1) Kenji Toma
The shadow of a black hole at thecenter of the galaxy M87, captured by
Event Horizon Telescope

Frontier
Research Institute For
Interdisciplinary
Sciences6

Credit: Hiroya Abe

Microfluidic device for reconstructing
a vascularized tumor model. The
microchannels in the device werevisualized by blue ink.
4) Toshiharu Ichinose
Neurons encoding a memory arelabeled in the Drosophila brain.
Development of a mg-scale pendulumwith the lowest dissipation up to date,consisting of a laser-welded ultra-thinand long silica fiber and mirror.
6) Hiroya Abe
Inspired by Hemoglobin, which carries
oxygen into the whole body, we foundhighly active molecular catalysts forfuel cells.
7) Yuichiro Nakajima

2020.12

A medusa of Cladonema pacificum,
characterized by its small body size(~1cm) and branched tentacles.

7

Devices and Technology5) Nobuyuki Matsumoto

Advanced Basic Science3）Yuji Nashimoto

Life and Environmental Science2) Yuki Suzuki
Schematic drawing of a DNA origami
nanoactuator. The nanoactuator iscapable of undergoing deformation in
response to ionic conditions.

Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences｜東北大学 学際科学フロンティア研究所

Imagesof FRIS achievements

2020

5

Information and Systems

3

Humans and Society

4

Credit: EHT Collaboration

Materials and Energy

1Credit：Ibuki Kawamata

Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University

fris.tohoku.ac.jp

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Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences

OutlineMessage

The Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences (FRIS) was established in April

Established in 2013 through thediscovering novel interdisciplinary

relationships with graduate and2013. It consists of the Managing and Planning Division, the Advanced Interdisciplinary

integration of the Center for

research within the university, anddoctoral students in the Division for

Research Division, and the Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division. The Managing andInterdisciplinary Research (CIR) and

fostering young researchers. To

Interdisciplinary Advanced Research

Planning Division and the Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Division are staffed with 4

the Institute for Synergistic

further these goals, FRIS conducts

and Education (in the Institute forprofessors, 3 associate professors, and a specially appointed associate professor (theInterdisciplinary Research, FRIS aims

programs like the Promoted Program

Promoting Graduate Degree

University Research Administrator), while the Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division is

to pioneer and promote

for Interdisciplinary Research, thePrograms) through academic

staffed with young researchers holding tenure-track positions (51 assistant professors as ofinterdisciplinary study in various

Support Program for Interdisciplinary

courses and research.

April 1, 2020). The faculty members belong to one of the following 6 fields, from the viewpoint

academic ﬁelds through partnerships

Research, the Shoshi Program (aof interdisciplinary research: “Materials and Energy,” “Life and Environments,” “Information

with university faculty and research

mentorship program for young

and Systems,” “Devices and Technology,” “Humans and Society,” and “Advanced Basic

institutions, including the Division forresearchers), the Support Program

Science.”

Interdisciplinary Advanced Research

for International Core forand Education (in the Institute forInterdisciplinary Research, andPromoting Graduate Degree

Support for International

Programs). By working towards the

Collaboration and Presentation inadvancement of knowledge and theInternational Conferences. Assistantcreation of new value throughprofessors in the Creative

support for young researchers, FRISInterdisciplinary Research Division

is committed to its vision for

conduct independent research while

well as the Division for Interdisciplinary Advanced Research and Education in Tohoku

enriching human society.

also receiving various support from a

University. We aim to pioneer and promote interdisciplinary research by collaboration among

FRIS is committed to the following

What We Do
Our objective is to contribute to the enrichment of human society by fostering the work ofyoung researchers through collaboration with each graduate school and research institute, asdifferent fields.

three missions: promoting advanced
interdisciplinary research,

As we continue our work to promote
frontier research in interdisciplinaryscience, we truly appreciate yourencouragement and support.

mentor whom they select from the
Tohoku University faculty. Youngresearchers are able to build strong

How We Do It
While working primarily in their core disciplines, researchers promote interdisciplinary
research through exchange and collaboration with researchers from different fields. To
support these efforts, FRIS has established the Managing and Planning Division to facilitate
cooperation among the six research areas. Additionally, the Managing and Planning Division
provides support for collaboration with schools within Tohoku University, as well as otherResearchers pioneering

new interdisciplinary science
will open the gates touniversities.

the future of advanced research.
Activity of FRIS

221

4.57

6

20

Publicationsin 2019

Publications per
researcher
in 2019

Number of young
researchers
dispatched abroad
for more than one
month
in 2019

Research
events led byyoung researchers
in 2019

Professor Toshiyuki Hayase
Director,

Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences,
Tohoku University
Professor Hayase has been the director of FRIS
since 2018. He is also a member of the Institute of
Fluid Science at Tohoku University, where heconducts research on flow stability, flow control,
flow in living organisms (e.g., blood), its application
to medical engineering, and the integration of flow
simulation and measurement methods.

