PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Analytical Chemistry in Japan

Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Center in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, is recruiting approximately four full-time research staff members for employment beginning April 1, 2027. The positions are permanent, non-tenure-track appointments equivalent to researcher/postdoctoral roles and cover industrial, agricultural, and forestry research. One position is available in Electronics, Information, and Mechanical Systems Research, involving AI, IoT, mechatronics, software development, production t...

Research Staff Recruitment: Polymer Chemistry and Materials Science The Kyoto City Industrial Technology Research Institute, a public industrial support organization in Kyoto, Japan, is recruiting research staff at researcher/postdoctoral-equivalent and research-and-development/engineering-equivalent levels. The appointment is a permanent, full-time position with no fixed term and no tenure track. The successful candidates will provide technical support to small and medium-sized enterprises, res...

RIKEN is recruiting a Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow for the Watanabe Molecular Physiology Laboratory in Wako, Saitama, Japan. The position is centered on single-molecule measurement technology , digital liquid biopsy , and interdisciplinary bioanalysis that combines engineering, chemistry, physics, and life sciences. The successful candidate will contribute to AMED LEAP-supported research and development, including novel methods for detecting and quantifying biomolecules at the single-mo...

Researcher / postdoc-equivalent opening in food science at the National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The position is based in the Food Analysis and Labeling Research Laboratory within the Food Health Function Research Center. The work focuses on food analysis , analytical method development and validation , maintenance and improvement of analytical accuracy, research on the Japanese version of the nutritional profiling model , promotion of ...

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) is recruiting a researcher/postdoc-equivalent for a project on degradation evaluation technology for power cables and connections in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan . The research focuses on the reliability of aging CV cables and especially the connection points that join cables to transformers and switchgear. The team works on dismantling surveys, high-voltage tests, partial discharge tests, chemical analysis of polymer materials, and th...

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) is recruiting a researcher/postdoctoral-equivalent for work on environmental technologies for thermal power plants that support carbon neutrality . The position is based in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan , within the Energy Transformation Research Headquarters / Energy Chemistry Research Division. The research themes include the generation of environmental pollutants during combustion of coal, biomass, ammonia, and other fuels, as well a...

RIKEN is recruiting a Researcher / Postdoctoral Fellow equivalent for the Nutritional Response Research Team at the Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The project focuses on nutrition, intestinal bacteria, fruit fly models, marmosets, lifespan, metabolism, genetics, analytical chemistry, and mass spectrometry . The team studies how nutrients and gut microbes affect physiological functions and the universal mechanisms underlying aging and healthy lifespan. Position typ...