Recruitment of AIMEC Researcher or AIMEC Postdoctoral Researcher (WAM26-001)

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Job Description
Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (WPI-AIMEC), an alliance-type WPI research center jointly established by Tohoku University and JAMSTEC, aims to elucidate the response and adaptation mechanisms of marine ecosystems to environmental changes, and to realize their predictions through interdisciplinary and international collaborative research.
Through these efforts, WPI-AIMEC contributes to planetary stewardship aimed at regenerating and restoring oceans and ecosystems toward the realization of a sustainable global environment and human society.

WPI-AIMEC has formulated five Grand Challenges (GCs) as an overarching research agenda to realize the elucidation and prediction of marine ecosystem changes.

GC1:Elucidating adaptability and vulnerability of marine ecosystems to physiochemical divers
GC2:Decoding climate-ocean-ecosystem connectivity and spatiotemporal variability
GC3:Coupling of surface and twilight zone ecosystems and the impact on biogeochemical cycles
GC4:Resolving complexities in coastal marine ecosystems and the impact of human activities
GC5:Promoting planetary stewardship through projection of marine ecosystem change

For details of these GCs, please refer below.
https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/9810/

WPI-AIMEC has established three research clusters to promote cross-disciplinary and international collaborative research aimed at addressing AIMEC's five Grand Challenges (GCs).
These clusters are not fixed organizational structures but flexible and cross-cutting research platforms that foster open participation, interaction, collaboration, and integration among researchers from diverse fields.

We are currently seeking 6-7 AIMEC Researchers or AIMEC Postdoctoral Researchers who will actively contribute to research activities across these three clusters.

[Research Startup Funds]
In the first year of appointment, AIMEC Researchers will receive 3 million yen and AIMEC Postdoctoral Researchers will receive 2 million yen as research startup funds.
(No additional funds will be provided in subsequent years.)

[Double Mentor System]
We have a "Double Mentor System*" to provide comprehensive support for research and life in Japan.
*Double Mentor System: AIMEC Researchers and AIMEC Postdoctoral Researchers are assigned, as needed, two mentors from different research fields among AIMEC-affiliated PIs or researchers, who provide support for interdisciplinary collaborative research.

[Research Description]
(Immediately upon employment)
Below are the three research clusters, their corresponding GCs, and related fields of expertise.
https://wpi-aimec.jp/en/research/cluster.html

Work Place
One of the following options will be assigned based on the successful candidate's research background, future research direction, and research environment.

a) Tohoku University
Aobayama Campus, 6-3, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, JAPAN

b) JAMSTEC
Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences (YES), 3173-25, Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0001, JAPAN

Closing Date
September 6, 2026 at 23:59 in Japan time
*Depending on the situation of applications, the closing date may be extended.

Contact
Recruitment Desk, Research Promotion and Planning Division, WPI-AIMEC
Email: wpi-aimec_hr[at]jamstec.go.jp
*Please replace [at] with @ when addressing Emails and include "AIMEC WAM26-001" in the subject line.

For further information, please visit:
https://www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/details/wpi20260906/