Institution: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI)
Department/Section: Department of Evolution and Phylogeny, Systematics and Phylogeny Section
Job Title: Assistant Professor
Opening Date: August 13th, 2007
Closing Date: November 5th, 2007
Formal Hiring Date: April 1st, 2008
Job Term: initial 7 year term employment with further extension of 5 years possible upon evaluation of performance
Salary Range: subject to previous research career (non-negotiable)

1. Job description
KUPRI is seeking to appoint a suitable candidate to the position of Assistant Professor, in the Systematics and Phylogeny Section, Department of Evolution and Phylogeny. The Systematics and Phylogeny Section actively studies the evolutionary process of living and fossil primates mainly using paleontological, morphological and zoogeographical methods. Prior experience with primates is not essential. We desire a person who intensively promotes projects of phylogeny and evolution in primates. Adequate knowledge of Japanese is required, as the successful candidate is required to fully participate in faculty meetings and other administrative matters conducted in Japanese, and to lecture graduate students on Morphology and Systematics in either English or Japanese. Faculty members are also expected to promote the research of primates from a broad perspective, to teach and supervise graduate students and post-doctoral level researchers, and to contribute to the administration of the institute.

2. Application procedure
Candidates are requested to submit the following set of documents in triplicate (copies are acceptable). English documents are acceptable.

(1) CV with detailed account of academic activity and research grant record.
(2) List of academic publications and reprints of each article.
(3) List of non-academic/popular publications and reprints of each article.
(4) Summary of research that the candidate has conducted (about 1500 words).
(5) Summary of research that the candidate intends to carry out at KUPRI (about 1500 words).

All documents must arrive by the deadline (November 5th, 2007), and should be sent to the following address:

Dr. Tetsuro MATSUZAWA,
Director
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, JAPAN

3. Selection procedure and feedback to candidates
A committee will be set up at KUPRI to evaluate all candidates, based on the documents submitted. The complete list of candidates will then be passed to a general assembly of about 35 faculty members, all of whom will participate in a vote to select a candidate for the post. No further information will be available to candidates at any stage of the selection process. Each candidate will be informed of the final decision pertaining to him/herself only.
KUPRI is composed of the following five departments consisting of ten sections, two attached centers, and a project program: Dept. of Evolution and Phylogeny (includes Morphology Section, Population Genetics Section, and Systematics and Phylogeny Section), Dept. of Ecology and Social Behavior (includes Ecology Section and Social Behavior Section), Dept. of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (includes Language and Intelligence Section, Cognition and Learning Section, and Brain Research Section), Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Biology (includes Cellular Biology Section and Molecular Biology Section). Dept. of Comparative Study of Cognitive Development (funded by Benesse Corp.), Dept. of Welfare and Longevity, Field Research Center, Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration Program (Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Section).
Detailed information is available at the following web site: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/. For inquiries about the post, please contact Masanaru TAKAI
(e-mail: takai (Please append "@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp" at the end of E-mail address) , TEL: +81-568-63-0533, FAX: +81-568-63-0536).