PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Soft Matter Physics in Japan

RIKEN’s Research Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research is recruiting one Researcher, Special Researcher/Postdoctoral Fellow, or Research Associate for the Physical Biology Research Team in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The fixed-term position is available from April 1, 2027 or by consultation and will study fundamental principles governing cells and multicellular populations. The team combines mathematical science and life science to investigate order formation in living systems, including cellular pola...

Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Science is recruiting one Specially Designated Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics and Astrophysics , Division of Spacetime Order and Biophysics , in Kyoto, Japan. The position focuses on active matter physics , with responsibilities spanning experimental and theoretical research , education, and related management duties. The role is also connected to the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) project “Quantum-Inspired Active Matter and Funct...

Hokkaido University is recruiting one postdoctoral researcher for the Soft Matter Structural Properties Laboratory in the Graduate School of Advanced Life Sciences. The position supports the JST Emergent Research Support Program project “Precise Analysis and Extreme Extent of Structural Uniformity of Polymer Networks” led by Project Associate Professor Shintaro Nakagawa . The research focuses on polymer materials , soft matter , and the quantitative analysis of polymer network structure. The suc...

RIKEN is recruiting a Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Fellow for the Kawaguchi Laboratory of Biomedical Non-Equilibrium Physics at the RIKEN Wako Campus in Saitama, Japan . The lab works across biophysics , soft matter physics , chemical physics , and broader life sciences , studying topics such as cell differentiation, multicellular dynamics, evolution, phase transitions, chromatin structure, protein phase separation, self-assembly, and structural color in bird feathers. The successful candidate...

Tokyo University of Science’s Earth-Life Science Institute (Hatakeyama Laboratory) is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher / researcher equivalent in Tokyo, Japan. The lab works on universal principles behind phenomena in life and society using non-equilibrium statistical mechanics , dynamical systems theory , and complex systems science . Current and future themes include biophysics , chemical physics , soft matter physics , earth and life science , cells, metabolism, evolution, ecology, the in...

RIKEN’s Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research is recruiting a Researcher, Special Researcher, or Research Associate for the Physical Biology Research Team in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The position focuses on physical biology , biophysics , theoretical biology , continuum mechanics , active matter , and related mathematical physics approaches to understand how order emerges in cells and multicellular tissues. The team combines theory and experiment to address problems in cell biology and d...