Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University

Special Grant Program for International Students / Research Assistant Program of Graduate School of Environmental Science (April 2019)

This program will select students, who can likely contribute internationally in their research field, from those students applying to doctoral courses of Graduate School of Environmental Science.

It is very meaningful to participate in research as a Research Assistant (RA) for the development of your research ability. Each Research Assistant must serve to achieve the objective of a research subject directed by a faculty member of the Graduate School of Environmental Science. The research subjects are listed below.

 

Period

Maximum 3 years since the first year although the achievement of the objective must be evaluated each year by the committee of the faculty.

 

Qualifications of application (Eligibility):

Students (mainly from developing countries) who are going to seek admission to the doctor courses of Graduate School of Environmental Science.

 

Payment Exemption / RA Allowance:

Payment Exemption: Total amount of school fees are entirely covered by Hokkaido University (i.e., entrance exam fee of 30,000 yen, admission fee of 282,000 yen, and annual tuition fee of 535,800 yen for each of three years). RA Allowance (depending on the actual working time): Total: 3 million yen (1 million yen for each of three years)
Travel expenses of entrance exam should be paid by applicant.

 

Application Period

Until December 12 Wednesday, 2018

 

Application for the program:

Applicants are required to submit the documents listed below. The documents should not be written in a language other than English.

1. Curriculum vitae with the applicant's photograph
2. Academic transcript
3. Graduation certificate
4. List of publications and presentations in scientific meetings
5. Research proposal
6. Direction and comments of potential supervisor and at least one co-supervisor, including proofs of communication between you and the potential supervisors
7. Master's thesis or other documents in proof of your research ability

 

Reference and address to apply

Kyoumu-Tantou
Graduate School of Environmental Science
Hokkaido University
Kita 10, Nishi 5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0810 Japan
E-mail: kyomu (at) ees.hokudai.ac.jp

 

List of possible research subjects (2019)

Title: Study on coastal ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR)

Associate Professor: Masahiko Fujii

 

Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) is a concept to alleviate disasters to human societies by maintaining ecosystems and the ecosystem services. This study aims to issue scientific guidelines for applying the Eco-DRR to local societies in coastal regions, especially enhancing functions of coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs, seaweeds and mangroves. Successful candidates are highly expected to have basic skills in numerical modeling and/or operating satellite data.

 

Title: Study on water exchanges and material circulations through river-lagoon-ocean systems

Professor: Humio Mitsudera

 

Rivers provide ocean with many materials such as nutrients, sediment, pollutants and freshwater which influence ocean circulations, environment and aquaculture. Human also have significant impacts on the land-ocean linkage systems. This study aims to model and analyze water exchanges, mixing processes and material circulations through river-lagoon-ocean systems such as those in Hokkaido. Successful candidates are highly expected to have basic knowledge on physical oceanography, and basic skills in numerical modeling and data analyses.

 

Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University invites applications for the academic position of professor.
 

Department:

Group of Terrestrial Ecology, Section of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science
 

Job Title:

Professor

 

Number of vacancies: 1

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following areas.

Research field: Plant Ecology

Teaching duties: Developing education programs and conducting classes in the Course in the Biodiversity Science, Biosphere Science Division, Graduate School of Environmental Science

 

Minimum qualifications and requirements:

The applicant must have a doctoral degree and excellent achievements in the related research fields.
 

Starting Date:

As early as possible after acceptance is notified (negotiable)

 

Probationary Period: 3 months

 

Salary and allowances:

Compensation based on the employment regulations of Hokkaido University

 

Working Hours:

Discretionary working system in the type of professional work.

The successful candidate will be deemed to have worked for 7 hours 45 minutes per working day.