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FRIS Interviews | Yohei Kawazura

Leading the world
with out-of-the-box plasma research● Please describe the research you
are currently working on.

explores the nature of such ubiquitous

laboratory plasmas, solar wind, and theplasma throughout the universe.

magnetosphere, even on very small

Using my knowledge of plasma,
I research the microscopic
physics of astrophysicalphenomena.

Incredibly, the governing equations ofscales, and theories have been

plasma physics can universallydeveloped to explain the measured

describe a vast scale of plasma

results. On the other hand, it is difﬁcult

phenomena, from those that occur into directly measure small-scale

Most of the visible matter in theour nearby surroundings to those that

turbulence in distant objects such as

occur in the wider galaxy. In this sense,

accretion disks. So, my goal is toplasma physics is essentially antheoretically predict the physics ofinterdisciplinary ﬁeld. Plasma physics issmall-scale accretion disks using thea very old discipline, and Japan has

knowledge obtained from laboratory

been a world leader in this ﬁeld forplasmas and solar wind.

universe is in a plasma state. Plasma isa gas composed of ions and electrons
and is the fourth state of matter after
solid, liquid, and gas. In the universe,
plasma includes things such as thewind blowing from the sun, themagnetosphere surrounding planets,
and the gas that ﬁlls the accretion
disks orbiting black holes and galaxy
clusters. On the other hand, plasma isalso used in microprocesses that we
encounter in our daily lives. In addition,fusion power generation, which can beachieved by artiﬁcially conﬁning
high-temperature plasma, is expected
to be a future energy source. Active
use of plasmas will change our lives.
Plasma physics is the discipline thatindependent researchers is well

Japanese academic world. I think there

coming here. FRIS will give you anestablished. There are generous

is no other organization like this. I once

unbiased, interdisciplinary assessment

research grants, and we are invited tosubmitted a request for a subsidy ofof your work and encourage you to● What qualities do you think make
FRIS unique?

apply for competitive grants. Anotherseveral hundred thousand yen for

pursue challenging research.

advantage of FRIS is the opportunity to

publication fees for an open-accessAn institution committed to
improvement, where you canfocus completely on yourresearch.

receive inspiration from young

journal. This subsidy was thenresearchers working in a variety of

discussed at a meeting and soon

ﬁelds. There are many opportunities tobecame institutionalized. I am gratefulinteract with researchers in different

to be in a place where young people sﬁelds. The FRIS Retreat was aopinions are readily accepted.

many years. The Institute of Plasma
Physics at Nagoya University has long
been a major presence in Japan, andthe National Institute for Fusion
Science in Toki, Gifu is also aworld-leading research institution.
My recent research interest is in thetheory and simulation of small-scale
plasma turbulence in accretion disks.
Small-scale plasma turbulence has
been studied actively in fusion researchand in the heliosphere. It is possible tomeasure turbulence directly in

The most attractive thing about FRIS isthe environment, where you can focus
completely on your research. In
addition, the support system forparticularly stimulating opportunity to
exchange knowledge with one anotherabout our ﬁelds of expertise. When
researchers from other ﬁelds asked
me detailed questions about things that
I had considered obvious, I sometimes
found myself at a loss for an answer,
which provided me with chances fordeeper investigation.
I think the most signiﬁcantcharacteristic of FRIS is that it iscommitted to improvement. Director
Hayase and FRIS s faculty members
are always trying to improve FRIS byincorporating the opinions of young
people. I heard a story about how an
opinion expressed by a researcher wasthen implemented in the following
year s program. There are also many
researchers from overseas research
institutes at FRIS, and many of them
have an international way of thinking
and a strong will to improve the4● What kinds of people do you thinkwould ﬂourish at FRIS?

