Closing date Thursday, December 17, 2026 12:00 (JST)

IMSS26-3(Assistant Professor)

Private information

Private information obtained from application documents will not be used or provided to any third party for purposes other than the necessary procedures related to personnel affairs, salary, and welfare. Please note that documents submitted for the recruitment process will not be returned to the applicant.

Term

4 years , but after an evaluation in the third year (or earlier considering candidate’s career and other factors), the candidate may be offered the permanent employment. If you are hired for the permanent employment, the term is until 63.

Interview date

The date of interview will be separately communicated to the applicants who will be interviewed.

Number of positions

1 Person

Application guidelines

IMSS26-3 (Link to PDF File)

Department

Institute of Materials Structure Science


Curriculum Vitae

Job Description

The Institute of Materials Structure Science (IMSS), one of the Inter-University Research Institutes, promotes advanced and multiple use of four types of quantum beams, synchrotron radiation, neutrons, muons and slow positrons, in materials and life sciences.

The successful candidate belongs to the Beamline Engineering Section of the synchrotron radiation (SR) facility, the Photon Factory (PF), and is expected to play a pivotal role in the research and development of fundamental technologies for the stable supply and advancement of SR beam, as well as engage in the development of new experimental methods and apparatus towards the future plan of the facility. The candidate is also expected to promote human resources development for the future in the SR science field. The workplace is KEK Tsukuba campus.

(In principle, there will be no changes to job description or work location.)

More details of the job description are shown here.

https://www2.kek.jp/imss/eng/employment/IMSS26-3-e.html

Qualification

Person with the ability of research and education.

Release date 2026/10/20 Updated 2026/10/20