JAMSTEC: Postdoc position; Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR) 907 views

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position to work at the Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR). The position is available to work in Research Subgroup A01 Water–Rock Reactions in Solar System Bodies (FY2017-2021 under the Principal Investigator: Takazo Shibuya. This positions is funded by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas: Aqua Planetology, supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

Research Fields:

• Geochemistry
• Cosmo-chemistry
• Experiments in high-temperature and -pressure water–rock reactions
• Thermodynamic modeling

Duration: April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020

Requirements:

• Applicants must hold or expected to obtain a PhD in a related field by the date of employment (no more than 5 years can have passed between the last day of the fiscal year in which the applicants obtained a Ph.D. and the date of employment)
• Applicant must be able to communicate in either Japanese or English, ideally with experience in experiments and thermodynamic modeling of high-temperature and -pressure water–rock reactions.
• Applicant can be of any nationality and either gender.

Application Procedure

Required documents

• A CV with valid E-mail and home address must be provided.
• A summary of research (1 page)
• Research plan for the project (1-2 pages)
• Publication (achievement) list including thesis titles (1 copy).
• A list of competitive research funds awarded to the applicant (1 copy).
• 2 (or fewer) representative publications (1 copy).
• A letter of recommendation from a senior research scientist.

Submission:

• The required documents must be sent by POST or E-mail and should reach JAMSTEC on or before the closing date or if candidate is sending an application via E-mail, all files must be converted to PDF format. E-mail attachments can be up to 25 MB. Please include “Recruitment for FY2019 D-SUGAR, KAKENHI Postdoctoral Researcher” in the title.