Postdoctoral or Scientist: Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program 1359 views

Postdoctoral Researcher or Research Scientist (W868) in the Laboratory of RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program

Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS) program promotes interdisciplinary collaborations and creation of new interdisciplinary fields through the interactions among researchers in mathematics, theoretical sciences, and computational sciences.

Requirements

1. Postdoctoral Researcher is defined as those with a doctoral degree of 5 years or less. Research Scientist is defined as those with a doctoral degree more than 5 years.
2. Applicants must have Ph.D. or expect to receive Ph.D. before the date of the appointment.

Overview

iTHEMS is seeking a research scientist in life sciences. Successful applicant is expected not only to pursue his/her own top-level researches in life sciences but also to lead interdisciplinary collaborations among different fields such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, engineering, computational sciences, information sciences, and social sciences, under the concept of iTHEMS.

Salary and benefits:

One-year fixed-term employment contract, renewable (within a period of three years).

Fellowship as per University regulations

Application and required documents

Required Application documents

1. CV (with photo and email address)
   *Write the 4 digit number beginning with “W868”, indicated in the parentheses next to the job title, in the open call ID section in the upper right corner of your CV.
2. List of publications
3. Summary of research and research plan, including view of interdisciplinary theoretical and mathematical sciences
4. Contact addresses of two (02) reference persons.

Deadline: 30 June, 2018.

Note: Submitted documents will not be returned.

Start employment: 1 September, 2018 or earliest possible date after it.

Further Information: Contact information/Send application to

e-mail to ithems_app[@]ml.riken.jp with Subj: iTHEMS Researcher (inquiry: Life Sciences).