 

Social Insurance:

Employees' Pension Insurance (Kousei Nenkin)

MEXT Mutual Aid Association Health Insurance

Employment Insurance

Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance

 

Required Application Documents:

<Submit the following a - g in hard copy in A4 format>

a. Full curriculum vitae (incl. ResearcherID)

b. List of research accomplishments. Research papers should be categorized into peer-reviewed original papers and other papers

c. List of external research funds awarded to the applicant

d. Offprints or photocopies of principal academic publications, up to 5 titles

e. A summary of the track record of the applicant's research activities (up to 800 words) as well as education activities including social contribution activities (up to 500 words)

f. Future aspirations in research careers (up to 800 words) and those with education activities (up to 500 words)

g. Two names of referees with contact details (affiliation and email address)

<Also submit>

A storage medium (CD, DVD or USB flash drive) with PDF files of the above a – g saved. Create a PDF file for each document.

 

To Apply:

Submit all documents described in the above "Required Application Documents" by post* to

　Hitoshi Suzuki

　Professor and Head of Environmental Biology Division

　Faculty of Environmental Earth Science

　Hokkaido University

　Kita 10 Nishi 5, Kita-Ku, Sapporo 060-0810, JAPAN

　Phone/Fax +81 11 706 2279

*Please mark "CV Enclosed - professor" in red on the envelope.

*Applying from within Japan - send application by recorded delivery or Letter Pack Plus

*Applying from overseas – send application by international registered mail e.g. EMS.

Note:

Submitted documents will not be returned to the applicant. All documents will be responsibly shredded and all data destroyed by our staff following a screening meeting.

Please make a preliminary contact with Prof. Suzuki at htsuzuki@ees.hokudai.ac.jp if you are applying for the job by email.

 

Closing Date for Application:

Friday, January 11, 2019 (Japan Standard Time. Closing date must be strictly observed.)

 

Inquiries:

All inquiries regarding this position should be directed to Prof. Suzuki at htsuzuki@ees.hokudai.ac.jp

 

Remarks:

- Beside the above job description, the successful candidate is also expected to teach undergraduate students.

- Shortlisted applicants will be notified of the interview date before the end of March 2019. We do not answer inquiries regarding application status.

 

For further information of our organization, please visit https://www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/modules/top/kousei.html?easiestml_lang=en (English)
https://www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp/division/bio/ (Japanese)

 

There was an error in examination papers on specialized subjects of Atmosphere-Ocean and Climate Dynamics Course (Division of Earth System Science) at the entrance examination held on Thursday, August 23th, 2018. We apologize to everyone who took the examination and will further strengthen the checking system of exam questions to prevent recurrence. Please view the following PDF for details.
An Error in examination papers

EES Seminar

Date and Time: Friday, 28 September 2018, 14:00–14:50

Venue: Room C202

Title: Quality Requirements for Acquiring Optical Data to Support Calibration, Validation, and Research (CVR) Exercises

Speaker: Dr. Stanford. B. Hooker (NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center)

Chair: Koji Suzuki

Abstract: Above- and in-water observations of the apparent optical properties (AOPs) of water masses are collected to support vicarious calibration, algorithm validation, and basic research -- hereafter, calibration, validation, and research (CVR) -- exercises for remote sensing missions. Although it is perhaps appealing to imagine these activities can be considered distinct and separate, especially from a legacy perspective (e.g., SeaWiFS and OCTS), there are two significant reasons why CVR activities require the same quality metrics during data acquisition for next-generation missions (e.g., PACE and SGLI): a) the underlying NASA Ocean Optics Protocols are essentially the same and are expected to be strictly adhered to; and b) the data is submitted to databases (e.g., SeaBASS) that do not make a distinction as to the original objectives for acquiring the data. Consequently, all optical data are ultimately applied to all three activities and noncompliance to the quality requirements degrades the capabilities of all future users of the data within the global community of practice. This presentation provides the quantitative lessons established by the author who has personally made more than 13,000 above- and in-water discrete optical measurements in the world ocean, and who has designed and co-developed state-of-the-art instruments, as well as data acquisition and processing software.