Course	Field of Research
Science and Technology	Mathematics and Physics	Mathematical Sciences Applied Mathematics Solid State Physics Astrophysics Theoretical Particle Physics
	Frontier Materials Chemistry	Organic Chemistry Physical Chemistry Inorganic / Analytical Chemistry
	Global Environment and Disaster Prevention Sciences	Cosmology and Cosmic Ray Research Meteorology Hydrology Geology and Petrology Biogeochemistry Seismology
	Electronics and Information Technology	Electronics Engineering Electronics and Computer Engineering Information Engineering Computational Engineering and Science
	Mechanical Science and Engineering	Mechanical and Intelligent Material Systems Thermal Fluid Engineering of Various Systems Instrument and Control Engineering Medical System Engineering
	Sustainable Energy	Advanced Energy Materials Energy Conversion Engineering Wind and Ocean Energy Engineering Geothermal Engineering

Mathematics and Physics

Field of Research	Staff	Research Activities
Mathematical Science, Applied Computational Science
Mathematical Sciences 　 Applied Mathematics	EI, Hiromi	Ergodic Theory (Fractal, Quasi-periodic tiling)
	KAWASAKI, Naho	Multiple zeta values
	KON, Masamichi	Analysis of various types of optimal location problems, and construction of efficient algorithms for those problems
	SAKAKI, Makoto	Differential Geometry
	TACHIYA, Yohei	Transcendental Number Theory
	TSUTAYA, Kimitoshi	Partial Differential Equations, Applied Analysis
	NAGASE, Noriaki	Stochastic differential equations and stochastic control
	BETSUMIYA, Koichi	Algebraic Combinatorics, Coding Theory
	MIURA, Tatsuhiko	Partial Differential Equations, Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
	MORI, Shintaro	Stochastic process, Data science
Materials Physics and Astrophysics
Theoretical Particle Physics	SATO, Matsuo	Theoretical physics, especially theoretical elementary particle physics and superstring theory
Solid State Physics	GORYO, Jun	Theoretical condensed matter physics, mainly, superconductuvity…etc
	MIYANAGA, Takafumi	Condensed Matter Physics / Materials Science. Structural Dynamics (Phase Transitions, Chemical Reactions, Surface Processes, Nonequilibrium states) , XAFS / Synchrotron Radiation.
	TEZUKA, Yasuhisa	X-ray Spectroscopic Studies on Electronic State of Dielectrics and Strongly Correlated Materials.
	AZUHATA, Takashi	Optical Properties of Semiconductors.
	ENTA, Yoshiharu	Atomic Structures, Electronic Structures, and Chemical Reactions on Semiconductor Surface/Interface.
	SUZUKI, Yuushi	Interface Science of Materials Surface Vibrational Spectroscopy Low-Dimensional Low-energy Physics.
	FUJIKAWA, Yasunori	Structural analysis and property measurement on surfaces, thin films and nanostructures by means of multi-probe STM
	MASUDA, Ryo	Study of local electronic/vibrational states of condensed matters through various probe beams, mainly Mössbauer spectroscopy
	KUGA, Kentaro	Development of novel thermoelectric materials, investigation of the origin, and device making
Astrophysics	ASADA, Hideki	Theoretical Astrophysics, especially General Relativity and Cosmology (Gravitational Lens, Gravitational Waves, Dark Matter, Dark Energy).
	SENDOUDA, Yuuiti	Theoretical physics, cosmology and gravity
	NOMURA, Mariko	Theoretical studies on high-energy astronomical phenomena especially in active galactic nuclei and X-ray binaries

