People
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Ivan I. SmalyukhSKCM² Director, University of Colorado at Boulder
Topological solitons, knotted matter, predesigned building blocks of matter
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Shinichi TateAdministrative Director
Molecular Biophysics
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Katsuya InoueDeputy Director of Education
Experimental Material Sciences, Chemistry & Physics
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Yuka KotoriiDeputy Director for Outreach & Dissemination
Mathematics (Topology, Knot Theory)
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Hikaru YabutaDeputy Director for Science
Cosmochemistry, Geochemisry
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Waleed AhmedGraduate Student
Bioinformatics
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Maria AkbarGraduate Student
Kozue AkimuraStaff
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Harry AndersonUniversity of Oxford, SKCM² Affiliate Member
Supramolecular π-conjugated materials
Naeimeh Bahri-LalehPostdoctoral Researcher
Interlocked molecules, Polymer aerogels, Chain topology
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Saad BhamlaGeorgia Institute of Technology, SKCM² Affiliate Member
Living tangled matter
Cheng BohanPostdoctoral Researcher