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SC24001

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Graduate

SurnameFirst NameFUKUDA

Jun-ichi

MATSUIJun

TARAMA

Mitsusuke〇

School/GraduateschoolResearch Description

Pre-Requisites

Department

Maximum
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Theoretical study of soft matter physics (liquid crystals, polymers, glasses, Programming experience issupercooled liquids, etc.) and biophysics. More information can be found at desirable, although notmandatory.
https://www.sci.kyushu-u.ac.jp/e/departments/phys/labo/condensed.html.

Keywords

Soft Matter Physics
Liquid Crystal
Polymer

Science1

Physics

Glass
Supercooled liquidbiophysics
InagakiSC24002

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Shio

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SciencePhysics

Physics of granular matter has been a main research topic in our researchgroup. A collection of dissipative solid particles (granular matter) shows
various intriguing phenomena such as size segregation, convective flow,
pattern formation, flow clogging, non-Gaussian statistics, etc. We are
striving to reveal the fundamental physics of granular behaviors.We mainly
work on experiments but also numerical simulations such as Discrete
Element Method.

Background in Physics,
especially mechanics andstatistical physics.

Non-equilibrium statisticalphysics
Complex systems
2

Granular physics
Molecular dynamics simulation
Experiments

Tojo

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Science〇〇Our laboratory carries out a wide range of the experimental particle physics
programs. Our focus is especially to search for a new physics beyond theStandard Model of particle physics in high-energy frontier experiments andin several experiments using muon and neutron. Students haveopportunities to join those programs.

Junji

Ohba

Masaaki

OhtaniRyo

LeOuayBenjaminScience

Experience of general physics
experiment and learning of
introductory particle physics.

Physics

ChemistryExperimental particle physics

1

The Ohba Lab (Physical Coordination Chemistry) focuses on functions andproperties of the "space" formed by assembled metal complexes. Ourinterests are in novel properties based on magnetic, dielectric andluminescence properties incorporated in the framework of space, andfunctions based on enzyme-metal complex composites. We develop
research in the interdisciplinary field of chemistry, physics, and biology witha focus on coordination chemistry.

Coordination Chemistry
Metal-organic framework (MOF)

1

Metal-organic polyhedra (MOP)
Functional Material
Metal complex-enzyme composite

SC24005

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Terasaki

Akira

Horio

TakuyaArakawa

MasashiPhysical chemistry of atomic and molecular clusters by means of mass
spectrometry and laser spectroscopy.
Please visit http://www.scc.kyushu-u.ac.jp/quantum/index_e.php for further
information.
Science

Chemistry

Interest in experimental physics
and chemistry

Physical chemistry
Nanoscience
2

Atoms, molecules, and clusters
Laser spectroscopy
Mass spectrometry
Reaction kinetics

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Category
Course code

SC24006

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Fall 2024

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Graduate

SurnameFirst Name

Hori

Yuichiro

Adachi

Junya

Science〇

Matsushima

SC24007

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SC24009

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ChemicalChemistry

Akimasa〇

Science

Earth and
Planetary
Schiences

HuixinScience

Pre-Requisites

Department
In our laboratory, we are developing chemical biology techniques to label
Knowledge of chemistry andand visualize proteins with synthetic fluorescent molecules by devising and biology
applying chemical principles. In living cells, countless biomolecules exist,
dynamically changing their localization and controlling cellular events byperforming the biomolecular functions in a subcellular region where they areneeded. Visualization of the movement of these biomolecules provides
important information to elucidate the physiological functions they control.
We are developing original technology for fluorescent labeling of proteins toreveal how proteins move in living cells and regulate biological phenomena.
Furthermore, we aim to elucidate biological phenomena regulated by nucleic
acids, glycans, and extracellular vesicles in addition to proteins, and tocontrol functions of biomolecules at will by making full use of our proteinlabeling technology.
http://chem.kyushu-univ.jp/biochem/en/
https://www.sci.kyushu-u.ac.jp/e/departments/chem/labo/struct_funct.html

Science

Liu

Research Description

Ayami

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Yoshikawa

SC24008

School/GraduateschoolEarth and
Planetary
Science

Maximum
number ofpartcipants
per period

Chemical Biology
Fluorescence imaging
Protein chemistry1
Synthetic fluorophores

Comfortable with laboratory
animal care (mouse)

We have a strong interest in the molecular mechanisms of ligand-receptor
interaction. Our main research targets are nuclear receptors which precisely
regulate gene transcription. We focus on all nuclear receptors to elucidate
their activation mechanisms comprehensively. Binding affinity is analyzed invitro by many techniques, and transcription activity is measured by reporter
gene assays using cultured cells.