People who can think critically,
are not bound by existing waysof thinking, and are willing tochange the status quo.
I think that people who can thinkcritically and are not bound by existing
ways of thinking can play an active roleat FRIS. The institution has its own
systemic challenges, but I believe thatpeople who are willing to change thestatus quo can ﬂourish here. In fact, I
think there are many such people at
FRIS.
If you feel a sense of academic
isolation because your research does
not ﬁt into an existing ﬁeld of study, or
if there are no other groups doing
similar work, or if you want to explore a
new ﬁeld of study, I recommend

Yohei Kawazura

Assistant Professor
Advanced Basic Science
Originally from Tokyo, Yohei Kawazuraentered the University of Tokyo in 2003,
spending a total of 13 years there, including
graduate school, a JSPS postdoctoral
fellowship, and a period as a research
associate. He then worked at the Universityof Oxford before becoming an assistantprofessor at FRIS in April 2019. Hespecializes in plasma physics and iscurrently studying plasma turbulence inastrophysical phenomena such as in solar
wind and accretion disks.
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FRIS Triangle

Six Research Areas

FRIS has 3 missions at the heart of its activities.

1 Materials and Energy

Promoting Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Life and Environments

Promoting advanced interdisciplinary research led by full-time faculty members from the Information and Systems

Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Division.

 Devices and Technology

2 Discovering Novel Interdisciplinary Research Within Humans and Society

the University

 Advanced Basic Science

Supporting the innovative and unique interdisciplinary research of faculty members from otherdepartments at Tohoku University.

3

FRIS has established 6 research areas covering almost all academic disciplines.

FRIS researchers focus on their own research fields, but they also aim to go beyond their coreresearch fields to pursue cross-disciplinary fusion and actively engage in exchange andcollaboration with researchers in other fields.

Fostering Young Researchers

Fostening young researchers in the Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division expected to
become excellent leaders in the next generation of new research fields, through planning anddeveloping new international interdisciplinary research.

Materials andEnergyThe 3 missions of FRIS—promoting research regardless of field, supporting interdisciplinary
research, and fostering young researchers—are also the identity of FRIS.

1● Promoted Program for Interdisciplinary Research● Support Program for Inviting Advanced
Researchers

p8

2

3

● Creative Interdisciplinary Collaboration Programp10

Humans andSociety

Information and
Systems

p12

Devices andTechnology●Support for International Collaboration and
Presentation in International Conferences

Discovering Novel
Fostering Young
Interdisciplinary Research
Researchers
Within the UniversityLife andEnvironments● Support Program for International Core forInterdisciplinary Research

Promoting
Advanced Interdisciplinary ResearchAdvanced
Basic Science● Seminars for Interdisciplinary Research● Interdisciplinary Research and Education● Support Program for Interdisciplinary Research● Program for Creation of Interdisciplinary Research

Divisions

Two Research Divisions and the Managing and Planning Division
FRIS consists of the Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Division, in which full-time faculty
members are assigned to each field of study; the Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division, in
which young researchers conduct advanced research across disciplines; and the Managing and
Planning Division, which supports the research divisions’ activities.

6

7

Mission1

Promoting Advanced Interdisciplinary Research
Full-time faculty members in the Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Division have their own
perspectives to promote high-level interdisciplinary research in 6 research areas. FRIS further
supports the advancement of cross-sectional research by offering open-space environments to
exchange ideas and information among different fields.

When metals and ceramics are

Analyzing the interfaces

composited at nanoscale, they exhibit

between the electrolyte solutions

unprecedented functional properties. We

and the electrodes for lithium

have discovered new multi-functional

secondary batteries, fuel cells,

properties such as the Tunnelingnext generation batteries andMagneto-Dielectric (TMD) effect and themolecular electronic devices is

Tunneling Magneto-Optical (TMO)

important for developing

effect. Through interdisciplinary research

electrochemical energy

in magnetic physics, medical engineer-conversion devices. Our present

ing, and materials science, we are

study investigates the behavior

pioneering a new field of nano-compos-of molecules at the interface

ite thin films with new functions.

with In situ Raman spectroscopy

Activity of FRIS
[Senior Researchers]

and focuses on the dynamicalchanges in the Raman spectra

Hiroshi Masumotoat different battery conditions.

