People

Ivan I. SmalyukhSKCM² Director, University of Colorado at Boulder

Topological solitons, knotted matter, predesigned building blocks of matter

Shinichi TateAdministrative Director, Steering Committee Member

Molecular Biophysics

Katsuya InouePrincipal Investigator, Deputy Director of Education, Steering Committee Member

Experimental Material Sciences, Chemistry & Physics

Hikaru YabutaPrincipal Investigator, Deputy Director of Science, Steering Committee Member

Cosmochemistry, Geochemisry

Takeharu HainoPrincipal Investigator

Chiral Supramolecular Chemistry

Kenta ShigakiPrincipal Investigator, Internal Advisory Board Lead, Steering Committee Member

High Energy Nuclear & Particle Physics

Andrey LeonovPrincipal Investigator

Condensed Matter Theory, Skyrmionics

Yuka KotoriiPrincipal Investigator, Deputy Director for Outreach & Dissemination, Steering Committee Member

Mathematics (Topology, Knot Theory)

Kenta KurodaPrincipal Investigator

Solid state physics, momentum-space topology in quantum matter

Hiroshi SatoPrincipal Investigator

Chemistry, material science

Claire DonnellyMax Planck Institute for Physical Chemistry of Solids, SKCM² Principal Investigator

3D topology in magnets, nanoscale imaging

Elisabetta MatsumotoGeorgia Institute of Technology, SKCM² Principal Investigator

Geometry and topology of soft matter