Members

Leadership

Members of the institute’s executive team responsible for the strategic planning, scientific direction, education, outreach, internationalization, and overall management of WPI-SKCM².

PI

Core faculty members who lead major research programs within WPI-SKCM². PIs are responsible for establishing research directions, supervising researchers and students, securing collaborations, and contributing to the institute’s interdisciplinary mission.

Project Researcher

Researchers who are based at Hiroshima University and engaged in WPI-SKCM² projects and initiatives. They contribute specialized expertise, lead project-based research activities, and help advance the institute’s scientific objectives. 

Co-PI

Researchers who are based at Hiroshima University and play important roles within a PI-led research program. Co-PIs contribute to project planning, supervision, interdisciplinary collaboration, and mentoring while working closely with a designated PI.

Visiting Researcher

Researchers affiliated with other institutions who collaborate with WPI-SKCM². They are typically appointed as part-time Specially Appointed Faculty Members at Hiroshima University. They contribute their expertise, participate in collaborative research activities, and help strengthen both domestic and international research networks.

Senior Postdoc

Experienced early-career researchers who conduct collaborative research within WPI-SKCM² under the guidance of their mentors and are appointed as Specially Appointed Faculty Members (Associate Professor or Assistant Professor). In addition to their research activities, they may also contribute to educational activities.

Postdoc

Early-career researchers who conduct advanced research under the guidance of their mentors and contribute to the institute’s research programs.

Graduate Student

Ali HAIDER
(Inoue Group)
Graduate Student (Inoue Group)
Samuele FAGLIONI
(Inoue Group)
Graduate Student
Fathima RISWANA
(Inoue Group)
Graduate Student (Inoue Group)
Minh Thanh Truc GIANG
(Inoue Group)
Graduate Student (Inoue Group)
Sahar ILYAS
(Inoue Group)
Graduate Student (Inoue Group)
Shu MIYADE
(Inoue Group)
Graduate Student (Inoue Group)
Ninto UDA
(Inoue Group)
Graduate Student
Kohsuke OGAWA
(Inoue Group)
Graduate Student (Inoue Group)
Masaru IKEDA
(Inoue Group)
Graduate Student (Inoue Group)
Natsuki MUKAI
(Leonov Group)
Graduate Student (Leonov Group)
Takayuki SHIGENAGA
(Leonov Group)
Graduate Student (Leonov Group)
Manasi Nitin DHUMAL
(Haino Group)
Graduate Student (Haino Group)
Muntaha Tamknat UL
(Haino Group)
Graduate Student
Mao KAWASAKI
(Haino Group)
Graduate Student (Haino Group)
Senri MIYAGI
(Haino Group)
Graduate Student (Haino Group)
Shota MATSUOKA
(Haino Group)
Graduate Student (Haino Group)
Shinnosuke HAYASHI
(Haino Group)
Graduate Student (HainoGroup)
Jia GUO
(Sato Group)
Jia GUOGraduate Student (Sato Group)
Koushirou MESHIMA
(Sato Group)
Graduate Student (Sato Group)
Takuma MATSUMOTO
(Shigaki Group)
Graduate Student (Shigaki Group)
Takushi OMURA
(Shigaki Group)
Graduate Student (Shigaki Group)
Yuki KONDO
(Kuroda Group)
Graduate Student (Kuroda Group)
Nagi SUZUKI
(Kuroda Group)
Graduate Student (Kuroda Group)
Eri MIYOSHI
(Nonaka Group)
Graduate Student (Nonaka Group)
Yoshiki MATSUO
(Nonaka Group)
Graduate Student (Nonaka Group)
Yuta FUTAGAWA
(Aoyama Group)
Graduate Student
Motoharu CHIZAKI
(Aoyama Group)
Graduate Student (Aoyama Group)
Kuya AOYAMA
(Matsuo Group)
Graduate Student (Matsuo Group)
Tansilu ALTAY
(Kotorii Group)
Graduate Student (Kotorii Group)
Ai KASHIHARA
(Kotorii Group)
Graduate Student (Kotorii Group)
Anton KUDRIAVTSEV
(Ishihara Group)
Graduate Student (Ishihara Group)
Ryo YASUOKA
(Ishihara Group)
Graduate Student (Ishihara Group)
Naveen MISHRA
(Tate Group)
Graduate Student (Tate Group)
Zunera JAVAID
(Yasuda Group)
Graduate Student (Yasuda Group)
Tomoki KODAMA
(Haino Group)
Graduate Student (Haino Group)
Kouta TANABE
(Haino Group)
Graduate Student (Haino Group)
Yuma NAKAMURA
(Haino Group)
Graduate Student (Haino Group)
Shunsuke KURITA
(Shigaki Group)
Graduate Student
Masahiro OIDA
(Shigaki Group)
Graduate Student
Kanato MATSUTANI
(Shigaki Group)
Graduate Student (Shigaki Group)
Takuma IWATA
(Kuroda Group)
Graduate Student (Kuroda Group)
Ko SASAKI
(Kuroda Group)
Graduate Student (Kuroda Group)
8.Shin YOKOYAMA
(Kuroda Group)
8. Graduate Student (Kuroda Group)
Keita RICHARDSON
(Smalyukh Group)
Satellite Member
Graduate Student
(Smalyukh Group)

Affiliate Member

Researchers primarily affiliated with other institutions who contribute to the scientific activities of WPI-SKCM² through collaborative research, joint projects, and interdisciplinary exchange. They may participate in institutional activities and are encouraged to acknowledge WPI-SKCM² as an affiliation when publishing research papers arising from collaborations with WPI-SKCM2.