6.86

2.08 15.0%

Publicationsin 2019

Publications per
researcher
in 2019

Field-weighted
citation impact(FWCI)
in 2013 - 2018:

I am a member of the theory

Crystal lattice rearrangement

team in the Event Horizon

occurs immediately at room

Telescope consortium, which

temperature when two metal film

captured the first-ever image of

surfaces are in contact in aa black hole. Every day at FRIS,

vacuum. We proposed theI am stimulated by chats withatomic diffusion bonding (ADB)

colleagues in other researchtechnique, which is a room

fields. I also have publishedtemperature bonding of wafers

omnibus books with young

using this phenomenon andresearchers from FRIS andhave been studying this

DIARE.

technique. ADB is a key
devices.

Kenji Toma

Associate Professor
Advanced Basic Science

Takashi Itoh

Associate professor
Materials and Energy

RESEARCH TOPICS■ Astrophysics: theory, simulations &observations

RESEARCH TOPICS■ In situ Raman spectroscopy
for battery active materials■ Development of Zinc-air
batteries, Lithium secondary
batteries and fuel cells

Novel material properties induced by nanoscale local
crystal structures are attracting attention. It is difficult toanalyze such local structures with the use of conventional
structure analysis methods. We have been developing athree-dimensional local structure analysis method by
combining electron diffraction techniques with information
science such as machine learning.

Percent of papers
in the top 10% of
FWCI
in 2013 - 2018:technology for creating new

Professor
Materials and Energy

RESEARCH TOPICS■ Tunneling Magneto-Dielectric (TMD) and
Tunneling Magneto-Optical (TMO) eﬀectmaterials by metals-ceramics nanocomposite structures■ Development of osteoconductive implantmaterials by plasma oxidation of metallic
titanium48

We are interested in the relationshipbetween nanomechanics in the cell andcellular morphogenesis. We are analyzing
how and why disruption of the cellular
nanomachines in our body, such as
molecular motor proteins and cytoskeletal
proteins, leads to human diseases such as

Takehito Shimatsu

Professor
Information and Systems

RESEARCH TOPICS■ Atomic diﬀusion bonding
technique for electric/opticaldevices.
■ High density MAMR/HAMR
recording media.

Random atomic structured materials such as
amorphous or metallic glass have significantly
different properties with those of conventional
crystalline alloys and are anticipated to haveindustrial uses in the next generation. We address
an important challenge by controlling the relaxation
behavior of glasses to improve their mechanicalneurodegeneration, infertility, and blindness.

properties and to contribute to their applications.

Shinsuke Niwa

Junji SaidaRESEARCH TOPICS■ Molecular motors■ Axonal transport

RESEARCH TOPICS■ Control of relaxation state in metallic glass■ Development of mechanical properties ofmetallic glass

Kenji Tsuda

Professor
Advanced Basic Science

RESEARCH TOPICS■ Development of a method to analyze 3D nanoscale local crystal
structure and electrostatic potential using convergent-beam electron
diﬀraction (CBED)■ Application of machine learning to simulations of multiple
scattering of electron diﬀraction

8

Associate professor
Life and Environments

Professor (concurrent post)
Advanced Basic Science9Mission2

Discovering Novel Interdisciplinary ResearchWithin the University
One of the most important missions at FRIS is to identify and develop interdisciplinary researchseeds that exist within FRIS and throughout Tohoku University. FRIS offers three research
programs which aim to provide not only funding, resources, and space, but also opportunities toactively engage with researchers from other fields: the Support Program for Interdisciplinary
Research, the Promoted Program for Interdisciplinary Research, and the Program for Creationof Interdisciplinary Research. To develop world-leading research, international collaboration isessential, therefore, FRIS also offers the Support Program for International Core forInterdisciplinary Research.

Programs

Support Program for Interdisciplinary Research

A three-year grant for supporting interdisciplinary research by researchers from several
departments in Tohoku University. This program focuses on promoting a novel interdisciplinary
research topic through active exchange, discussion, and cooperation among various fields.

WithinTohoku UniversityPrincipal Investigators
outside of FRIS faculty

the development of current major academic research fields. The results of supported programs
are often awarded prizes or featured in the press due to their advanced nature andnewsworthiness, highlighting their importance for discovering and supporting interdisciplinary
research.

Process

Promoted Program for Interdisciplinary Research

A three-year grant open to research groups led by faculty members of the Advanced
Interdisciplinary Research Division, which supports research projects aimed at pioneering anovel interdisciplinary field with growth potential.

