Open position for a professor ( Laboratory of Forest Chemistry)

About this position

[Background of the recruitment and description of the project]

• Background of the recruitment and description of the project

The Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, has positioned “Bioagricultural Sciences” as a comprehensive academic field that aims to expand the foundations of life science, to make advanced use of biological functions and resources, to create and preserve a symbiotic environment for life, and to develop human society in harmony with the environment through sustainable biological production and technological development of advanced life sciences. Furthermore, our mission is to pursue truth through creative research activities and contribute to the formation, accumulation, and inheritance of the world’s leading intellectual assets in life science and agriculture.

The Department of Forest and Environmental Resources Sciences promotes research and education aimed at contributing to the realization of an environmentally harmonious and sustainable recycling-oriented society. To this end, the department explores the conservation and restoration of forests and various other terrestrial environments, as well as appropriate approaches to the management, production, and utilization of biological resources. In this regard, the Laboratory of Forest Chemistry is mainly responsible for research and education on the chemical structures, biosynthetic mechanisms, conversion reactions, and functional material applications of wood and tree-derived components.

The faculty member to be hired through this open recruitment is required to have outstanding achievements mainly in the fields of wood science, natural polymer chemistry, analytical chemistry, agricultural chemistry, and related areas, and to be able to contribute to the further development of academic research in Forest and Environmental Resources Sciences, as well as in the graduate school and the university as a whole.

https://www.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp/index-e.html

[Work content and job description]

[Tasks in Charge]

・Lecture and research in the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences and the Faculty of Agriculture

・Duties related to the administration and management of the Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences

(1)Graduate School

・Master’s course: Advanced Biomass Science, Wood Cytology, Master’s Thesis Research, etc.

・Doctoral course: Doctoral Thesis research

(2)Undergraduate

・Liberal Arts & Sciences, Basic Specialized Courses, Specialized Courses, etc.

(Scope of change to duties)

• Assigned department

Existing departments

[Work location]

• Address

464-8601 Aichi Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya

(Scope of changes to the workplace location)

Workplace location designated by the Tokai National Higher Education and Research System (THERS)

[Number of hired]

Number of hired:1 person(s)

Job content supplemental explanation:Expected starting date: Earliest possible date from April 1, 2027