Center Director
| Takeshi Fukuma | Center Director Professor, PI | Thin film/Surface and interfacial physical properties | Ph.D. in Engineering |
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Administrative Director
| Masafumi Iwami | Administrative Director Professor | Insect Molecular Biology | Ph.D. (Doctor of Science) |
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Assistant Administrative Director
| Kyoko Nakagawa-Goto | Assistant Administrative Director Associate Professor | Drug development chemistry, Natural medicines, Drug development chemistry | Ph.D. (Doctor of Pharmacy) |
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Nanometrology
| Takeshi Fukuma | Center Director Professor, PI | Thin film/Surface and interfacial physical properties | Ph.D. in Engineering |
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| 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 |
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| Noriyuki Kodera | Professor, PI | Biophysics | Ph.D. in Science |
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| 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 |
| Ayumi Sumino | Assistant Professor | Biophysics | Ph.D. in Engineering |
| Kien Xuan Ngo | Assistant Professor | Biochemistry, Biophysics | Ph.D. in Engineering |
| Ken’ichi Umeda | Assistant Professor | Applied physics, Biophysics, Electronics, Atomic force microscopy, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Optical tweezers | Doctor of 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. |
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| 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) |
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| 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 |
| Masanobu Oshima | Professor, PI | Experimental pathology / Pathological medical chemistry | D.V.M., Ph.D. (Doctor of Vaterinary Medicine) |
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| 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) |
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| Shinji Takeuchi | Associate Professor | ||
| Koji Fukuda | Assistant Professor | Molecular oncology | Ph.D. |
| Sachiko Arai | Assistant Professor | Molecular oncology | Ph.D. (Medical Science) |
| Kunio Matsumoto | Professor, PI | General medical chemistry | Ph.D. (Doctor of Science) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Tatsuki Fukami | Associate Professor | Drug metabolism, toxicology | Ph.D. |
| Madhu Biyani | Assistant Professor | DNA aptamer technology | Ph.D. in Engineering |
| Hanae Sato | Associate Professor, Assoc. PI | Cell biology, Molecular biology | Ph.D. in Science |
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| Md Dobirul Islam | Postdoctoral Fellow | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ribozyme, RNA Engineering, Molecular Evolution | Ph.D. in Science |
| Yusuke Miyanari | Associate Professor, Jr. PI | Molecular biology | Ph.D. (Doctor of Life Science) |
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| Takeshi Shimi | Specially Appointed Associate Professor | Structure, lamina/lamins, dynamics and functions of the nuclear envelope | Ph.D. in Biology |
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| Yohei Kono | Researcher | Regenerative Therapeutics, Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology |
| Yukako Fujinaga | Professor | ||
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| Eishu Hirata | Professor | ||
| Kyoko Nakagawa-Goto | Associate Professor | Drug development chemistry, Natural medicines, Drug development chemistry | Ph.D. |
| Makiko Kakikawa | Associate Professor | ||
| Ai Harashima | Assistant Professor | Molecular biology, Genome biology | Ph.D. (Medical Science) |
| Mika Takarada | Assistant Professor |
Supramolecular Chemistry
| Shigehisa Akine | Professor, PI | Supramolecular Chemistry / Coordination Chemistry | Ph.D. (Doctor of Science) |
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| Hideki Furutachi | Associate Professor | Coordination chemistry, inorganic 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) |
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| Dehui Tuo | Assistant Professor | Supramolecular Chemistry | Doctor of Science |
| Katsuhiro Maeda | Professor, PI | Polymer chemistry | Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering) |
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| Tatsuya Nishimura | Associate Professor | Polymer, textile materials | Ph.D. in Engineering |
| Daisuke Hirose | Assistant Professor | Polymer chemistry | Ph.D. in Science |
| Cheng Xiao Xiao | Assistant Professor | Polymer chemistry, Supramolecular chemistry | Ph.D. in Engineering |
| Mark J. MacLachlan | Professor, PI (The University of British Columbia) | Supramolecular Chemistry / Nanomaterials chemistry | Ph.D. |
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| Satoshi Arai | Professor | Chemical Biology / Biophysics | Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering) |
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| 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 |
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Computational Science
| Adam S. Foster | Professor, PI (Aalto University) | Computational physics | Ph.D. |
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| 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) |
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| Das Tamoghna Kanti | Assistant Professor | Non-equilibrium Physics, Liquid States Theory, Microscale Mechanics | Ph.D. in Physical Sciences |
| Akter Lucky | Postdoctoral Fellow | Bioimaging, HS-AFM, Molecular cell biology | Ph.D. in Nanoscience |
| Satoru Okuda | Associate Professor | Biomechanics / Biophysics / Developmental Biology | Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering) |
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| Rei Yagasaki | Assistant Professor | Developmental Biology | Ph.D. (Doctor of Science) |
| Shuhei Horiguchi | Project Researcher | Theoretical Biology, Systems Biology, Control Theory | Ph.D. (Information Science and Technology) |
| Shunya Kuroda | Postdoctoral Fellow | Evolutionary morphology, Comparative embryology | Ph.D. (Doctor of Science) |
| Holger Flechsig | Assistant Professor | Theoretical/Computational biophysics, Cellular dynamics, AFM image analysis, Molecular dynamics, Molecular motors, Protein allostery | Dr. rer. nat. (Doctor of Natural Sciences) |
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| Takashi Sumikama | Assistant Professor | Biophysics, physical chemistry, physiology | Ph.D. in Science |
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Department of Research Support
| Wei Weilin | Senior Technical Staff | Organic synthesis, Catalytic asymmetric reactions, Atomic Force Microscopy | Ph.D. (Doctor of Science) |
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| Masayoshi Okamoto | Assistant | M.S. (Master of Engineering) | |
| Yosuke Kikuchi | Technical Staff | Biophysics, Microbiology | Ph.D. (Doctor of Science) |
| Kentaro Nagano | Technical Staff | Ph.D. (Doctor of Engineering) | |
| Yuki Kunioka | Assistant Professor | Biophysics | Ph.D. (Doctor of Science) |
| Terumi Yamazaki | Assistant Professor | Ph.D. (Doctor of Fisheries Sciences) |