

This position will allow the candidates to develop their own research theme, carrying out experiments preferably but not exclusively at the JAEA Tandem or the J-PARC facility, both located in the JAEA campus in Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan. In the application form, the interested candidates are requested to describe the purpose and method of the research they intend to carry out. In case of satisfactory performance, before the end of the position the candidate will be offered a permanent position at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency. 

Note that one tenure-track position is not exclusively allocated to nuclear physics, but in a competition with candidates applying to other research groups at ASRC. 

For more details about the Heavy Element Nuclear Science Research group, please visit: https://asrc.jaea.go.jp/soshiki/gr/HENS-gr/index_e.html 

For questions about the postdoctoral position, please visit: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&dt=1&id=D118021048&ln_jor=1 or contact Dr. Katsuhisa Nishio (Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla.

The application guidelines can be found at: https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-le/data/1-1e.pdf

For the online application, please visit: https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-le/koubo_kenkyu.html

The application deadline is 2018, April 26, 5 p.m. (Japanese time). Interviews are expected to be scheduled around May-June 2018. The successful candidate will be expected to start working at ASRC in the period going from October 2018 up to March 2019.