SUMMER WINTER PROGRAM List of Labs and Research Topics

Name(First/Last)Tamas Kalman

Department	Mathematics
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Topology and Combinatorics
Research Topics	Knot theory Hypergraph invariants
Period	Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U2 / U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.math.titech.ac.jp/~kalman/

Name(First/Last)Tomoki Kawahira

Department	Mathematics
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Dynamical Systems, Complex Analysis
Research Topics	Dynamics in one or several complex variables Teichmuller theory Beltrami equation
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U2 / U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Applicants must be fluent in English, French, or Japanese.
Website	http://www.math.titech.ac.jp/~kawahira/

Name(First/Last)Satoshi Naito

Department	Mathematics
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	representation theory of quantum groups
Research Topics	level-zero extremal weight modules over quantum affine algebras specialization of Macdonald polynomials explicit realization of crystal bases in terms of Lakshmibai-Seshadri pahhs
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019
Year of Study	Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Applicants should have considerable knowledge of the representation theory of semi-simple Lie algebras over the complex numbers.
Website

Name(First/Last)Yuichiro Taguchi

Department	Mathematics
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	Number Theory
Research Topics	Galois representations Ramification Theory Drinfeld modules
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U2 / U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Enough knowledge in mathematics (especially in algebra and number theory) in case of graduate students.
Website	http://www.math.titech.ac.jp/~taguchi/

Name(First/Last)Toru Hirahara

Department	Physics
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Experimental surface physics
Research Topics	Surface/interface Topological insulators Superconductivity
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.surfnano.phys.titech.ac.jp/indexeng.html

Name(First/Last)Osamu Jinnouchi

Department	Physics
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	High Energy Particle Physics
Research Topics	Beyond the Standard Model search with LHC-ATLAS experiment
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Interest in Particle Physics
Website	http://www-hep.phys.titech.ac.jp/jlab/index_e.html

Name(First/Last)Hideto Kanamori

Department	Physics
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Molecular Spectroscopy
Research Topics	Laser and microwave spectroscopy of molecules Fundamental physics using molecular spectroscopy
Period	Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019
Year of Study	Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Quantum Mechanics for Atoms and Molecules is necessary for the program.
Website	http://www.molec.ap.titech.ac.jp/E-index.html

Name(First/Last)Nobuyuki Kawai

Department	Physics
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	Observational Astrophysics
Research Topics	X-ray and optical observations of black holes Gamma-ray bursts and electromagnetic emission of gravitational wave sources Instrumentation for astronomical satellites
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U2 / U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Communication in Japanese or English and Background in basic physics
Website	http://www.hp.phys.titech.ac.jp/

Name(First/Last)Hidekazu Tanaka

Department	Physics
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	Quantum magnetism
Research Topics	Low-dimensional spin systems Frustrated spin systems Quantum phase transitions
Period	Third Quarter - September to November 2019
Year of Study	Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Applicants must have completed coursework in Physics prior to starting the program.
Website	http://www.lee.phys.titech.ac.jp/index.html

Name(First/Last)Gaku Fukuhara

Department	Chemistry
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	analytical chemistry
Research Topics	chemical sensors supramolecular chemistry photochemistry
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.chemistry.titech.ac.jp/~okada/index.html

Name(First/Last)Osamu Ishitani

Department	Chemistry
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	photochemistry
Research Topics	photocatalytic CO2 reduction photochemistry of transition metal complexes
Period	Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Applicants should do experiments in the lab. They should have interest in photochemistry.
Website	http://www.chemistry.titech.ac.jp/~ishitani/en/index_en.html

Name(First/Last)Nobuharu Iwasawa

Department	Chemistry
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	Organic Chemistry
Research Topics	transition metal complex CO3 fixation
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.chemistry.titech.ac.jp/~iwasawa/index.html

Name(First/Last)Fumitaka Kudo

Department	Chemistry
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Natural Product Chemistry
Research Topics	Biosynthesis of natural products Mechanistic enzymology Protein structural analysis
Period	Third Quarter - September to November 2019
Year of Study	U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Basic organic chemistry and biochemistry
Website	http://www.chemistry.titech.ac.jp/~eguchi/

Name(First/Last)Kazuhiko Maeda

Department	Chemistry
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Heterogeneous photocatalysis
Research Topics	Artificial photosynthesis Nanomaterials Mixed anion compounds
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U2 / U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.chemistry.titech.ac.jp/~ishitani/en/index_en.html

Name(First/Last)Ken Ohmori

Department	Chemistry
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Organic Synthesis
Research Topics	Natural Product Synthesis Development of New Synthetic Method
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Applicants must have basic knowledge of organic chemistry and some experience in organic synthesis.
Website	http://www.org-synth.chem.sci.titech.ac.jp/suzukilab/?page_id=31

Name(First/Last)Yasuhiro Ohshima

Department	Chemistry
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	Physical Chemistry
Research Topics	Laser Spectroscopy of Gas-phase Molecules Laser Control of Molecular Motion
Period	Second Quarter - June to August 2019
Year of Study	U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Applicants must have completed coursework in fundamental physical chemistry prior to starting the program.
Website	http://www.chemistry.titech.ac.jp/~ohshima/index_e.html

Name(First/Last)Hidehiro Uekusa

Department	Chemistry
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Crystallography
Research Topics	Pharmaceutical crystals structure Photoreactive cobalt complex, synthesis and structure Inclusion crystals structure
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U2 / U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.chemistry.titech.ac.jp/~uekusa/

Name(First/Last)Shigeru Ida

Department	Earth and Planetary Sciences
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	Astrophysics, Planetary Physics
Research Topics	Formation of exoplanets Formation of satellites
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.geo.titech.ac.jp/lab/ida/

Name(First/Last)Hideko Nomura

Department	Earth and Planetary Sciences
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Astronomy, Planetary Science
Research Topics	star and planet formation protoplanetary disks
Period	Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.geo.titech.ac.jp/lab/nomura/index.html

Name(First/Last)Satoshi Okuzumi

Department	Earth and Planetary Sciences
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Theoretical Astrophysics
Research Topics	Planet formation Protoplanetary disks
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019
Year of Study	U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites	Applicants must be able to carry out research in English or Japanese. Knowledge of university-level physics and mathematics is also needed.
Website	http://www.geo.titech.ac.jp/~sokuzumi/index.html

Name(First/Last)Bun'ei Sato

Department	Earth and Planetary Sciences
Job Title	Associate Professor
Field of Study	Observational Astronomy
Research Topics	Extrasolar planets Stellar astronomy
Period	Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U3 / U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.geo.titech.ac.jp/lab/sato/Home.html

Name(First/Last)Yuichiro Ueno

Department	Earth and Planetary Sciences
Job Title	Professor
Field of Study	Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry
Research Topics	Earth's Early Atmosphere Biogeochemical Cycling Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Period	First Quarter - April to June 2019 ／ Second Quarter - June to August 2019 ／ Third Quarter - September to November 2019 ／ Fourth Quarter - November 2019 to February 2020
Year of Study	U4 / Master's / Doctoral
Requirements/ Prerequisites
Website	http://www.geo.titech.ac.jp/lab/ueno/index.html