Various plasma phenomena occurring in "Geospace," the space around the The student must have a
Earth, and the associated space weather phenomena' effects on the Earth background in basic physics
are studied using plasma physics, magnetospheric physics, and ionospheric such as electromagnetism andphysics. This course is intended for students who are interested in the solar- mechanics, and an interest in
space physics.
terrestrial environment and in the future application of space physics tospace weather prediction.

Keywords

Nuclear receptor
estrogen1

transcription
endocrine-disrupting chemical
opioid peptide precursor

Space weather
Space plasma physics
2

Space and Earth electromagnetism
Global electromagnetic fields obserbation

We study the upper atmosphere (thermosphere/ionosphere) of the Earth,
Programing ability with Python orMars and Venus and their response to solar forcing, and lower atmosphere Matlab
forcing via atmospheric waves and chemical processes. Ground/Satellite
observations, along with model simulations are used to explore the physicaland chemical coupling processes between various regions of theatmosphere.

space weather
Earth and planetary atmosphere3

Earth and planetary ionosphere
Earth and planetary thermospheresatellite observation
model simulation

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Graduate

Surname

Hamamura

SC24010

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Science〇

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Due to rapid industrial development, discharge of a wide range of chemicals Lab work experience (preferably
in the areas of microbiology,
into the environment has increased dramatically in recent years.
molecular biology, and/or
Microorganisms inhabit almost every environment on the Earth’s surface
geochemical analyses) andand play important roles in biogeochemical processes and ecosystemknowledge of microbiology.
function. Our overall research interest is to understand the complex
interactions of microbial community functions and geochemical processes,
both of which are influencing each other co-dependently to shape theecosystem. We are working with natural or anthropogenically-impacted
systems to study function and diversity of microbial community in context ofBiological
Science/Dept. ecosystem function, interaction with environmental factors, andphysiochemical changes. Interdisciplinary knowledge and research effortsof Biology
are necessary to link genomics, ecology, and geochemical processes
associated with microbial functions in the environments.
Topics:1. Environmental microbiology.
2. Geomicrobiology of metalloids.
3. Microbe-mineral interactions.
3. Microbial ecology in the extreme environment.

Biology

Biology/
System Life
ScienceOur research focuses on the genetic basis of natural variation, such as
flowering phenology and genome defense systems, mainly in Europe
populations of Arabidopsis thaliana . We aim to understand how plants haveadapted to various environmental conditions using genomics, quantitative
genetics, and molecular biology approaches.
Website (https://sites.google.com/view/erikosasaki-research/home-en)

Mathematics

Keywords

bioremediation

microbial metal transformation

microbial electrochemistry1
microbial ecology

environmental microbiology

geomicrobiology
Evolution
Plants2

Our laboratory, the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory, is located inwestern Kyushu (far away from the main campus). The AMBL aims at
elucidating how a multitude of species can coexist and maintain ecologicalassemblages under different environmental conditions and evolutionary
backgrounds.
（Website）http://ambl-ku.jp/

I am interested in dynamical systems, which describes deterministic time
evolutions that appear in many fields of sciences. More specifically I am
studying smooth ergodic theory which describes long-time statisticalproperties of dynamical systems generated by smooth vector fields orsmooth maps.

TsujiiMathematics

Pre-Requisites

Department

Seiji

Science/
System Life
Science

MasatoResearch Description

Sasaki〇ArakakiSC24012

Natsuko

System Life
Science/
Science

Eriko

SC24011First Name

School/GraduateschoolMaximum
number ofpartcipants
per period

Quantitative genetics
Epigenetics

MarineCommunity1

Calculus and Linear Algebra.

Ecology
Coastal Ecosystems

Dynamical System
Ergodic Theory
2

Chaos
FractalStrange Attractor
Fractal dimension

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Category
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MA24002

Course

TYPE1

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32days3months

Semester
Fall 2024

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Fall 2024Spring 2025

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Faculty Member(s)Undergraduate〇

Graduate

SurnameFirst Name

Kajiwara

Kenji

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MA24004

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Mathematics

Hiroshima

MA24005

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Mathematics

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

Geometric Representation
Learning
2

Mathematics

Geometric Shape Generation

Topological Data Analysis

2

I am studying the spectral analysis of operators on an infinite dimensional
Knowledge of measure theory,
space. Especially, from the mathematical standpoint, we investigate thelinear algebra, general topology
quantum field theory on pseudo-Riemannian manifolds by using operator
theory, micro-local analysis, theory of one-parameter semigroup, stochastic
analysis, functional integral.

