Member list

Center Director

Administrative Director

Deputy Administrative Director

Nanometrology

Takeshi Fukuma	Center Director Professor, PI	Thin film/Surface and interfacial physical properties	Ph.D. in Engineering
Kazuki Miyata	Associate Professor	Thin film/Surface and interfacial physical properties	Ph.D. in Engineering
Ayhan Yurtsever	Assistant Professor	SPM, NC-AFM, KPFM, LLPS, Exosomes, Structural and Nanomechanical properties of biomaterials	Ph.D.
Takehiko Ichikawa	Assistant Professor	Biophysics, Bioimaging	Ph.D. in Engineering
Alexis Borowiak	Assistant Professor	Scanning Probe Microscopy, Biophysics, Cell Mechanics	Ph.D. in Micro & Nanotechnologies
Keisuke Miyazawa	Assistant Professor	Scanning probe microscopy	Ph.D. in Engineering

Toshio Ando	Distinguished Professor of Kanazawa University	Biophysics / Nanobiology	Ph.D. in Science

Noriyuki Kodera	Professor, PI	Biophysics	Ph.D. in Science
Mikihiro Shibata	Professor	Biophysics	Ph.D. in Engineering
Shinji Watanabe	Associate Professor	Nanoscience	Ph.D. in Science
Clemens M. Franz	Associate Professor, Jr. PI	Mechanics of cell adhesion and migration	Ph.D.
Hiroki Konno	Associate Professor	Molecular Metrology, biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics	Ph.D. in Science
Takahiro Nakayama	Associate Professor	Biophysical Chemistry, AFM analysis of Protein aggregation/assembly into fibrils	Ph.D. in Science
Ken’ichi Umeda	Associate Professor	Applied physics, Biophysics, Electronics, Atomic force microscopy, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Optical tweezers	Doctor of Engineering
Kien Xuan Ngo	Assistant Professor	Biochemistry, Biophysics	Ph.D. in Engineering
Shingo Fukuda	Assistant Professor	Biophysics	Ph.D. in Science
Linhao Sun	Assistant Professor	Development of SICM and SICM application for biological imaging	Ph.D.
Djamel Eddine Chafai	Assistant Professor	Bioelectricity, Biophysics, Electrophysics	Doctor of Science and Technology
Tareg Omer Mohammed	Postdoctoral Fellow	HS-AFM imaging of proteins, Bioimaging, Molecular Cell Biology	Ph.D. (Medical Sciences)
Steven J McArthur	Postdoctoral Fellow	Single-particle structural virology, High-speed AFM, Virology, Microbiology, Biochemistry	Ph.D. (Microbiology and Immunology)

Yuri E. Korchev	Professor, PI	Biophysics	Ph.D.
Yanjun Zhang	Associate Professor	Biophysics	Ph.D.
Yasufumi Takahashi	Professor Nagoya University Cross Appointed	Bioelectrochemistry	Ph. D. (Doctor of Philosophy)

Life Science

Atsushi Hirao	Professor, PI	Stem cell self-renewal / Hematopoietic stem cell / Hematology / Experimental pathology	M.D., Ph.D. (Doctor of Medicine)
Yuko Tadokoro	Assistant Professor	Stem cell biology	Ph.D., Doctor of Pharmacy
Masaya Ueno	Assistant Professor	Cancer biology, Biosensor	Doctor of Medical Science, Master of Pharmacy
Sumiko Takao	Assistant Professor	Leukemia stem cells, Hematological malignancies	M.D., Ph.D.(Doctor of Medicine)

Masanobu Oshima	Professor, PI	Experimental pathology / Pathological medical chemistry	D.V.M., Ph.D. (Doctor of Vaterinary Medicine)
Hiroko Oshima	Associate Professor	Tumor biology	Doctor of Pharmacy
Mizuho Nakayama	Associate Professor	Tumor biology	Doctor of Agriculture, Ph.D.
Dong Wang	Assistant Professor	Cell biology	Ph.D. in Cell Biology

Seiji Yano	Professor, PI	Respiratory organ internal medicine	M.D., Ph.D. (Doctor of Medicine)
Shinji Takeuchi	Associate Professor
Koji Fukuda	Assistant Professor	Molecular oncology	Ph.D.
Sachiko Arai	Assistant Professor	Molecular oncology	Ph.D. (Medical Science)

Hideko Isozaki	Professor, PI	Genome Biology	Ph.D. (Doctor of Medicine)
Katsuya Sakai	Associate Professor	Biochemistry, Medical Biology	Ph.D. (Medical Science)
Neval Yilmaz	Assistant Professor	Molecular self-assembly, AFM imaging/spectroscopy, pore-forming proteins/peptides, lipid membranes, plant cell wall	Ph.D. (Applied Chemistry)

Rikinari Hanayama	Professor, PI	Cell biology / Immunology	M.D., Ph.D. (Doctor of Medicine)
Kazutaka Matoba	Professor	Organic Chemistry, Catalytic Chemistry, Nano Medicine, MOT	Master of Engineering, MBA
Tomoyoshi Yamano	Associate Professor	Immunology	Doctor of Science
Hironori Kawahara	Assistant Professor
Xiabing Lyu	Assistant Professor	Immunology	Ph.D.(Doctor of Medicine)
Dilireba Bolidong	Assistant Professor	Cell biology, Oncology	M.D., Ph.D. (Doctor of Medicine)

Richard Wong	Professor, PI	NPC	Ph.D. (Doctor of Medicine)
Azuma Taoka	Professor	Molecular microbiology	Ph.D.
Masaharu Hazawa	Associate Professor	Molecular cancer cell biology, Genetics/Chromosome dynamics, Radiation biology	PhD (Life Science)
Kee Siang Lim	Assistant Professor	Virology, Nanometrology (High-speed atomic force microscopy), Cell biology, Cancer biology, Cancer immunology	PhD in Cancer Biology

