PCD Student Public Presentation Series: What Brought You To OIST?

On March 15, 2026, seven OIST PhD students gave a public presentation about their path to OIST and their current research, as part of their Professional and Career Development (PCD) program. The presentations took place at the OIST Science Studio in Yomitan.

This event featured presentations from the following students:

Ilia Ryzov (Networked Quantum Devices Unit)
Teresa Bosch Tamayo (Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit)
Aki Kawai (Quantum Engineering and Design Unit)
Hania Altabbaa (Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit)
Made Benny Prasetya Wiranata (Geometric Partial Differential Equations Unit)
Kaede Kawaguchi (Organic Optoelectronics Unit) 
Yutei Takahashi (Cell Division Dynamics Unit)
Hideaki Kawai (Quantum Engineering and Design Unit)

Each student received various questions from curious attendees after their lecture.