Interactions News Wire
#85-05
24 October 2005
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Source:
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Content: Press
Release
Date Issued: 25 October
2005
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Request
for Candidate Recommendations for the Position of the Next Director
GeneralKEK, the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization,
welcomes recommendation of the candidates for the next Director-General whose
term will begin April 2006.
KEK is an Inter-University Research Institute
Corporation open to domestic and international researchers, and is comprised of
the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, the Institute of Materials
Structure Science, the Accelerator Laboratory, and the Applied Research
Laboratory. KEK pursues a wide range of research activities based on
accelerators, such as particle and nuclear physics, material sciences,
biosciences, accelerator physics and engineering, etc.
The role of
Director-General, therefore, is to promote, with long-term vision and strong
scientific leadership, the highly advanced, internationalized, and
inter-disciplinary research activities of KEK by getting support from the
public. He/she is also expected to carry out the medium-term goals and plans of
the organization.
One term in the position is three years. We widely
accept the recommendation of the candidates regardless of their
nationalities.
Nomination should be accompanied by: 1) letter of
recommendation, 2) brief personal history, 3) list of major achievements
(publications, academic papers, commendations and membership of councils, etc.)
and 4) reasons for recommendation for the candidate. The recommendation should
be sent to the following address no later than Wednesday November 30, 2005
:
General Management Department
General Affairs Division
KEK, High
Energy Accelerator Research Organization
1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Japan
305-0801
Tel +81-29-864-5114
Fax +81-29-864-5560
Inquiries
concerning the recommendation should be addressed to:
Professor Fumihiko
Takasaki
Deputy Director, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies,
KEK
Email:
fumihiko.takasaki@kek.jp