Miki Nakajima	Professor, PI	Drug Metabolism / Medical pharmacy / Applied pharmacology	Ph.D. (Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Tatsuki Fukami	Associate Professor	Drug metabolism, toxicology	Ph.D.
Madhu Biyani	Assistant Professor	DNA aptamer technology	Ph.D. in Engineering

Kunio Matsumoto	Professor / Emeritus Professor	General medical chemistry	Ph.D. (Doctor of Science)

Hanae Sato	Associate Professor, Assoc. PI	Cell biology, Molecular biology	Ph.D. in Science
Md Dobirul Islam	Postdoctoral Fellow	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ribozyme, RNA Engineering, Molecular Evolution	Ph.D. in Science

Yusuke Miyanari	Professor	Molecular biology	Ph.D. (Doctor of Life Science)
Pham Quynh Thi Huong	Postdoctoral Fellow	Molecular Biology, Genetics, Genome Editing	Ph.D. in Nanoscience

Takeshi Shimi	Associate Professor	Structure, lamina/lamins, dynamics and functions of the nuclear envelope	Ph.D. in Biology
Yohei Kono	Researcher	Regenerative Therapeutics, Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology

Kyoko Nakagawa-Goto	Professor	Drug development chemistry, Natural medicines, Drug development chemistry	Ph.D.
Yukako Fujinaga	Professor
Eishu Hirata	Professor
Makiko Kakikawa	Associate Professor
Ai Harashima	Assistant Professor	Molecular biology, Genome biology	Ph.D. (Medical Science)
Mika Takarada	Assistant Professor
Seika Kiya	Assistant Professor	Molecular Neurobiology, Neuroscience, Genetics	Ph.D. (Biology)
Chieri Fujino	Assistant Professor	Drug metabolism, Toxicology, Pharmacokinetics	Ph.D.

Supramolecular Chemistry

Shigehisa Akine	Professor, PI	Supramolecular Chemistry / Coordination Chemistry	Ph.D. (Doctor of Science)
Hideki Furutachi	Associate Professor	Coordination chemistry, inorganic chemistry	Ph.D. in Science
Mihoko Yamada	Assistant Professor	Coordination Chemistry, Photochemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry	Ph.D. in Science
Sk Asif Ikbal	Assistant Professor	Supramolecular chemistry, Coordination chemistry	Ph.D.

Tomoki Ogoshi	Professor, PI Kyoto University Cross Appointed	Polymer chemistry / Supramolecular Chemistry	Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering)
Dehui Tuo	Assistant Professor	Supramolecular Chemistry	Doctor of Science

Katsuhiro Maeda	Professor, PI	Polymer chemistry	Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering)
Tatsuya Nishimura	Associate Professor	Polymer, textile materials	Ph.D. in Engineering
Daisuke Hirose	Associate Professor	Polymer chemistry	Ph.D. in Science
Cheng Xiao Xiao	Assistant Professor	Polymer chemistry, Supramolecular chemistry	Ph.D. in Engineering
Abilesh Kumar Ravikumar	Postdoctoral Fellow	Polymer Chemistry	Ph.D. in Nanoscience

Mark J. MacLachlan	Professor, PI (The University of British Columbia)	Supramolecular Chemistry / Nanomaterials chemistry	Ph.D.
Saugata Sahu	Assistant Professor	Physical Organic Chemistry, Molecular Photo-switches, Supramolecular Chemistry, Fluorescent probe, Nano-materials	Ph.D. in Chemistry

Satoshi Arai	Professor	Chemical Biology / Biophysics	Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering)
Cong Quang Vu	Assistant Professor	Bioimaging, genetically-encoded biosensors, thermal biology, cell biology.	Ph.D. in Life Science
Takeru Yamazaki	Assistant Professor	Chemical Biology	Ph.D. in Nanoscience

Hitoshi Asakawa	Professor	Surface and interfacial science, Nanomaterial chemistry, Physical chemistry	Doctor of Engineering

Computational Science

Adam S. Foster	Professor, PI (Aalto University)	Computational physics	Ph.D.
Romain Amyot	Assistant Professor	Computational Biology	Ph.D.

Carsten Beta	Professor, PI (University of Potsdam)	Biophysics, Pattern formation	Dr. rer. nat. (Doctor of Natural Sciences)
Das Tamoghna Kanti	Assistant Professor	Non-equilibrium Physics, Liquid States Theory, Microscale Mechanics	Ph.D. in Physical Sciences

Satoru Okuda	Associate Professor	Biomechanics / Biophysics / Developmental Biology	Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering)
Shuhei Horiguchi	Assistant Professor	Theoretical Biology, Systems Biology, Control Theory	Ph.D. (Information Science and Technology)
Shunya Kuroda	Project Researcher	Evolutionary morphology, Comparative embryology	Ph.D. (Doctor of Science)

Holger Flechsig	Associate Professor	Theoretical/Computational biophysics, Cellular dynamics, AFM image analysis, Molecular dynamics, Molecular motors, Protein allostery	Dr. rer. nat. (Doctor of Natural Sciences)

Department of Research Support

Wei Weilin	Technical Specialist	Organic synthesis, Catalytic asymmetric reactions, Atomic Force Microscopy	Ph.D. (Doctor of Science)
Yosuke Kikuchi	Technical Staff	Biophysics, Microbiology	Ph.D. (Doctor of Science)
Kentaro Nagano	Technical Staff	Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering	Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering)
Masayoshi Okamoto	Technical Assistant	Physical Engineering	M.S. (Master of Engineering)
Yuki Kunioka	Assistant Professor	Biophysics	Ph.D. (Doctor of Science)