Assistant Professor in Sense of Taste and/or Gustatory System based on Biochemistry or Physics/Engineering

Hiroshima University (HU) herewith makes an open international job offer and seeks to appoint a Assistant Professor on Tenure Track System in the research area of Sense of Taste and/or Gustatory System based on Biochemistry or Physics/Engineering. This position is based on the ‘Policy for recruiting/cultivating excellent faculty members’. The university introduced this policy to create a secure environment in which junior-positioned faculty members can concentrate on their research/education.
The post above has been newly created at HU to enable a promotion of the applicant to the senior position of Associate Professor on the condition that he/she passes the tenure-track review before the tenure-track period expires. Such a system assumes that the recruited person will settle down in one place so that he/she can dedicate himself/herself to research and education in accordance with his/her proposed research.
HU provides startup support money for assistant professors. By assigning a mentor to each newly-recruited faculty member on tenure track, HU continues to develop an environment where such faculty member can engage himself/herself in research activities independently. In case the recruited member does not secure tenure, he/she will be able to extend his/her term of employment for up to one year as a specially appointed faculty member. The special appointment starts on the day following the end date of the existing employment contract for the tenure-track position.
We are looking forward to welcoming those who are prepared to go along with the principles, long-term vision and medium-term target of HU, and who are motivated and can play key roles by committing themselves to research and education at HU.

Work content and job description
[ Planned Responsibilities]
(Immediately after hiring)
(1) Duties related to research in “Field of Expertise”(Please refer to “Work experience” under Section 5.).
(2) Duties related to teaching the scheduled courses and supervising graduate and undergraduate students under " Scheduled Courses".
(3) Duties related to the administration and management of the entire university, graduate schools, faculties, centers, etc. (participation in various meetings, activities as a member of various committees, etc.).
(4) Duties related to student admissions (exam supervision, question creation, grading, interviewers, etc.).
(5) Other duties as directed by the head of the educational and research organization.
(Scope of changes)
Tasks determined by the university.
[Scheduled Courses ]
The following courses are scheduled to be taught.:
(1)Undergraduate level (general education courses): Food safety and health science, Introduction to Applied Biological Sciences, Introduction to applied biological sciences toward SDGs, Food culture etc.
(2)Undergraduate level (discipline specific courses): Reading of Foreign Literature in Food Science, Molecular-Level Understanding of Functionality of Foods, Laboratory work in in Food and AgriLife Science, Graduate thesis I, II, III etc.
(3)Graduate level (master’s programs): Special Lectures in Integrated Sciences for Life etc.
(4)Graduate level (doctor’s programs): Interdisciplinary Seminar B etc.
Note: The subjects you are responsible for may be changed or added.

Work experience
[Field of Expertise]
Sense of Taste and/or Gustatory System based on Biochemistry or Physics/Engineering
・Required research achievements of Sense of Taste and/or Gustatory System based on Biochemistry or Physics/Engineering
・Desirable to have achievements of international collaborative research
[Qualifications]
Applicants must satisfy all of the following requirements:
・Hold a doctorate or an equivalent degree by the time the appointment begins
・Be able to supervise master and doctoral students in preparation of thesis/dissertation
・Be able to teach classes and supervise students in both Japanese and English

Description
For each specialized field of faculty, Hiroshima University has defined Minimum standards for hiring new faculty (“the minimum standards”).
We use the minimum standards for the initial screening process of the applicants, and only those who have cleared the minimum standards will qualify as the candidates for the post concerned.
The minimum standards used for this international job offer can be viewed on the webpage of the call for applications. Please refer to the “Minimum Standards for Hiring (Agriculture and Biotechnology)” provided on the page.

Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
Hiroshima University has been entirely smoke-free from January 2020.

Supplementary explanation of compensation
・Hiroshima University has introduced a system whereby researchers' personnel expenses are paid out of direct expenses such as competitive research grants and joint research grants, and the obtained research financial resources can be used to improve the treatment of researchers themselves (additional Salary) and to improve the research environment.
・Hiroshima University conducts individual performance evaluations for all faculty members after their employment and numerically rate their performance. Salary and benefits are commensurate with the performance indicators.

Considerations for conducting interviews (e.g., those who live far away, such as overseas)
If candidates are unable to visit our university, interviews will be conducted online.

Application documents (specified forms)
【英語】Form1.xls
【英語】Form1(Guideline).docx
【英語】Form2-6.docx
【英語】Form7.xlsx

Attached documents
Application Form :
Online Submission
Please prepare your application using the attached document “Form 1: Curriculum Vitae.” The document consists of two sheets; please complete and submit both.

Application document submission method (physically mailed documents)
739-8528
Hiroshima
School of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University 1-4-4 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Program of Food and AgriLife Science, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University

Selection
(1) Initial selection will be made based on all the application documents submitted.
(2) Interviews will be conducted as needed. Please note that travel expenses will be the responsibility of the applicants. Applicants who pass the initial document review will be informed of interview date, time and format. In principle, you will be asked to conduct a mock class in English.

Notification of result
All applicants will be notified of the selection results via email.