People
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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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Takeharu HainoPrincipal Investigator
Chiral Supramolecular Chemistry
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Tamas KalmanTokyo Institute of Technology, SKCM² Co-Principal Investigator
Low-dimensional Topology, Combinatorics
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Sayaka KindaichiCo-Principal Investigator
Energy savings in building air conditioning systems by applying unutilized thermal energy such as ground source or reservoir water
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Akio KimuraCo-Principal Investigator
Condensed Matter Physics (Experiment): Low Dimensionality, spin-orbit Interaction, Ferromagnetic Compounds, Spin Resolved Electron Spectroscopy, spin- and angle- resolved photoemission, Orbital Moment, Magnetic Thin Film, nano materials, Magnetic Circular Pichroism
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Yuya KodaKeio University, SKCM² Co-Principal Investigator
Low-dimensional topology, 3-Manifolds, 4-Manifolds, Knots, Mapping class groups
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Mizuho KoikeCo-Principal Investigator
Cosmochemistry, Planetary Science
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Kenta KurodaPrincipal Investigator
Solid state physics, momentum-space topology in quantum matter
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Reiko KurodaChubu University, SKCM² Visiting Professor
Left-and-right asymmetry in chemistry, spectroscopy, crystallography, molecular and developmental biology