WithinTohoku University(FRIS)



Professors in
Advanced
Interdisciplinary
Research Division〔Diverse research seeds〕

2(FRIS)



Although some of the titles and details of the programs have changed, a review of theachievements of these programs over the past 20 years shows that FRIS has been a pioneer inProgram for Creation of Interdisciplinary Research

A two-year grant to support early-stage pioneering interdisciplinary research. It is open to young
researchers in Tohoku University.

Support Program











Young Researchers3

Support Program for Intenational Core for Interdisciplinary
Research
This program supports interdisciplinary research conducted with overseas partners that opens
new frontiers of science.

Develop and more

1
Research Seeds

10

 





Overseas
Research
Institutions








(FRIS)

Principal Investigatoris a professor in
the Advanced
Interdisciplinary
Research Division11Mission3

Fostering Young Researchers
Through international recruitment, FRIS selects and supports young researchers approaching
emerging interdisciplinary research from new perspectives. They join FRIS as assistant

Activity of FRIS
[Young Researchers]

professors in the Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division, and work in collaboration withresearchers in the university's graduate schools, research institutes, and the Division forInterdisciplinary Advanced Research and Education (DIARE). By supporting outstanding young
researchers, FRIS aims to create new academic fields and foster top-level researchers who will

176

4.19

1.42 16.3%

Publicationsin 2019

Publications per
researcher
in 2019

Field-weighted
citation impact(FWCI)
in 2013 - 2018

be active internationally. Additionally, Tohoku University aims to utilize FRIS to build the“Tohoku University Tenure-track System” to provide stable and independent research
environments for especially talented researchers.

Diagram● Cooperation with Departments andLaboratories(Tohoku University Tenure-track System)

Shoshi Program
It is difficult for young researchers to develop their skills and careers in fields ofinterdisciplinary research where competitive funding is scarce and the potential forachievement is hard to forecast. Since society needs talented people possessing
broad perspectives and multifaceted thinking, MEXT funds programs that encourage the development of such talent. FRIS recruits young researchers interested ininterdisciplinary research from all over the world (for five-year terms) and covers
their research expenses (up to 2.5 million yen).

Research Departments/
Institutes of
Tohoku University

Young researchers at FRIS are trained in close cooperation andcollaboration with other departments and institutes in the university.

Young researchers in the Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division
appoint professors or associate professors from Tohoku University as
mentors who support them by providing support such as access toexperimental space and facilities. Each young researcher is, however,guaranteed an independent research environment. The director of thehead share information regarding the research activities of young
researchers and help them obtain stable research positions.

DIARE



Diverse talentdevelopment
initiatives

selected by DIARE in a variety of seminars, and for planning andexecuting symposiums. They maintain close cooperation throughSupport basefor young researchers

Selected young researchers appointed as assistant professors carry out researchin cooperation with their mentors. Mentors are professors or associate professors
who provide the young researchers with research environments, guidance, andcareer path support.



Global Leadersofthe FutureAssistant professors at FRIS collaborate with graduate students

FRIS

Frontier
Research Institute forInterdisciplinary
Sciences

relevant department, as well as the mentor and his/her department● Division for Interdisciplinary Advanced
Research and Education (DIARE)

Percent of papers
in the top 10% of
FWCI
in 2013 - 2018

research and education.

Other
Research Institutes
in Japan and Abroad
Support for International Collaboration
and Presentation in International
Conferences

The purpose of this program is to foster internationally active
young researchers and form networks for international
interdisciplinary research. We provide for the living expensesof young Tohoku University researchers engaged in collaborative research at overseas research institutes for two to fourweeks, and the travel expenses of young researchers andgraduate students giving presentations at academic conferences outside Japan.

12Creative Interdisciplinary Collaboration
ProgramThis program aims to support interdisciplinary research byyoung researchers at FRIS.
For selected applicants, funds are allocated for equipment,
consumable supplies, travel (including for international
collaboration), publication, rewards, and/or staffing expenses
for the promotion of advanced interdisciplinary science.

