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...

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 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 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...

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...

Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Polymer Biomaterials for Medical Applications at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. The position is in the Polymer and Biomaterials Research Center, Biopolymer Group , with research focused on the development of polymer biomaterials for medical applications. The project includes polymer synthesis , gel fabrication , property evaluation, cell culture tests , and animal experiments , with applications in regenerative m...

Nagoya University’s Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Future Electronics Integration Research Center, is recruiting two researchers for work in nitride semiconductor power devices and semiconductor process development . The role is a researcher/postdoctoral-equivalent fixed-term full-time position in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan . The work involves fabricating electronic devices in a cleanroom and evaluating device characteristics, with a focus on semiconductor processes ...