PhD Supervision Availability

Availability of Hosting PhD Students in Research Units

Note:

  • The list will be updated annually and/or upon a request from faculty. 
  • The Academic Year starts in September and ends in August.
  • Please note Adjunct faculty are available for co-supervision only. Students seeking this co-supervision will still be required to secure primary supervision from a full-time faculty member.
  • Please note the below information is indicative only. For already enrolled OIST PhD students, you are encouraged to contact the relevant Unit Professor to discuss the possibility of joining the lab as soon as possible.​
  • For applicants wishing to enroll in the OIST PhD program, finding placement in a thesis research lab will occur during the first year of enrollment. Therefore, when choosing Faculty of Interest, please check the lab availability one year ahead (for example, if you wish to enroll in 2025, please check the lab availability in 2026). Please note that students are accepted to the OIST program in general and will go through lab matching process before admission to any one lab.  It is important to list your Faculty of Interest, but it is not necessary to contact faculty to get their approval or support prior to applying.
Name Unit Current Number of PhD Students The Number of Availability of Hosting PhD Students
Academic Year 2026 Academic Year 2027 Academic Year 2028
AARAJ, Najwa
(Adjunct)		 Future-Proof Cryptography Unit 0 0
(Co-Supervision only)		 0
(Co-Supervision only)		 0
(Co-Supervision only)
ABDULLA, Ugur Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Unit 1 2 1 TBD
ARAKAWA, Tomoyuki
(Transitional Professor)		 Chiral Representation Theory Unit 0 TBD TBD TBD
ARMITAGE, David Integrative Community Ecology Unit 5 0 1 TBD
BANDI, Mahesh Nonlinear and Non-equilibrium Physics Unit 6 0 1 TBD
BOURGUIGNON, Thomas Evolutionary Genomics Unit 5 1 1 TBD
BUSCH, Thomas Quantum Systems Unit 4 2 2 2
CHABCHOUB, Amin Marine Physics and Engineering Unit 1 2 1 TBD
CHAKRABORTY, Pinaki Fluid Mechanics Unit 1 1 1 1
CID, Carlos
(Adjunct)		 Applied Cryptography Unit - 1
(Co-Supervision only)		 1
(Co-Supervision only)		 TBD
(Co-Supervision only)
DANI, Keshav Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit 7 2 2 TBD
DANIEL, Dan Droplet and Soft Matter Unit 0 2 2 1
DE SCHUTTER, Erik Computational Neuroscience Unit 2 1 0 0
DIECKMANN, Ulf Complexity Science and Evolution Unit 0 3 3 3
DOYA, Kenji Neural Computation Unit 12 1 1 TBD
ECONOMO, Evan
(Adjunct)		 Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit - 2
(Co-Supervision only)		 2
(Co-Supervision only)		 TBD
(Co-Supervision only)
EKERT, Artur
(Adjunct)		 Quantum Information Security Unit - 0
(Co-Supervision only)		 0
(Co-Supervision only)		 TBD
(Co-Supervision only)
ELKOUSS, David Networked Quantum Devices Unit 5 2 2 2
ESPOSITO, Amedeo Roberto Information Theory, Probability, and Statistics Unit 0 2 2 TBD
FENG, Yejun Electronic and Quantum Magnetism Unit 1 1 1 TBD
FRIED, Eliot Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit 1 2 0 0
FROESE, Tom Embodied Cognitive Science Unit 4 1 1 TBD
FUJIWARA, Koji Geometric Group Theory Unit 0 TBD TBD TBD
FUKAI, Tomoki Neural Coding and Brain Computing Unit 3 TBD 0 0
FUKUNAGA, Izumi Sensory and Behavioural Neuroscience Unit 2 1 1 1
GIOIA, Gustavo Continuum Physics Unit 0 1 1 TBD
GODA, Yukiko Synapse Biology Unit 6 0 1 1
HÖHN, Philipp Qubits and Spacetime Unit 2 1 1 TBD
HUSNIK, Filip Evolution, Cell Biology, and Symbiosis Unit 8 0 1 0
KABE, Ryota Organic Optoelectronics Unit 4 1 1 1
KHUSNUTDINOVA, Julia Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit 4 2 2 2
KITANO, Hiroaki
(Adjunct)		 Integrated Open Systems Unit - 1
(Co-Supervision only)		 1
(Co-Supervision only)		 TBD
(Co-Supervision only)
KIYOMITSU, Tomomi Cell Division Dynamics Unit 5 0 1 1
KONDRASHOV, Fyodor Evolutionary and Synthetic Biology Unit 6 4 4 TBD
KONO, Keiko Membranology Unit 1 1 1 1
KONSTANTINOV, Denis Quantum Dynamics Unit 2 0 0 TBD
KUHN, Bernd Optical Neuroimaging Unit 3 2 2 1
KUSUMI, Akihiro Membrane Cooperativity Unit 0 0 0 0
