People

Ivan I. SmalyukhDirector
Topological solitons, knotted matter, predesigned building blocks of matter

Shinichi TateAdministrative Director
Molecular Biophysics

Katsuya InoueDeputy Director of Education
Experimental Material Sciences, Chemistry & Physics

Yuka KotoriiDeputy Director for Outreach & Dissemination
Mathematics (Topology, Knot Theory)

Hikaru YabutaDeputy Director for Science
Cosmochemistry, Geochemisry

Takeharu HainoPrincipal Investigator
Chiral Supramolecular Chemistry

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

Kyota YasudaCo-Principal Investigator
Cellular and Molecular Biology

Tamas KalmanPrincipal Investigator
Low-dimensional Topology, Combinatorics

Yuya KodaCo-Principal Investigator
Low-dimensional topology, 3-Manifolds, 4-Manifolds, Knots, Mapping class groups

Kenta KurodaPrincipal Investigator
Solid state physics, momentum-space topology in quantum matter

Andrey LeonovPrincipal Investigator
Condensed Matter Theory, Skyrmionics