Directors Program Director Tetsuo Hatsuda Particle and Nuclear Physics Deputy Program Director Takashi Tsuboi Topology, Dynamical Systems Deputy Program Director Catherine Beauchemin Virophysics Deputy Program Director (concurrent) Shigehiro Nagataki Extreme Universe Deputy Program Director (concurrent) Takemasa Miyoshi Data Assimilation Scientific Advisors Senior Advisor Shigefumi Mori Mathematics, Algebraic Geometry Senior Advisor Yoh Iwasa Mathematical Biology Senior Advisor Masato Wakayama Mathematics Scientific Advisor Makoto Kobayashi Theoretical Particle Physics Research Consultants Research Consultant Koichi Yazaki Nuclear and Hadron Physics Research Consultant Kenji Fukaya Geometry Research Consultant Takeo Inami Vice Chief Scientist Vice Chief Scientist / Coordinator (concurrent) Tsukasa Tada Theoretical Particle Physics Researchers Senior Research Scientist Gen Kurosawa Theoretical Biology Senior Research Scientist Takumi Doi Computational Particle and Nuclear Physics Senior Research Scientist Jeffrey Fawcett Genome Evolution Senior Research Scientist Yuki Yokokura Theoretical Physics (quantum gravity, black hole, thermodynamics) Senior Research Scientist Ching-Kai Chiu Condensed Matter Physics Senior Research Scientist Ryo Namba Theoretical Cosmology, Gravitational Theory Research Scientist Ryosuke Iritani Mathematical Biology, Evolutionary Ecology Research Scientist Keita Mikami Mathematics, Analysis, Partial Differential Equations Research Scientist Yalong Cao Algebraic Geometry, Mathematical Physics Special Postdoctoral Researcher Kengo Kikuchi Elementary Particle Physics Special Postdoctoral Researcher Takeru Yokota Theoretical Physics, Many-body Problems Special Postdoctoral Researcher Akira Harada Physics, Space Science Special Postdoctoral Researcher Kazuki Kannaka Mathematics Special Postdoctoral Researcher Eiji Inoue Mathematics Special Postdoctoral Researcher Yingying Xu Mathematical Sciences Special Postdoctoral Researcher Hidetoshi Taya Physics Special Postdoctoral Researcher Tomoya Naito Quantum Many-Body Problems (Computational), Nuclear Physics, Atomic Physics, Condensed Matter Physics Special Postdoctoral Researcher Yuto Moriwaki Conformal Field Theory, Representation Theory Special Postdoctoral Researcher Taketo Sano Mathematics, Topology Special Postdoctoral Researcher José Said Gutiérrez-Ortega Evolutionary Biology, Ecology Special Postdoctoral Researcher Christy Koji Kelly Gravity, Lorentzian Geometry, Lorentzian Optimal Transport Theory, Discrete Curvature Special Postdoctoral Researcher Thomas Hitchcock Evolution, Ecology, Genetics Special Postdoctoral Researcher Che-Yu Chen Special Postdoctoral Researcher Zixia Wei Special Postdoctoral Researcher Seishiro Ono Postdoctoral Researcher Shingo Gibo Theoretical Biology, Nonlinear Oscillation, Acoustic Engineering Postdoctoral Researcher Yantao Wu Physics, Chemistry Postdoctoral Researcher Congcong Le Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Sciences Postdoctoral Researcher Jizhou Li Chaos and Dynamical Systems, Virophysics Postdoctoral Researcher Puttarak Jai-akson Theoretical Physics, Classical/Quantum Gravity Senior Research Scientist (concurrent) Yuji Sugita Theoretical Chemistry Senior Research Scientist (concurrent) Ryusuke Hamazaki Statistical Mechanics Senior Research Scientist (concurrent) Akinori Tanaka Machine Learning, Mathematical Physics Senior Research Scientist (concurrent) Makiko Nio Quantum Electrodynamics, Precision Physics Research Scientist (concurrent) Shigenori Otsuka Data Assimilation Research Scientist (concurrent) Gilles Ferrand Astrophysics Research Scientist (concurrent) Hajime Sotani Nuclear Astrophysics Special Postdoctoral Researcher (concurrent) Kyosuke Adachi Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics Postdoctoral Researcher (concurrent) Ken Furukawa Mathematics Postdoctoral Researcher (concurrent) Yuta Sekino Ultracold atoms Postdoctoral Researcher (concurrent) Shun Ohishi Researchers (RIKEN-Berkeley Fellow) Postdoctoral Researcher Ermal Rrapaj Nuclear Astrophysics, Quantum Computing Postdoctoral Researcher Maria Manuela Saez Neutrino Physics, Astroparticles Senior Visiting Scientists Senior Visiting Scientist Wick C. Haxton Nuclear Astrophysics Senior Visiting Scientist Gordon Baym Quantum Many-body Theory Senior Visiting Scientist Hiroshi Suito Applied Mathematics, Computational Fluid Dynamics Senior Visiting Scientist Hideaki Aoyama Elementary Particle Theory, Mathematical Linguistics, Econophysics Senior Visiting Scientist Yasuyuki Kawahigashi Operator Algebras Senior Visiting Scientist Takashi Sakajo Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Fluid