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Public advertisement for Associate Professor, Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

1.Institution
　Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology

2.Job Title
　One Associate Professor (Principal Investigator of Green-photonics Super Research Group)
(When a female researcher is employed, we offer several support options such as start-up expense for promotion of the ‘Project for culturing model of women researchers support’ by MEXT.)

3.Hiring Date
From October 1, 2010 (or the earliest possible date)

4.Term of employment
5 years (Promotion to full tenured professor is possible through evaluation at the 2nd or 5th year)

5.Job field
Research area of Green-photonics – concerning with light-utilizing eco-energy technologies such as: energy-saving technologies, low-carbon and environment evaluation technologies, and the materials and devices for these technologies

6.Qualifications
(1) PhD, favorably with research and/or educational experience abroad
(2) One who has excellent scholarly achievements and research plans for development of materials and devices leading to eco-energy technologies based on photonic-nano science
(3) One who can enthusiastically promote the education of graduate students of Materials Science and frontier research as a member of the Green-photonics super research group

7.Term of employment
(1) Workdays: From Monday through Friday except for the following holidays
(2) Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, national holidays, the end and beginning of the year and the anniversary of the founding of NAIST (October 1st)
(3) Working hours: a discretionary labor system

8.Salary
Based on the salary payment rules of NAIST

9.Allowance
Based on the salary payment rules of NAIST (commuting allowance, family allowance, house allowance, end-of-the-year bonus, etc.)

10.Welfare
Join the MEXT mutual aid association (health insurance and annuity), workers’ accident insurance and employment insurance

11.Application document
(1) Curriculum vitae (NAIST format listed below)
　　　http://www.naist.jp/job/recruit_01_e.html
(2) Achievement list of research and education (NAIST format listed below)
　　　http://www.naist.jp/job/index_e.html
(3) Two letters of recommendation

12.Selection procedure
(1) First step: document based screening
(2) Second step: hearing and interview by faculty members

13.All documents must arrive no later than August 2, 2010.

14.All documents should be sent to the following address
Professor Masao Tanihara, Dean of the Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
Write in red as ‘Job Application’ on the front of the envelope.

All documents should be used only for the purpose of the screening and should never be used for any other purposes.

15.For inquires
To Professor Masao Tanihara, Dean of the Graduate School of Materials Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
E-mail: mtanihar@ms.naist.jp　FAX：0743-72-6000