13

Mission3

Fostering Young Researchers

OthersFRIS regularly organizes seminars and workshops to promote interdisciplinary

Outreach Activities, etc.
■ FRIS Annual Meeting
At the FRIS Annual Meeting, faculty members and the principal investigators of researchresearch and plans, and it implements a wide range of in-depth discussions with

programs present their research results at the end of each academic year.

members from all fields. We also support outreach activities and the dissemination■ Katahira Matsuri Festivalof FRIS research results.

The Katahira Matsuri Festival is a public event planned by the Alliance of Research Institutes

Seminars,
Workshops,
Omnibus Lectures

and Centers at Tohoku University that is held every other year. FRIS members participate to■ Hub Meeting
Once a month, all FRIS members get together for a research presentation seminar.
Researchers and students from the university’ s faculties and research institutes

present their research activities and share the wonders of science.
FRIS Annual Meeting

participate in the seminar, and breakthroughs are shared through cross-disciplinary■ Lectures, etc.
FRIS faculty members individually organize many events related to their research for the public.

discussions.

■ Book Publication■ FRIS Retreat

The second volume of an omnibus book on the significance and appeal of interdisciplinary

Once a year, all FRIS members meet off-campus to exchange ideas from different

exchange was published by young researchers from FRIS and DIARE doctoral research

fields. The free discussions in a place apart from the usual university environment

education students (Hyakkaryoran: Young Researchers' Interdisciplinary Frontiers, vol. 2,

create opportunities for new discoveries.

Katahira Matsuri Festival

Tohoku University Press).

■ Joint Interdisciplinary Research Seminar
About once a month, FRIS, in collaboration with the Division for Interdisciplinary
Advanced Research and Education (for more about DIARE, see pp. 12–13), holds a
joint interdisciplinary research seminar with doctoral and master's students selectedby DIARE. In summer, about 150 people join a big poster session as the
FRIS/DIARE Joint Workshop.

■ Other Open Opportunities

Hyakkaryoran

FRIS supports young researchers with independently planning seminars andworkshops. FRIS also offers lectures by young researchers in an omnibus format,
as part of Tohoku University's educational programs.

Planning Division

Support and Dissemination of Interdisciplinary Research
Activities
FRIS conducts the following activities to inspire researchers who are involved in interdisciplinary
research and to encourage them to broaden the scope of their work.
■Collecting results, preparing evaluation materials, managing websites, and producing PR
materials.
■Managing and administering research admissions and faculty recruitment for the Creative
Interdisciplinary Research Division.

■Providing support for planning and organizing seminars, workshops, symposia, and theannual meeting.
For inquiries
Email: kikaku@fris.tohoku.ac.jp / Phone: 022-795-4353 (Specially Appointed Associate
Professor Kazuyuki Suzuki)

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Profilesof young researchers

Materials and Energy

Hanae Aoki

Research Fields High frequency soft
magnetic thin film, Multifunctional material

Hiroshi Ueno

Research Fields Physical organic
chemistry, Nanomaterials science

Jiuhui Han

Research Fields Electrochemistry,
Porous Materials, Transmission Electron
Microscopy

Yasukazu Daigaku

Research Fields DNA replication,
Mutagenesis

Proﬁlesof young researchers

Yuichiro Nakajima

Yuji Nashimoto

Research Fields Biomedical engineering,Electrochemistry, Microengineering

Research Fields Natural productchemistry, Organic chemistry,
Biochemistry

Sae Kaneko

Fumihiro Kaneda

Kotaro Yasui

Research Fields Epithelial cell biology,
Tissue homeostasis, Environmental
responses

Yuta Kudo



Information and Systems

Kohei Shimokawa

Research Fields Energy materials,
Electrochemistry

Rui Yamada

Research Fields Nonequilibrium
materials, Materials processing, Powder
metallurgy

Profilesof young researchers

Life and Environments

Yang CaoKozue Shiomi

16

Research Fields Quantum engineering,
Molecular fluid engineering, Materialscience and engineering

Shinichi Sato

Research Fields Visual Perception,
Experimental Psychology

Research Fields Quantum optics,
Quantum measurements, Quantum
information technology

Proﬁlesof young researchers

Research Fields Bioinspired robotics



Devices and Technology

Research Fields Electrochemistry, Probe
microscopy, Live cell imaging

Research Fields Synthetic Organic
Chemistry, Chemical Biology

Tuan Hung Nguyen

Research Fields Fundamental theory andsimulation of materials intelligence forenergy applications



