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University of Tokyo Faculty Position / Solid Planetary Science

Graduate School of Science at the University of Tokyo will set up a new affiliation research and education facility for astrophysics and planetary science on April 1, 2017. Upon the new launch of facility, the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, invites applications for a position as a full professor in solid planetary science. We seek a creative individual with leadership ability in planetary science based on space explorations and observations. The successful candidate should have teaching capability in solid planetary science. The successful candidate will be appointed at the earliest possible date, and is expected to teach at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. A Ph.D. or equivalent qualification is required. If not already fluent in Japanese, he or she will be expected to achieve fluency sufficient for giving lectures and performing administrative duties within several years.

Interested persons should send (a) a curriculum vitae, including a list of publications; (b) statements of (i) their research experience, (ii) their teaching experience, (iii) their future research plans, and (iv) how they intend to contribute to undergraduate and graduate education in our department if appointed (about 2000 words in total); (c) reprints of five of their major publications; and (d) the names, addresses, and e–mail addresses of two references. Applications must be received by March 31st, 2017 via either e-mail or postal mail.

E-mail submission:

Send the above documents as one or more PDF files to the following e-mail address.
planet-jinji@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
State “Professor in Planetary Science” in the subject line. The total size of PDF file(s) attached to an e-mail message must be less than about 10MB. A receipt will be sent by e-mail within two business days after receiving the application.

Postal-mail submission:

Send application documents to the following address by registered mail. State “Professor in Planetary Science” on the envelope in red ink. Submitted application documents will not be returned unless requested.

Faculty Search in Space and Planetary Science
Department of Earth and Planetary Science
Graduate School of Science
The University of Tokyo
Hongo 7–3–1, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113–0033
Japan

Information about the Department can be found at http://www.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-en.html.
For additional information, contact Professor Seiji Sugita, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, the University of Tokyo,
Fax: +81–3–5841–4543, e–mail: sugita@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp.