Job Openings: Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Program for Leading Graduate Schools by The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan, “Education Academy of Computational Life Sciences (ACLS)”, Tokyo Institute of Technology

1． Number of Openings
Specially Appointed Associate Professor: 1

2． Affiliation
Education Academy of Computational Life Sciences (ACLS)

3． Job Description
(1) Give mentoring for ACLS students.
(2) Organize exercise class and experiments.
(3) Execute educational research to foster ACLS program.
See below webpage for detail.
http://www.acls.titech.ac.jp/en (HP of ACLS)

4． Field of Research
Life Science and Technology Field or Computer Science and Technology Field. Desirable if the applicant’s field of research is interdisciplinary between them.

5． Qualifications
(1) Applicants must understand the philosophy of ACLS and share our mission.
(2) Applicants must have the ability to handle and strongly lead the above Job Description.
(3) Applicants must have excellent research performance in the field of Life Science and Technology or Computer Science and Technology, and the ability to teach graduate students.
(4) Applicants must have a doctoral degree.

6． Proposed Start Date
April 1st, 2017 or the earliest possible date

7． Term
March 31st, 2018 (Reappointment is not possible, because the program for leading Graduate Schools will be finished.)

8． Location
Suzukakedai Campus or Ookayama Campus

9． Required Documents
(with arbitrary form, one each)
(1) Curriculum Vitae (CV should include photo, academic background, professional career since university or college, award history and email address)
(2) List of achievements (The list should be classified into journal papers, international conference papers, books, reviews and patents. The invited papers and awarded papers should be indicated. The list of external research grants obtained, with clarification of applicant’s contribution as principal or cooperative investigator should also be included.)
(3) Copies of representative research publications (up to three significant journal papers)
(4) Summary of past research activities (within two sheets of A4 size paper)
(5) Summary of prospective education and research plan (within two sheets of A4 size paper)
(6) Contact information including name, affiliation, and email address of two reference persons in different institutes or organizations.

10． Closing date for application
Wednesday, February 15th, 2017

11． Where to Submit
ATTN : Tokyo Institute of Technology
Education Academy of Computational Life Sciences (ACLS) Suzukakedai Office
Address: J3-141, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501
#Please send required documents with the envelop written “Job Application (Specially Appointed Associate Professor)” in red by registered mail. Please note that the submitted documents will not be returned. An application sent by email will not be evaluated.

12． Contacts
Tel ：045-924-5827, Fax:045-924-5930 E-mail : office@acls.titech.ac.jp

13． Addendum Tokyo Institute of Technology is committed to equal opportunity and fostering diversity in all research fields. We welcome all qualified applicants, regardless of nationality or gender.

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