Frontier Materials Chemistry

Field of Research	Staff	Research Activities
Organic Chemistry	ITO, Shunji	Study on the Creation of Novel Functional Organic Materials Using Advanced Synthetic Methodologies.
	KAWAKAMI, Jun	Design, Synthesis and Application of Novel Fluorescent Chemosensor for Ion and Molecule Recognition.
	TAKEUCHI, Daisuke	Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis and Function of Polymers with Novel Structures
	HAGIHARA, Masaki	Development of functional biomolecules with potential applications in energy, environment, and biomedical fields
	SEKIGUCHI, Ryuta	Research on Design and Synthesis of Novel Organic Functional Materials Based on Organic π-Electron Compounds
Physical Chemistry	ABE, Toshiyuki	Development of Visible-Light-Induced Photoenergy Conversion System on the Basis of Design and Fabriation of Organic Photodevices.
	SAGISAKA, Masanobu	Development of Novel Functional Molecular Assemblies and Their Applications
	MIYAMOTO, Ryo	Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Ab Initio Calculation of Transition Metal and Rare-Earth Metal Complexes: Molecular Structure, Electronic and Spin Structure
	YAMAZAKI, Shohei	Theoretical Study of Chemical Reactions Using High-Level Quantum Chemical Calculations
	KUREHA, Takuma	Evaluation of physical properties and design of polymeric materials using light scattering and spectroscopy
Inorganic / Analytical Chemistry	OKAZAKI, Masaaki	Synthesis and Functionality of Redox-Responsive Transition-Metal Complexes and Clusters
	SEKIYA, Ryo	Developments of Two-Dimensional Carbon Materials and Supramolecular Complexes
	OHTA, Shun	Green Catalytic Transformations with Magnesium as an Energy Source
	KITAGAWA, Fumihiko	Development of Integrated High Performance Separation and High Sensitive Detection Systems Based on Microscale Electrophoresis
	NODA, Kaori
	MATSUDA, Shofu	Development of Highly-Efficient-Materials-Conversion System Using Electrochemical Approaches

Global Environment and Disaster Prevention Sciences

Field of Research	Staff	Research Activities
Cosmology and Cosmic Ray Research	ICHIMURA, Masakatsu	Cosmic Ray Acceleration and Propagation Mechanisms
	TAKAHASHI, Ryuichi	Cosmology, Dark Energy, Gravitational Lens, Gravitational Waves
Meteorology	YATAGAI, Akiyo
	ISHIDA, Sachinobu	Land-atmosphere Interaction, Local Meteorology, Heat, Water and Carbon Cycle
Geology and Petrology	ORIHASHI, Yuji	Studies of igneous petrology, radioisotope chronology, geology and earth dynamics.
	HORIUCHI, Kazuho	Paleoclimatology, Geochronology, Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Ice Core, Sediments, Tree Rings, Relation between Celestial Phenomena and Global Climate
	NEMOTO, Naoki	Assessment of Marine Environment and Reconstruction of Paleoenvironment based on Foraminifer
	SASAKI, Minoru	Geology and Petrology of Arc Volcanoes
Biogeochemistry	KAJITA, Hiroto	Quaternary palaeoenvironments and Biogeochemical cycles in earth surface
Seismology	MAEDA, Takuto	Theoretical and computational studies on seismic and tsunami wave propagation, estimations of heterogeneous earth structure and earthquake rupture process based on seismogram records, and development of real-time tsunami forecasting method
	HIRANO, Shiro	Exploring physical processes of earthquakes based on rheology and fracture mechanics with mathematical and numerical modelings.

Electronics and Information Technology

Field of Research	Staff	Research Activities
Electronics Engineering	IMAI, Masashi	Research and Development of Next-generation Asynchronous Circuits and System-on-Chips based on Network-on-Chip for Dependable Computer Systems
	KANAMOTO, Toshiki	Research on Semiconductor Device Modeling and Application of Semiconductors to Embedded Systems
	KUROKAWA, Atsushi	Research on the high-performance and high-reliability design technology (such as low-power, low-EMC, variation-aware high-quality communications, etc.) of semiconductor integrated circuits
	KOBAYASHI, Yasuyuki	Research on Green Devices based on Semiconductors
	NAKAZAWA, Hideki	Heteroepitaxy, Preparation of Semiconductor Thin Films Using Plasma Processes, Structure and Properties of Functional Thin Films of Carbon and Related Materials and Their Applications
	WATANABE, Ryosuke	Research on Photovoltaics and Surface Devices; Surface Modification and Treatment to Improve the Functionality of the Devices
	ASADA, Harumi	Research on electromagnetic metamaterials and metasurfaces
Electronics and Computer Engineering	ICHIJO, Kenji	Multiprocessor Systems, Reconfigurable Systems, Computer Networks, Wavelet Analysis and its Applications
	NARITA, Akiko	Dynamic Load Balancing for Multi-processor System, Embedded System Software, Computer Network
Information Engineering	ZENIYA, Tsutomu	Medical Image Processing and Computed Tomography
	MIZUTA, Satoshi	Computational Analysis of Genome Sequences, and Development of the Analytical Algorithms
	OZAKI, Sho	Deep learning and its medical applications
	FUJIMOTO, Kenji	Development of methods for processing and analyzing biomedical data, including microscopic images and health-checkup records
	YANG YIFEI	Analysis and optimization of problems such as new energy and UAV path planning based on information science technologies like evolutionary computation or reinforcement learning.
Computational Engineering and Science	TANEDA, Akito	Soft Computing, Evolutionary Algorithm, Nucleic Acid Sequence Analysis, Nanomaterials Simulation
	OKAZAKI, Isao	Study Algorithm, Software Implementation and Their Applications in a Field of Computational Science for Atoms, Molecules and Biomolecules