Hiroki Ida

Research Fields Nano magnetism,
Materials processing engineering

Research Fields Behaviour, Movement
Ecology, Cognitive Ecology

Takuya Mabuchi

Tomomi Tsunematsu

Research Fields Sleep research using
mice, Electrophysiology

Joji Kusuyama

Nobuyuki Matsumoto

Sai SunToshiharu Ichinose

Chrystelle Bernard

Hiroya Abe

Research Fields Endocrinological
Metabology, Exercise Physiology, Oral
Biology

Research Fields Behavioral genetics,
Memory consolidation, Dopamine
modulation

Research Fields Optomechanics

Research Fields Dynamics behavior ofpolymers, cold-spray

Yuki Suzuki

Research Fields Cognitive and Social
Neuroscience, Psychephysics,
Neuroeconomics

Research Fields Biosensor, Energy
catalysts, Polymer chemistry, Biomaterials,
Bioinspired materials

Research Fields Nanobiotechnology

Hisashi Kino

Research Fields Semiconductor
Engineering

Takuro Ishii

Research Fields Medical ultrasoundimaging, Biofluid dynamics,
Computer-aided diagnostics, Urology

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Yuanyuan Guo

Research Fields Bioelectronics,
Multifunctional fibers and sensors, Neuralengineering

Proﬁlesof young researchers

Humans and Society

Yusuke Sato

Yuta Yamane

Chaoliang Zhang

Masaki Yamada

Naoya Kitajima

Satoshi Iihama

Seiji Kamada

Alimu Tuoheti

Kaoru Kakinuma

Kexin Xiong

Shimpei Endo

Shuhei Obara

Tomoki Kimura

Yasunori Okamoto

Tomokatsu Onaga

Yueh Hsuan Weng

Yuta Nakayasu

Yohei Kawazura

Research Fields Molecular Robotics,
Biophysics, DNA nanotechnolgoy

Research Fields Spintronics, Magnetism,
Magnetic materials

Research Fields Particle physics,
Cosmology

Research Fields Physics of the early
universe, Particle physics beyond thestandard modelResearch Fields High pressure andtemperature experiments, High pressuremineral physics

Research Fields Magnetism, Spintronics,
Photo-spintronics

Research Fields History of thought,
Religious studies, Theory of comparative
culture, Area studies

Kohei Tamura

Research Fields Anthropology, Cultural
evolution, Archaeological informatics

Proﬁlesof young researchers

Research Fields Condensed Matter
Physics and Spintronics

Research Fields Network science,
Mathematical modellingResearch Fields Sustainability,
Socio-ecological system, Climate change
and migration

Research Fields AI and Law, Legal
informatics, Social robotics, Robot ethics

Research Fields Psycholinguistics,
Neurolinguistics, Second Language
Acquisition

Research Fields Materials processing
engineering, Eco-friendly lifestyle creation

Research Fields Quantum physics, Fewand many-body problem

Research Fields Astro-particle physics

Research Fields Plasma physics,
Turbulence, Hamiltonian mechanics

Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences,
Tohoku University

Advanced Basic Science

Research Fields Bioinorganic chemistry,Protein engineering, Systems catalysis

Research Fields Planetary physics:
dynamics and evolution of planetaryinterior, surface, atmosphere, and space

Tohoku University, Aobayama Campus (West Area)

FRIS

Laboratory of Architecture
and Building Science

Location: Aramaki aza Aoba 6-3, Aoba, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan 980-8578
Phone:

022-795-5755

Fax:

022-795-5756

Aobayama
Gymnasium
Cyberscience
CenterResearch Building No. 3—Electrical Engineeringand Applied Physics

Website: https://www.fris.tohoku.ac.jp/en/
AccessDaniel Pastor-Galan
Research Fields Geology

Kohei Ichikawa

Research Fields Observational
astronomy, Astrophysics

Masaki Okumura

Research Fields Structural biology,
Protein Science, Biochemistry

Rail / Take the Sendai Subway Tozai Line to Aobayama Station (15minutes from Sendai Station), take the North 1 Exit, and walk 4 minutes
to FRIS. 250 yen.
Taxi / 15 minutes from Sendai Station. About 2,000 yen.

North 1

Graduate School ofInformation Sciences
International
Institute ofDisaster
Science

Aobayama

 Station
South 1

Graduate School ofEnvironmental Studies

Aobayama Commons18

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