Postdoctoral Position at Nagoya University, Japan
Job Title: Postdoctoral fellow position on High
Energy Physics Experiment
Employer: Global COE program entitled
"Quest for Fundamental Principles
in the Universe: from Particles to the
Solar System and the Cosmos",
Nagoya University, Japan
Location: Nagoya, Japan.
Job Description
The Global Center of Excellence (GCOE)
program entitled "Quest for
Fundamental Principles in the Universe:
from Particles to the Solar
System and the Cosmos" has successfully
been awarded to the
Division of Particle and Astrophysical
Sciences, Graduate School of
Science, Nagoya University for five
years (2008- March, 2013).
The major purpose of the program is the
education of graduate students
in doctoral courses. One of plans to
encourage graduate students in
research is putting them into the
running research programs to be
motivated and to have chances to
experience the real research activities.
Present GCOE program decided to enhance
research activities of groups
in GCOE by hiring Post-Doc's in these
groups. Here we call for a
Post-Doc position at the High Energy
Physics Experiment Group (N).
This group led by Professor Toru Iijima
has been developing wide
research on the high energy physics
experiment, such as Belle in Japan,
LHC in Switzerland and so on. The
Post-Doc of this call is expected to
join the research for tau-physics
analysis on Belle and Belle-II
experiments and searching for new
physics.
1. Number of Positions: 1
2. Tasks:
Tau-physics analysis on Belle and
Belle-II experiments for new-physics search
3. Qualifications:
(1) Candidates should hold PhD degrees
or should be scheduled to receive
them by August 31 2011. (2) No
restrictions on candidates' nationalities.
4. Duration of Appointment: September
1, 2011 ~ March 31, 2013
5. Status (Job Title): A GCOE Post-Doc
fellow
6. Salary: Annual salary system (as
stipulated in the Regulation on Pay
Schedule for Employees Receiving Annual
Salary at Nagoya University)
~ \300,000/Mo (including tax). cf. The
salary may change depending on
funding situation.
7. Deadline for Application: July 15,
2011
8. Selection Process: All candidates
will be screened and selected by the
Nagoya QFPU GCOE Position Selection
Committee.
9. Notification of the Selection
Decisions: August, 2011
10. Application Materials:
(1) CV,
(2) A summary of the pervious research
activities,
(3) A plan for future work,
(4) A complete list of previous
academic works (only published ones), with
marks on three most important papers.
(5) Earliest Starting Date
(6) E-mail addresses of 2 persons whom
we can refer to.
All application materials must be
either in Japanese or in English.
11. Method of Application: It is
strongly recommended that all candidates
should give all the information or pdf
files from the application form in the
following URL address by 17:00 (JST)
July 15, 2011.
https://www.gcoe.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/jobopening/24/details.html
12. Mail Address: The Office of the
Nagoya QFPU GCOE program,
Graduate School of Science, Nagoya
University,
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602,
JAPAN
Inquires are handled by email only.
For Global COE, please contact Prof.
Naoshi Sugiyama :
naoshi@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp
For the research, please contact Prof.
Toru Iijima :
iijima@hepl.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Additional information about the
program can be found at
http://www.gcoe.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index_e.html
Nagoya University is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
Women are strongly encouraged to apply.