Mechanical Science and Engineering

Field of Research	Staff	Research Activities
Mechanical and Intelligent Material Systems	SASAGAWA, Kazuhiko	Development of functional and reliability evaluation method of micro- and nano-material systems, Biomechanical study on functional evaluation of medical and welfare devices
	SATO, Hiroyuki	Deformation characteristics of crystalline materials at high temperatures. Strengthening, processing and life prediction of high performance structural materials.
	FUJISAKI, Kazuhiro	Characterization of mechanical properties of biological tissue Mechanical design in biomedical engineering
	MINETA, Takahiro	Improvement in mechanical properties of structural metallic materials based on structure control
	MIURA, Kotaro	Study of stress and deformation for the industrial and biological materials.
Thermal Fluid Engineering of Various Systems	SHIROTA, Minori	Fluid mechanics and heat and mass transfer by flows containing bubbles, drops, or particles.
	TORIKAI, Hiroyuki	Science of firefighting and combustion engineering
	OKABE, Takahiro	Study of heat transfer phenomena in biological tissues Accurate measurement of thermophysical properties and its application to medical diagnosis
	YAMAZAKI, Takuya	Combustion phenomena and heat/mass transfer in porous media
	MIYAGAWA, Taimei	Study of computational biological fluid dynamics
Instrument and Control Engineering	NAKAMURA, Masayuki	Intelligent information processing in sensing and control systems using machine learning and optimization
	SAITO, Hiroyuki	Seismoelectric effect, Acoustic logging, Geometric correction of satellite images, Retrieval of synthetic aperture radar images.
Medical System Engineering	OKA, Kazuhiko	Optical metrology and its biomedical application, Optical polarimetry, Optical manipulation
	SAGAWA, Koichi	Body-mounted biomechanical analysis system Quantitative evaluation of sense
	HANADA, Yasutaka	Laser processing, µ-TAS, Biophotonic measurement
	CHEN, Xiaoshuai	Surgery assistant system, Surgery simulator, Virtual reality (VR), Biomechanics, Numerical calculation
	MORIWAKI, Takeshi	Biomechanics of cardiovascular tissue Development of measurement instrument for medical device design
	YANO, Tetsuya	Study on the Computer-Aided Design and Assessment of Cardiovascular Devices
	WANG, SenTong	Biomechanical Analysis of Human Motion and Joint Mechanics Based on Experimental Measurements and Simulation
	OHTAKE, Mao	Development of novel biosensing technology using centrifugal force
	YAMADA, Sohei

Sustainable Energy

Field of Research	Staff	Research Activities
Advanced Energy Materials	ITAKA, Kenji	Semiconductor-based advanced energy materials (e.g. solar cells, thermoelectrics, capacitors).
	CHISAKA, Mitsuharu	Study on energy storage/conversion materials for electrochemical devices
	IM, Hojun	Development and applications of next-generation solar energy materials
	NISHIYAMA, Naoto	Study on the creation of photo-functional materials for the effective use of solar energy.
Energy Conversion Engineering	KOBAYASHI, Fumihisa	Developments of the energy conversion process from plant and/or animal biomass and bioprocess using novel microorganism in order to keep the environment
	SASAKI, Kazuya	Research on devices and materials for energy conversion and resource recovery
	YOSHIDA, Akihiro	Developing novel catalysts and systems for biomass conversion, energy storage and lowering energy consumption of current processes
Geothermal Engineering	IOKA, Seiichiro	Hydrology and geochemistry of geothermal systems.