Research Units

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Faculty Research Units

Gordon Arbuthnott

Brain Mechanism for Behaviour Unit
Professor
Gordon Arbuthnott
gordon at oist.jp

Mahesh Bandi

Nonlinear and Non-equilibrium Physics Unit
Associate Professor
Mahesh Bandi
bandi at oist.jp

Tom Bourguignon

Evolutionary Genomics Unit
Assistant Professor
Tom Bourguignon
thomas.bourguignon at oist.jp

Thomas Busch

Quantum Systems Unit
Professor
Thomas Busch
thomas.busch at oist.jp

Pinaki Chakraborty

Fluid Mechanics Unit
Professor
Pinaki Chakraborty
pinaki at oist.jp

Keshav Dani

Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit
Associate Professor
Keshav Dani
kmdani at oist.jp

Erik De Schutter

Computational Neuroscience Unit
Professor
Erik De Schutter
erik at oist.jp

Kenji Doya

Neural Computation Unit
Professor
Kenji Doya
doya at oist.jp

Evan P. Economo

Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit
Assistant Professor
Evan P. Economo
economo at oist.jp

Eliot Fried

Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit
Professor
Eliot Fried
eliot.fried at oist.jp

Yejun Feng

Electronic and Quantum Magnetism Unit
Associate Professor
Yejun Feng
yejun at oist.jp

Izumi Fukunaga

Sensory and Behavioural Neuroscience Unit
Assistant Professor
Izumi Fukunaga
izumi.fukunaga at oist.jp

Gustavo Gioia

Continuum Physics Unit
Professor
Gustavo Gioia
ggioia at oist.jp

Igor Goryanin

Biological Systems Unit
Professor (Adjunct)
Igor Goryanin
goryanin at oist.jp

Shinobu Hikami

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Unit
Professor
Shinobu Hikami
hikami at oist.jp

Hiroki Ishikawa

Immune Signal Unit
Assistant Professor
Hiroki Ishikawa
hiroki.ishikawa at oist.jp

Julia Khusnutdinova

Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit
Assistant Professor
Julia Khusnutdinova
juliak at oist.jp

Hiroaki Kitano

Integrated Open Systems Unit
Professor (Adjunct)
Hiroaki Kitano
kitano at oist.jp

Keiko Kono

Membranology Unit
Assistant Professor
Keiko Kono
keiko.kono at oist.jp

Denis Konstantinov

Quantum Dynamics Unit
Associate Professor
Denis Konstantinov
denis at oist.jp

Bernd Kuhn

Optical Neuroimaging Unit
Associate Professor
Bernd Kuhn
bkuhn at oist.jp

Akihiro Kusumi

Membrane Cooperativity Unit
Professor
Akihiro Kusumi
akihiro.kusumi at oist.jp

Paola Laurino

Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit
Assistant Professor
Paola Laurino
paola.laurino at oist.jp

Nicholas M. Luscombe

Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit
Professor (Adjunct)
Nicholas M. Luscombe
luscombe at oist.jp

Ichiro Maruyama

Information Processing Biology Unit
Professor
Ichiro Maruyama
ichi at oist.jp

Ichiro Masai

Developmental Neurobiology Unit
Associate Professor
Ichiro Masai
masai at oist.jp

Alexander Mikheyev

Ecology and Evolution Unit
Associate Professor (Adjunct)
Alexander Mikheyev
alexander.mikheyev at oist.jp

Jonathan Miller

Physics and Biology Unit
Associate Professor
Jonathan Miller
jnthnmllr at oist.jp

Satoshi Mitarai

Marine Biophysics Unit
Associate Professor
Satoshi Mitarai
satoshi at oist.jp

Yasha Neiman

Quantum Gravity Unit
Assistant Professor
Yasha Neiman
yaakov.neiman at oist.jp

Sile Nic Chormaic

Light-Matter Interactions Unit
Professor
Síle Nic Chormaic
sile.nicchormaic at oist.jp