Satoshi YANO
Affiliate Member,
Hiroshima University
Abhay DESHPANDE
Affiliate Member,
Stony Brook University
Taichi OKUDA
Affiliate Member,
Hiroshima University
Kenya SHIMADA
Affiliate Member,
Hiroshima University
Andrzej WERESZCZYŃSKI
Affiliate Member,
Jagiellonian University
Javier CAMPO
Affiliate Member
Žiga KOS
Affiliate Member,
University of Ljubljana,
Jožef Stefan Institute
Qiwen ZHAN
Affiliate Member,
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Minoru ETO
Affiliate Member,
Yamagata University
Katarzyna MATCZYSZYN
Affiliate Member,
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
Margarida Telo da GAMA
Affiliate Member,
University of Lisbon
Koichi MATSUO
Affiliate Member,
Hiroshima University
Shigehiro YASUI
Affiliate Member,
Keio University
Sayako INOUÉ
Affiliate Member,
Ehime University
Dominique LUNEAU
Affiliate Member,
University Claude Bernard Lyon1
William E. USPAL
Affiliate Member,
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Danqing LIU
Affiliate Member,
Eindhoven University of Technology
Vishal Prakash PATIL
Affiliate Member,
University of California, San Diego
Boris MALOMED
Affiliate Member,
Tel Aviv University
Mark BOWICK
Affiliate Member,
University of California Santa Barbara,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
Zhichang LIU
Affiliate Member,
Westlake University
Jun-ichi FUKUDA
Affiliate Member,
Kyushu University
Tamas KALMAN
Affiliate Member,
Institute of Science Tokyo
Michikazu KOBAYASHI
Affiliate Member,
Kochi University of Technology
Louis H. KAUFFMAN
Affiliate Member,
University of Illinois Chicago
Renzo L. RICCA
Affiliate Member,
University of Milano-Bicocca,
Beijing University of Technology (BJUT)
Surajit DHARA
Affiliate Member,
University of Hyderabad
Saad BHAMLA
Affiliate Member
Malcolm KADODWALA
Affiliate Member,
University of Glasgow
Jonathan SELINGER
Affiliate Member,
Kent State University
Aya TANATANI
Affiliate Member,
Ochanomizu University
Pierangelo METRANGOLO
Affiliate Member,
Politecnico di Milano
Sonia MAHMOUDI
Affiliate Member,
Tohoku University,
WPI-AIMR,
iTHEMS, RIKEN
Koya SHIMOKAWA
Affiliate Member,
Ochanomizu University
Davide MICHIELETTO
Affiliate Member,
University of Edinburgh
Nobuyoshi MIYAMOTO
Affiliate Member,
Fukuoka Institute of Technology
Vinayak Ganapati
PARALE
Affiliate Member,
D.Y. Patil University (DYP-ATU)

Community Member

Researchers primarily affiliated with other institutions who engage with WPI-SKCM² through collaborative research, joint projects, and interdisciplinary exchanges. While they are not formal members of the institute and are generally not involved in its institutional activities, they receive information on WPI-SKCM² programs and events.

Dora Altbir DRULLINSKY
Community Member,
U de Santiago de Chile
Ryosuke YOSHII
Community Member,
Sanyo-Onoda City University
Miha RAVNIK
Community Member,
University of Ljubljana
Yijie SHEN
Community Member,
Nanyang Technological University
Shunsuke TAGAMI
Community Member,
RIKEN
Eleni PANAGIOTOU
Community Member,
Arizona State University
Prasanna GHALSASI
Community Member,
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Alenka MERTELJ
Community Member,
University Ljubljana
Guilhem POY
Community Member,
University of Montpellier
Rui ZHANG 張銳
Community Member,
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ryuichi HIROTA
Community Member,
Hiroshima University
Tsuneomi KAWASAKI
Community Member,
Tokyo University of Science
Yoshiaki SUGIMOTO
Community Member,
University of Tokyo
Yi-Hsin LIN
Community Member,
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Inasa NAKAMURA
Community Member,
Saga University
Harry ANDERSON
Community Member,
University of Oxford
Fabien COUGNON
Community Member,
University of Jyväskylä
Yuka TABE
Community Member,
Waseda University
Lech LONGA
Community Member,
Jagiellonian University
Yoshitaka HATTA
Community Member,
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Tetsuo DEGUCHI
Community Member,
Ochanomizu University
Daniel PERALTA-SALAS
Community Member,
Instituto de Ciencias Matemáticas
Konstantin GUSLIENKO
Community Member,
University of the Basque Country
Teresa LOPEZ-LEON
Community Member,
ESPCI
Davide MARENDUZZO
Community Member,
University of Edinburgh
Nathalie KATSONIS
Community Member,
University of Groningen
Robin SELINGER
Community Member,
Kent State University
Hyun-Woo RHEE
Community Member,
Seoul National University
Colin P. NUCKOLLS
Community Member,
Columbia University
Max von DELIUS
Community Member,
University of Ulm
Patrick DAVIDSON
Community Member,
Université Paris-Sud
Sayaka KINDAICHI
Community Member,
Hiroshima University
Mizuho KOIKE
Community Member,
Hiroshima University
Takafumi NIIDA
Community Member,
University of Tsukuba

Support Office Staff

Advisor

Individuals affiliated with external organizations who provide professional advice, expertise, and guidance on specific activities and initiatives of the institute.

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