LAUDET, Vincent Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit 5 1 1 1
LAURINO, Paola Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit 5 1 1 TBD
LEE, Jinsun Energy Materials and Sustainability Unit 0 0 1 1
LIU, Qing Geometric Partial Differential Equations Unit 1 2 2 TBD
LUSCOMBE, Christine pi-Conjugated Polymers Unit 8 1 1 TBD
LUSCOMBE, Nicholas Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit 2 1 1 TBD
MASAI, Ichiro Developmental Neurobiology Unit 3 2 2 TBD
MEITINGER, Franz Cell Proliferation and Gene Editing Unit 3 2 2 TBD
MITARAI, Satoshi Marine Biophysics Unit 2 1 1 1
MIYAHARA, Hiroko Solar-Terrestrial Environment and Climate Unit 0 2 2 2
MUNRO, William John Quantum Engineering and Design Unit 3 1 1 TBD
MYERS, Gene
(Adjunct)		 Algorithms for Eco And Evo Genomics Unit - 0
(Co-Supervision only)		 0
(Co-Supervision only)		 TBD
(Co-Supervision only)
NAKAYAMA, Naomi Biological Design Unit 0 2 2 TBD
NARITA, Akimitsu Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit 2 2 2 2
NEIMAN, Yasha Quantum Gravity Unit 2 1 1 TBD
NEMOTO, Kae Quantum Information Science and Technology Unit 1 2 2 TBD
NIC CHORMAIC, Sile Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit 10 2 2 TBD
OKADA, Yoshinori Quantum Materials Science Unit 3 2 2 2
PÄÄBO, Svante
(Adjunct)		 Human Evolutionary Genomics Unit - 0 0 TBD
PAO CHAN, Gerald Biological Nonlinear Dynamics Data Science Unit 3 2 2 2
PARISI, Matteo
(Transitional Assistant Professor)		 Algebraic Combinatorics and Fundamental Physics Unit 0 TBD TBD TBD
PIGOLOTTI, Simone Biological Complexity Unit 0 2 2 2
RAVASI, Timothy Marine Climate Change Unit 4 0 0 1
REITER, Sam Computational Neuroethology Unit 4 1 1 1
ROKHSAR, Daniel
(Adjunct)		 Molecular Genetics Unit - 1
(Co-Supervision only)		 1
(Co-Supervision only)		 TBD
(Co-Supervision only)
ROSTI, Marco Complex Fluids and Flows Unit 4 3 3 3
SALLAN, Lauren Macroevolution Unit 1 2 2 2
SATOH, Noriyuki Marine Genomics Unit 0 0 0 0
SAZE, Hidetoshi Plant Epigenetics Unit 1 1 1 1
SHANNON, Nic Theory of Quantum Matter Unit 4 1 1 1
SHEN, Amy Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit 7 2 2 TBD
SHINTAKE, Tsumoru Quantum Wave Microscopy Unit 0 0 0 0
SITSEL, Oleg Marine Structural Biology Unit 2 1 1 1
SPEYER, Liron Representation Theory and Algebraic Combinatorics Unit 2 0 1 1
STEPHENS, Greg
(Adjunct)		 Biological Physics Theory Unit - 1
(Co-Supervision only)		 1
(Co-Supervision only)		 1
(Co-Supervision only)
SZOLLOSI, Gergely Model-Based Evolutionary Genomics Unit 1 2 2 2
TAKAHASHI, Hiroki Experimental Quantum Information Physics Unit 8 2 2 TBD
TANAKA, Fujie Chemistry and Chemical Bioengineering Unit 2 2 2 2
TANAKA, Kazumasa Memory Research Unit 1 2 1 1
TANI, Jun Cognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit 5 1 1 0
TATSUMI, Chikae Microbial and Ecosystem Ecology Unit 1 1 1 2
TERENZIO, Marco Molecular Neuroscience Unit 4 1 0 TBD
TORIUMI, Reiko Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory Unit 3 0 1 TBD
TRIPP, Gail Human Developmental Neurobiology Unit 3 1 1 1
TWAMLEY, Jason Quantum Machines Unit 5 2 2 TBD
UUSISAARI, Marylka Yoe Neuronal Rhythms in Movement Unit 3 0 0 0
WANG, Yifan
(Transitional Assistant Professor)		 Nano-mechanics, Kinetics, and Sustainable Manufacturing Unit 0 3 2 2
WATANABE, Hiroshi Evolutionary Neurobiology Unit 3 1 1 TBD
WICKENS, Jeff Neurobiology Research Unit 4 1 1 TBD
WOLF, Matthias Molecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Unit 6 1 2 1
YAMADA, Makoto Machine Learning and Data Science (MLDS) Unit 2 2 2 TBD
YAMAMOTO, Tadashi Cell Signal Unit 0 0 0 0
YAZAKI-SUGIYAMA, Yoko Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit 2 2 2 TBD
YOKOBAYASHI, Yohei Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Engineering Unit 1 1 1 1
YOSHIDA, Yutaka Neural Circuit Unit 2 2 2 2
ZHANG, Shu Collective Dynamics and Quantum Transport Unit 0 2 2 2
ZHOU, Xiaodan Analysis on Metric Spaces Unit 0 1 1 1

                                                                                                                                                              Last Updated: 2026/1/9