Yoshinori Okada

Quantum Materials Science Unit
Assistant Professor
Yoshinori Okada
yoshinori.okada at oist.jp

Simone Pigolotti

Biological Complexity Unit
Associate Professor
Simone Pigolotti
simone.pigolotti at oist.jp

Yabing Qi

Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit
Associate Professor
Yabing Qi
yabing.qi at oist.jp

Daniel Rokhsar

Molecular Genetics Unit
Professor (Visiting, Adjunct)
Daniel Rokhsar
 

Noriyuki Satoh

Marine Genomics Unit
Professor
Noriyuki Satoh
norisky at oist.jp

Hidetoshi Saze

Plant Epigenetics Unit
Associate Professor
Hidetoshi Saze
hidetoshi.saze at oist.jp

Nic Shannon

Theory of Quantum Matter Unit
Professor
Nic Shannon
nic.shannon at oist.jp

Amy Shen

Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit
Professor
Amy Shen
amy.shen at oist.jp

Tsumoru Shintake

Quantum Wave Microscopy Unit
Professor
Tsumoru Shintake
ShintakeLab at oist.jp

Ulf Skoglund

Structural Cellular Biology Unit
Professor
Dean of Graduate School
Ulf Skoglund
ulf.skoglund at oist.jp

Mukhles Ibrahim Sowwan

Nanoparticles by Design Unit
Associate Professor
Mukhles Ibrahim Sowwan
mukhles at oist.jp

Greg Stephens

Biological Physics Theory Unit
Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
Greg Stephens
greg.stephens at oist.jp

Tomoyuki Takahashi

Cellular and Molecular Synaptic Function Unit
Distinguished Professor (Fellow)
Tomoyuki Takahashi
ttakahas at oist.jp

Fujie Tanaka

Chemistry and Chemical Bioengineering Unit
Associate Professor
Fujie Tanaka
ftanaka at oist.jp

Jun Tani

Cognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit
Professor
Jun Tani
jun.tani at oist.jp

Rieko Toriumi

Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory Unit (Reiko Toriumi)
Assistant Professor
Rieko Toriumi
reiko.toriumi at oist.jp

Gail Tripp

Human Developmental Neurobiology Unit
Professor
Gail Tripp
tripp at oist.jp

Anastasiia Tsvietkova

Topology and Geometry of Manifolds Unit
Assistant Professor
Anastasiia Tsvietkova
tsvietkova at oist.jp

Marylka Yoe Uusisaari

Neuronal Rhythms in Movement Unit
Assistant Professor
Marylka Yoe Uusisaari
uusisaari at oist.jp

David Van Vactor

Formation and Regulation of Neuronal Connectivity Research Unit
Visiting Professor
David Van Vactor
davie at oist.jp

Hiroshi Watanabe

Evolutionary Neurobiology Unit
Assistant Professor
Hiroshi Watanabe
hiroshi.watanabe at oist.jp

Jeff Wickens

Neurobiology Research Unit
Professor
Jeff Wickens
wickens at oist.jp

Matthias Wolf

Molecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Unit
Assistant Professor
Matthias Wolf
matthias at oist.jp

Tadashi Yamamoto

Cell Signal Unit
Professor
Tadashi Yamamoto
tadashi.yamamoto at oist.jp

Mitsuhiro Yanagida

G0 Cell Unit
Professor
Mitsuhiro Yanagida
yanagida at oist.jp

Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama

Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit
Associate Professor
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama
yazaki-sugiyama at oist.jp

Yohei Yokobayashi

Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Engineering Unit
Associate Professor
Yohei Yokobayashi
yohei.yokobayashi at oist.jp

Ye Zhang

Bioinspired Soft Matter Unit
Assistant Professor
Ye Zhang
ye.zhang at oist.jp

Other Faculty

Robert Baughman

Professor
Executive Vice President for
Technology Development and Innovation
Robert Baughman

Sydney Brenner

Distinguished Professor
Sydney Brenner

As of April 1st, 2018

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