Fumio

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Integrable Systems

Knowledge of undergraduate
mathematics such as linear
algebra, calculus, point set
topology, and metric space

My Lab focusses on two main lines. 1) (more classical) Partial Differential
Flexible as various projects will
be available based on each
Equations and Continuum Mechanical models for smart materials. This
includes Shape Memory Alloys, Liquid crystals and more. Some of this work student’s background.
in collaboration with Caltech and Oxford groups. See:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.02511 https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06859
2) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning methods for the accelerated
design of molecules and materials for targeted applications in electronics,
semiconductors, etc. See:
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2666827022000093

Keywords

Curves and Surfaces

1

Mathematics

Pierluigi〇

Knowledge of fundamental
calculus, linear algebra,
differential equations, andpreferably, geometry of curves
and surfaces.

Mathematics

Professor Shizuo KAJI works in the field of applied topology. His researchinterests include topological data analysis, geometric models of graphs andother discrete structures for machine learning, and 3D shape analysis anddesign. Please visit his web page at https://www.skaji.org for more
information.
Mathematics

Pre-Requisites

Department

Shizuo〇CESANA

Research Description

Differential geometry of smooth/discrete curves and surfaces, integrable
systems, geometric shape generation. Applications to architecture design
and industrial design.

Mathematics

Kaji

MA24003

School/GraduateschoolMaximum
number ofpartcipants
per period

Geometric Shape Design
Applied Topology

Partial Differential Equations
Plasticity
Dislocation
Disclination
Liquid crystals
Continuum Mechanics
Calculus of Variations
Cellular Automata
Machine Learning
Quantum chemistry
Density Functional Theory
quantum field theory
path integral

1functional analysis
spectral analysis
measure theory
mathematical physics

Ochiai

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Professor Ochiai works on Algebraic Analysis, including Special Functions,Hypergeometric functions, Representation Theory of Lie groups and Liealgebra, D-modules

Hiroyuki

Mathematics

Mathematics

Calculus and Linear algebra arenecessary.

Algebraic Analysis
D-module2

hypergeometric function
spherical function
Hecke algebra
Lie group

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MA24007

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32days3months

Semester
Fall 2024

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Fall 2024Spring 2025

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Faculty Member(s)Undergraduate〇

Graduate

SurnameFirst Name

NguyenDinh Hoa

School/GraduateschoolMathematics〇

Research Description

Pre-Requisites

Department

Mathematics

Professor Nguyen's research is on the modeling, optimization and control
towards clean and autonomous power and energy systems. His particularinterests are on distributed control and optimization; multi-agent systems;
integration of renewable and distributed energy resources; stability,
robustness and resiliency of smart grids. For more details, please see:https://sites.google.com/site/dinhhoanguyensite

Maximum
number ofpartcipants
per period

Basic programming; Linear
Algebra; Ordinary Differential
Equation

Keywords

Control Theory
Smart Grid
1

Optimization
Multi-Agent System
Renewable and Distributed
Energy Resources
Artificial Intelligence

MatsueMA24008

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Mathematics

Fukumoto

MA24009

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KanameMathematics

Yasuhide

Mathematics〇

Mathematics

Research interests in this Lab are mainly twofolds. 1: Dynamical Systems.
Based on (ordinary) differential equations, various complex, singularbehavior are studied. Recently, blow-up solutions and singular perturbation
problems are mainly studied. 2: Numerical Analysis with application to
dynamical systems. Singular nature in dynamical systems is also studied
from the viewpoint of numerics. Numerical difficulties in these problems are
our issues here. As an application, the following topic is also studied. 3:
Combustion.

Knowledge of undergraduatelevel mathematics. Basic
programming skills (like C or
Python) are preferable to have.
Students who are interested in
Topic 1 (in Research
Description) are strongly
welcome.

