Postdoc Opportunities

Below is a listing of some popular postdoctoral fellowships from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). Please contact me for details, I’m always happy to discuss about potential research topics and proposal ideas.

• JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan
• JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Researchers/ 日本学術振興会特別研究員PD

Postdoctoral Fellows

• Yoshida, Satoshi, Ph.D., ORCID, 8/2023-present, CNEAS Research Fellow
• Ganbat, Ariuntsetseg, Ph.D., ORCID, 10/2021-12/2021, CNEAS Postdoctoral Researcher
• Daniel Pastor-Galán, Ph.D., ORCID, 09/2016-09/2018, Supported by JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan (Standard), 外国人特別研究員(一般).

Non-tenure track assistant professor

• Daniel Pastor-Galán, Ph.D., ORCID, 04/2019-04/2021: Assistant Professor of the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences (学際科学フロンティア研究所 新領域創成研究部 助教); Cross-appointment between University of Granada and Tohoku University (05/2019-05/2024); Cross-appointment between Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Tohoku University (10/2024-05/2026)

Invitational Program for International Collaboration

If you are interested in short-term research stays (from a few weeks to approximately three month) in Sendai, I’m happy to help you find opportunities and your funding needs. Below is a list of possibilities.

• JSPS’s Fellowship Programs: Inviting Excellent Researchers from Other Countries to Japan
• Fellowship Program of the Matsumae International Foundation (MIF) Fellowship
• CNEAS Visiting Professorship

Past Visiting Scholars

• Sergei Skuzovatov, Ph.D., ORCID, Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 07/2024-09/2024, Visiting Professor (Tohoku University)
• Inna Safonova, Ph.D., ORCID, Novosibirsk State University, 09/2019-11/2019, Visiting Professor (Tohoku University)
• Kennet E. Flores, Ph.D., ORCID, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, 06/2019-08/2019, Visiting Scholar (Tohoku University)
• Yoshiyuki Iizuka, Ph.D., Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, 02/2019-04/2019, Visiting Scholar (CNES)
• Igor Sharygin, Ph.D., ORCID, VS Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 05/2017-07/2018, Visiting Associate Professor (Tohoku University)
• Dmitriy Zedgenizov, Ph.D., VS Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 01/2018-03/2018, Visiting Professor (Tohoku University)
• Fátima Roberto Chaúque, Ph.D., National Institute of Mines, Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mozambique, 10/2017-03/2018, Matsumae International Foundation (MIF) Fellow
• John Wakabayashi, Ph.D., ORCID, California State University, Fresno, 08/2017, Visiting Scholar (CNEAS)
• Chin-Ho Tsai, Ph.D., ORCID, National Dong Hwa University , 07/2017-08/2017, Visiting Professor (Tohoku University)
• Nelson Boniface, Ph.D., ORCID, University of Dar es Salaam, 07/2017-09/2017, Visiting Professor (Tohoku University)
• Vladimir Malkovets, Ph.D., ORCID, VS Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, 11/2015-01/2016, Visiting Professor (Tohoku University)