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Shuichi Hiraoka, Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
Hiraoka Lab builds on supramolecular chemistry, coordination chemistry, and synthetic organic chemistry to study self-assembly, the process by which molecules come together to form structures. The lab's guiding question is "What governs temporal organization?" Rather than looking only at what exists at a given moment, such as structure, state, and equilibrium, the lab focuses on how organization arises over time. The lab aims not only to explain phenomena but also to find the principles behind them and derive new concepts.
Fumitaka Mafune, Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Mafune Lab studies the structures and reactions of clusters, which are small groups of a few atoms. Using a unique method that rapidly probes reactivity with gas-phase clusters, the lab is working on designing catalysts that do not use platinum or rhodium. The lab also determines cluster structures from their vibrational spectra, using light from an infrared free-electron laser. A distinguishing feature of the lab is that it uses methods from both physics and chemistry to explore chemical phenomena with lasers.
Masanari Okuno, Associate Professor
Chemistry & Catalysis0 student voices
The Okuno Lab uses molecular spectroscopy to clarify the structure of molecules in liquids and at interfaces. In solutions and at interfaces, molecules exist in a disordered, jumbled “mess,” and their structures and behavior are still largely unknown. Mainly using laser spectroscopy to capture molecular vibrations, the lab investigates molecular structure, intermolecular interactions, and chirality. The lab develops its own spectroscopic instruments that did not exist before, aiming to gain new insights into molecular structure.
Keisuke Wakasugi, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Wakasugi Lab studies how to discover and create proteins with new functions. The lab searches for new functions of natural proteins involved in diseases such as cancer, stroke, neurodegenerative diseases, and infectious diseases, as well as in aging and lifespan, and works to clarify the mechanisms that regulate them. It also aims to create new proteins with even better functions and to contribute to medicine, including the development of drugs to treat disease. The lab also conducts basic research that focuses on how proteins acquired their functions over the course of biological evolution.
Haruo Saito, Professor
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Saito Lab conducts physics experiments using high-performance digital measuring instruments and data analysis methods. The lab studies three subjects: digital audio equipment, reference signal sources, and positronium. For audio equipment and reference signal sources, the lab uses measurement techniques it developed in-house to measure timing deviations and phase noise. For positronium, the lab conducts experiments to measure how it interacts with gas molecules.
Masafumi Oizumi, Associate Professor
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The Oizumi Lab studies how to use mathematics to bridge neural activity in the brain and the subjective experiences people have. The lab approaches the problem of consciousness by dividing it into three pillars: the quality of consciousness, the level of consciousness, and the location of consciousness. Starting from integrated information theory, which holds that the essence of consciousness lies in "intrinsic information," the lab aims to make theories of consciousness experimentally testable. Using mathematical tools such as information geometry, control theory, and thermodynamics, and collaborating with experimental researchers, the lab connects theory with data.
Takumi Kinoshita, Lecturer
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Kinoshita Lab studies light energy conversion and renewable energy. Its areas of expertise are energy-related chemistry, photochemistry, and electrochemistry.
Seishiro Aoki, Associate Professor
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The Aoki Lab studies interactions between plants and bacteria and fungi from the standpoint of evolutionary biology. The research keywords listed for the lab include rhizobia, legumes, Agrobacterium, and plants of the genus Nicotiana (tobacco).
Yudai Suwa, Associate Professor
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The Suwa Lab studies the gravitational collapse that massive stars undergo at the end of their lives, and the explosions that accompany it. The lab works on the mechanisms of supernova explosions and gamma-ray bursts, as well as the neutrinos and gravitational waves emitted by compact objects such as neutron stars. These objects host physics at energies and densities beyond the reach of experiments on Earth. By deepening understanding of these astronomical objects, the lab aims to approach the world of extreme physics.
Kazuhiro Ueda, Professor
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Ueda Lab studies the mechanisms of human cognitive activity, focusing on higher-order cognition such as judgment, thinking, and creativity. The lab also studies how human cognition and behavior affect the surrounding society and artifacts. Depending on the theme, the lab chooses among methods such as psychological experiments, brain measurement, behavioral measurement, simulations using computers and robots, and participant observation. Much of the research bridges the humanities and sciences, so the lab welcomes applicants from humanities backgrounds as well as those from science backgrounds.
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