Dynamics) Senior Visiting Scientist Hidetoshi Nishimori Statistical Mechanics, Quantum Computation Senior Visiting Scientist Yoshiyuki Inoue High Energy Astrophysics Senior Visiting Scientist Motoko Kotani Geometry Senior Visiting Scientist Atsushi Mochizuki Theoretical Biology Senior Visiting Scientist (concurrent) Kazuyuki Aihara Mathematical Engineering Visiting Scientists (SUURI-COOL) Visiting Scientist Masato Itami Statistical Physics Visiting Scientist Natsuki Tomida Visiting Scientists (iTHEMS OB/OG) Visiting Scientist Kazuo Fujikawa Particle theory, Quantum science Visiting Scientist Ade Irma Suriajaya Analytic Number Theory Visiting Scientist Nagisa Hiroshima Dark Matter, High Energy Astrophysics Visiting Scientist Tomoki Ozawa Condensed Matter Physics, AMO Physics, Topological Insulator Visiting Scientist Yoshimasa Hidaka Theoretical Physics Visiting Scientist Hokuto Konno Mathematics, Geometry and Topology Visiting Scientist Yosuke Kubota Mathematics, Index Theorem Visiting Scientist Yuka Kotorii Mathematics, Topology Visiting Scientist Kenta Sato Mathematics, Algebraic Geometry Visiting Scientist Genki Ouchi Mathematics, Algebraic Geometry Visiting Scientist Shun Furusawa Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics Visiting Scientist Yuya Kusuki Physics Visiting Scientist Hiroyasu Miyazaki Arithmetic and Algebraic Geometry Visiting Scientist Masashi Tachikawa Cell Biology, Biophysics Visiting Scientist Masato Taki Mathematical Physics, Machine Learning Visiting Scientist Yukimi Goto Mathematics Visiting Scientist Masaru Hongo Particle and Nuclear Physics, Nonequilibrium physics Visiting Scientist Takashi Okada Mathematical Biology Visiting Scientist Kanato Goto High Energy Theory, String Theory, Quantum Gravity Visiting Scientist Masahiro Nozaki Elementary Particle Physics, Quantum Information Visiting Scientist Naomi Tsuji Astrophysics Visiting Scientist Michiya Mori Mathematics, Physics Visiting Scientist Toshihiro Ota Mathematical Physics, Machine Learning Visiting Scientist Enrico Rinaldi Particle and Nuclear Physics, Machine Learning Visiting Scientist Don Warren Cosmic Rays, Gamma-ray Bursts, Virology Visiting Scientist Yongjia Huang High Energy Astrophysics, Gravitational Wave Astrophysics Visiting Scientists (Academia) Visiting Scientist Kentaro Takami Theoretical Astrophysics Visiting Scientist Shinya Wanajo Cosmo-nuclear Science Visiting Scientist Koutarou Kyutoku Gravitational-wave Astronomy Visiting Scientist Hiroshi Kokubu Dynamical Systems and Applications Visiting Scientist Tetsuo Hyodo Physics Visiting Scientist Shingo Iwami Mathematical Sciences, Life Sciences Visiting Scientist Yuji Hirono Visiting Scientist Yuki Kamiya Physics Visiting Scientist Hiroshi Suzuki Visiting Scientist Motoi Tachibana Visiting Scientist Faisal Etminan Visiting Scientist Noriyoshi Ishii Visiting Scientist Wataru Souma Visiting Scientist Abhijit Chakraborty Visiting Scientist Sinya Aoki Visiting Scientist Kenji Sasaki Visiting Scientist Atsushi Nakamura Visiting Scientist Takashi Inoue Visiting Scientist Yoji Ohashi Visiting Scientist Haozhao Liang Visiting Scientist Tomoya Hayata Visiting Scientist Yoichi Ikeda Hadron and Nuclear Physics Visiting Scientist Kazuya Mameda Visiting Scientist Yuji Sakai Theoretical Biology Visiting Scientist Masazumi Honda Visiting Scientist Shunsuke Kobayashi Applied mathematics Visiting Scientist Christian Quirouette Virophyiscs Visiting Scientist Koya Sakakibara Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Fluid Dynamics Visiting Scientist Hiroki Kodama Topology, Dynamical Systems Visiting Scientists (Industry) Visiting Scientist Hirotaka Irie Quantum Computation, Mathematical Physics Visiting Scientist Shinya Gongyo Physics Visiting Scientist Shoichiro Tsutsui Visiting Scientist Yuta Kikuchi Elementary Particle Physics Visiting Scientist Shunji Matsuura Quantum Computing Student Trainee Intern Junior Research Associate / Student Trainee (concurrent) Hikaru Sakakibara Theoretical Physics Junior Research Associate / Student Trainee (concurrent) Yixin Guo Physics Junior Research Associate / Student Trainee (concurrent) Daiki Kumakura Microbial Evolutionary Ecology, Genome Evolution, Mathematical Biology Junior Research Associate / Student Trainee (concurrent) Tingyu Zhang Student Trainee Xun Liu Theoretical High Energy Physics, String Theory Student Trainee Yan Lyu Physics Student Trainee Liang Zhang Student Trainee Chuanxin Wang Student Trainee Mizuki Oikawa Mathematics, Physics Staff Technical Staff I Iriko Kaneko Assistant Chikako Ota Assistant Hitomi Wada Assistant Tomoko Iwanami Assistant Yuko Kawatsu Assistant Nobuko Tanabe Visitors