Associate Professor

Offer Description

Background of the recruitment and description of the project

The Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at Kyoto Institute of Technology invites applications for an Associate Professor position in an interdisciplinary research area that integrates photonic and electronic materials with device physics.

We seek a candidate who can conduct pioneering research across multiple fields, without being confined to a particular academic discipline or class of materials, such as organic or inorganic chemistry, or organic or inorganic materials. We welcome applicants with outstanding achievements in a broad range of research areas, including the synthesis of materials such as organic semiconductors, carbon materials, conducting polymers, and organic–inorganic perovskites; the control of molecular orientation and crystal growth; the characterization of optical and electronic properties; the elucidation of mechanisms underlying functional properties, including electrocatalytic activity; and device applications.

The successful candidate will also be expected to make interdisciplinary use of this knowledge, expertise, and range of research methodologies to pursue integrated research extending from the creation of novel functional materials to the design and development of advanced photonic and electronic devices.

This position is intended for an individual who will play a central role in the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering. We therefore seek a candidate who demonstrates a strong commitment to education and research and who will actively and collaboratively contribute to the administration and management of the Faculty and to KIT.

https://www.kit.ac.jp/en/

Work content and job description

Work in:

• Conducting pioneering research based on materials chemistry
• Teaching and supervising undergraduate and graduate students in the field above
• Contributing to KIT administrative and organizational duties

Related educational programs:

• Undergraduate: Polymeric Materials Design, Undergraduate Program of Applied Chemistry
• Graduate programs: Master’s Program in Innovative Materials and Master’s Program in Material's Properties Control/Doctoral Program in Materials Chemistry

Subjects to be taught:

• Laboratory and practical courses
• Undergraduate and graduate courses related to fundamental science and engineering subjects, such as, physics, as well as specialized courses

Assigned department: Existing departments

Work location

Address: 606-8585 Kyoto Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku

Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Hiring date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Job content supplemental explanation: If there are no suitable applicants, the position could remain empty.

Where to apply

Website: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D126090874&ln_jor=1

Additional Information

Benefits

Compensation

Established Researcher (R3)
Annual salary: 7 million yen

Wages description:

• Specific amount to be decided by committee, based on your career achievements.
• Annual income is calculated in accordance with the Annual Salary Scheme based on the wage regulations of Kyoto Institute of Technology. The website below gives information about the salary system in Japanese.
  https://www.kit.ac.jp/01/prescriptions/aggregate/catalog/index.htm
• KIT has adopted a system that allows Principal Investigators (PIs) to charge a portion of their personnel expenses to the direct costs of competitive research funding, in accordance with their research effort. Under this system, PIs (Principal Investigators and Co-Investigators) may, upon request, charge their personnel expenses to the direct costs of competitive research funds in proportion to the effort devoted to research activities. The funds thereby made available may be used at the PI's discretion, including as a salary supplement. The total amount that may be paid in a single fiscal year, however, is limited to 60% of the PI's annual salary. For further information, please refer to the following website (available in Japanese only).
  https://research.web.kit.ac.jp/pijinkenhi/

Working hours: 08:30-17:15
Break time: 12:00-13:00
Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays and other (August 16, and from December 29 to January 3)
Overtime and other explanations: De facto working hours* under the discretionary labor system for specialist work: 7 hours 45 minutes per day (38 hours 45 minutes per week). *Hours considered to be working hours
Employment type: Regular employee
Employment type description: Full-time
Contract period: Tenured
Contract period description: In the event an appointee takes maternity leave, child-care leave or nursing leave, a research assistant will be provided.
Probationary period: Probationary period present
Probationary period description: 6 months

Various systems

Pay increase system: available
Bonus: available
Retirement allowances: available
Transportation expenses: available
Retirement age: 65 years old

Insurance

Employees' Health Insurance: available
Employees' Pension Insurance: available
Worker's accident insurance: available
Employment insurance: available

Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

Smoking is prohibited on campus (excluding one designated outdoor smoking area).

Supplementary explanation of compensation

Additional comments

• Application documents and the information provided by them will be used only for the hiring decision purposes.
• Kyoto Institute of Technology promotes a research environment in which diverse human resources can play an active role. We comply with Japan’s Basic Law for Gender-equal Society and Basic Plan for Gender Equality, and recruit staff in alignment with Article 5, the Law of Equal Employment Opportunities for Men and Women.
• KIT faculty would also fulfill community outreach in addition to university service mentioned above.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Kyoto Institute of Technology
Country: Japan
City: Kyoto

Contact

City: Kyoto