PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Polymer Science in Japan

RIKEN’s Research Center for Environmental Resource Science is seeking a Special Research Fellow for its Bio-Catalysis Research Team at the Wako Campus in Saitama, Japan. This postdoctoral-equivalent role focuses on biocatalysis, interfacial chemistry, and chemical energy conversion. The team develops artificial catalysts inspired by biological systems and builds new energy-conversion and materials-production systems that use or mimic biological functions. Its research explores catalytic reaction...

Technical Transfer Service Co., Ltd. is seeking patent searchers for its Registered Search Organizations Division in Tokyo. The role supports the Japan Patent Office through commissioned prior-art searches for patent examination. Working closely with patent examiners, the searcher will understand the outline of an invention, identify relevant prior art, explain the invention and search findings, report the results, and propose possible directions for examination. The position combines advanced s...

RIKEN’s Center for Computational Science is recruiting a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher for the Materials Science Application Interface Platform Development Unit within the AI for Science Platform Division. The work is based at the RIKEN Kobe Campus in Japan and is supported by the JST ARiSE project, “Development of Materials-AI Platform for ‘AI for Materials.’” The project focuses on developing molecular software and theory through foundation models. The researcher will contribut...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Spin Photonics Materials at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology in Hyogo, Japan. The researcher will join the Advanced Spectroscopy Research Group in the Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, concurrently working with the Spin Photonics Quantum Properties and Functions Group. The project investigates ultra-high-speed non-volatile photoelectric conversion memory for next-generation optoelectronic fusion under the Acquisition, Technology & Logisti...

Osaka University’s Protein Research Institute is recruiting a full-time fixed-term researcher at postdoctoral-equivalent level in the Functional Structure Measurement Group. The position is based in Suita, Osaka, Japan, within a research environment focused on advanced experimental studies of proteins, biomaterials, and material interfaces. The group uses an independently developed and maintained high-field spin-hyperpolarized solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer to investig...

The National Institute of Health Sciences is recruiting a Head of the Implantable Medical Device Evaluation Office within its Medical Devices Department. The department conducts research supporting the quality, effectiveness, and safety of medical devices and medical materials, including studies of their chemical and physical properties, mechanical stability, and biocompatibility. The successful candidate will lead research on the evaluation, analysis, operation, and utilization of implantable m...

The Sugiyama-Badr Laboratory in the Department of Chemical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo, is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on hydrogen production systems and related infrastructure. The research contributes to decarbonizing energy systems and the chemical industry through process modeling, design, and optimization. The researcher will investigate hydrogen production processes and supply chains, develop and apply system-level models, and evaluate low...

The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) is recruiting research and development management specialists to support publicly funded research programs and act as professional partners to researchers. The role is based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and contributes to national science, technology, and innovation policy implementation. Successful candidates will work with leading researchers and program officers across initiatives such as CREST, PRESTO, ERATO, the Exploratory Research for Advanced Technolog...

The Department of Physics in the Graduate School of Science at The University of Tokyo is seeking a specially appointed researcher at the postdoctoral-equivalent level for research in quantum light, light–matter interaction, two-dimensional materials, and optoelectronics. The researcher will join the JST Strategic Basic Research Program CREST project “Quantum Fusion Foundation of Light and Matter Opened Up by Non-Gaussian Quantum Light” . The work will investigate the fundamental physical proper...