This course is to conduct a mathematical modeling of fluid phenomena inCommunications are made interms of partial differential equations, an asymptotic analysis for getting an English
essential information of their solution and a numerical calculation of the full
solution.experience, with its feedback to the phenomena. Specific targets
are vortex dynamics, stability of fluid motions, magnetohydrodynamics, flows
through porous media, flood of rivers, combustion.

Dynamical Systems
Numerical Analysis

1

Singular Perturbation, Blow-up
Complex Systems involving
Combustion

Fluid mechanics
Hamiltonian mechanics
2

Hydrodynamic stability
Vortex motion
Magnetohydrodynamics
CombustionTa

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Mathematical Modeling Lab website: http://www.agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp/lab/ta/

Ton

Joint Graduate
AgroSchool ofEnvironmental
Mathematics
Sciencesfor innovation〇

Love mathematics or applied
statistics or programming
We study various real-world phenomena by using stochastic ordinary/partial (MATLAB, Python,...)
differential equations, statistical models, or deep learning. Some topics
include Fish Schooling, Forest Ecosystem, Weather Prediction.

Stochastic differential equations

Fish schooling2

Deep learning
Applied statistics
Forest ecosystem
Stochastic evolution equations

Kenshi

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Hayashi Lab/Organic Electronics Lab is focused on bio-mimetic/organic
material devices, which detect odor information. Espetially, odor imaging
device for robotic application based on two dimensional plasmonic materials
and molecular selective materials, which realize high-sensitive, high-speed
and high throughput visualize spatiotemporal changes of chemical space.
Fully inkjet printed sensor devices are also researched.

Hayashi

System Life
ScienceElectronics

gas sensor
plasmonic device
nano material
2
IoT application
sensor robot application

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SL24002

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Graduate

SurnameFirst Name

Iramina

Keiji

System Life
Science〇

Lauwereyns

SL24003

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Research Description

System Life
Science

Systems Life
Sciences

Jumpei

Systems Life
Sciences〇

Iramina lab is focused on neuroimaging, Biomedical engineering, andNeuroengineering. We study in the fields of the measurements of brain
function by EEG and NIRS, the development of measurement technology.
The elucidation of the mechanism of brain function is one of foundations oflife science, and it can be applied to almost all the fields. Have a deep
understanding of brain information processing, and apply the research
results to fields of life science, medicine, welfare and education is the
purpose of our study.

The Lauwereyns Lab hosts research in the areas of cognitive science andbioethics, particularly with respect to meta-decision-making and cognitive
biases. We typically use eye-tracking, biometrics and behavioral
measurements in our research.
Systems Life
Sciences

Pre-Requisites

Department

Johan

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Arata

SL24004

School/GraduateschoolSystems Life
Sciences

Our research aims at new medical applications based on Robotic
technology. Robotic technology includes many elements – mechanism,
sensor, control, system integration and etc. We study about these elements
to realize further effective medical applications.
Visit our website for more details: https://amd.mech.kyushu-u.ac.jp/

Maximum
number ofpartcipants
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Keywords

Neuroimaging
Neuroengineering
Biomedical engineering
4

One of the following is required:
1) have studied experimental
psychology or cognitive science;2) have studied bioethics; 3)
have good programming skills(Python); or 4) have good
statistical skills (particularly
ANOVA).

Bioethics
Cognitive biases
2

Fluent English conversation
skills.
Basic knowledge of MechanicalEngineering (Mathematics,
Mechanics, Mechanical Design)

Meta-decision-making

Robotics
Medical Application
1

Surgical robots
Rehabilitation robots
Bio sensors
Brain-Machine Interface

SL24005

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Katayama

YoshikiMori

Takeshi

Kishimura

AkihiroSystems Life
Sciences

Systems Life
Sciences

We are trying to create a new concept of biomedical technology bygathering all the related knowledge. We are a heterogenous groupcomposed of chemists, molecular biologists, pharmacologists, medical
scientists, and veterinarians.
-"Human Orthogonal Enzymes" for High-Quality Diagnosis-"Re-directional Pharmaceutics"-Development of Gene-Engineered Macrophage Drugs- Bio-invisible Polymers-"Prevention Medicine" by Long-lasting DDS-Bio-polyion complexes for Cellular Mimetics & Therapy- Efficient Induction of Immune tolerance(Website)https://sites.google.com/view/katayamalab

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Knowledge of basic chemistry orbasic life sciences.

Biomaterials/Bioengineering
Analytical Chemistry
Immunology
1
Formulation Technology
Macromolecular/Supramolecular Science

Artificial Cells