Fixed-Term Researcher/Postdoctoral Position in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computational Science, and AI Advanced Institute for Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan

Kyoto University is recruiting a Program-Specific Assistant Professor / Program-Specific Researcher (Postdoc) in the Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering . The position is tied to the COI-NEXT Project and the MEXT Data-Driven Materials Research and Development Project (DX) . Research themes include spinning of artificial silk (spider silk) , valorization of microbially derived proteins , protein production using plants , construction of a large-scale dat...

RIKEN’s Research Center for Computational Science is recruiting a Special Research Fellow (postdoctoral equivalent) in the AI for Science / TRIP-AGIS project. The position is based in the Life Science and Medical Science Application Interface Platform Development Unit and focuses on building next-generation biomolecular analysis platforms that integrate molecular simulation and artificial intelligence. The research themes include: (1) AI agents that support the full molecular simulation workflow...

RIKEN’s Biopolymer Research Team, Center for Environmental Resource Science, is recruiting a Special Research Fellow for research at the intersection of polymer chemistry , polymer materials , and biopolymer science . The position is based in Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan , and the team is developing new bio-structural materials using novel biopolymers such as polyamides, polypeptides, and structural proteins, together with plant organelle modification technologies and new plant biot...

RIKEN’s Research Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) in Kobe, Japan is recruiting a Researcher / Postdoctoral Fellow equivalent for the Materials and Properties Application Interface Platform Development Unit within the AI for Science Platform Division. This interdisciplinary opening sits at the intersection of computer science , high-performance computing (HPC) , computational science , materials science , chemistry , artificial intelligence , and human interface / interaction . The unit d...

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) is accepting applications for its PhD Program in a cross-disciplinary science and technology environment in Okinawa, Japan. This is a PhD opening for applicants with a bachelor’s, master’s, or equivalent degree completed before enrollment. The program is research-focused and does not use written entrance exams. Shortlisted candidates are invited to an online Admissions Workshop as part of the selection process. Applicants...