Introducing the 2025 Fellows

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Ms. Elena Belén Bueno Benito

From Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC-UPC, Barcelona, Spain

To University of Tokyo, Japan

Host professor Prof. Toshihiko Yamasaki

Computer sciences: Unsupervised Video Representation Learning: developments and applications

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Dr. Catherine Chambers

From Stefansson Arctic Institute at University of Akureyri / University Centre of the Westfjords, Ísafjörður, Iceland

To University of Tokyo, Japan

Host professor Dr. Mitsutaku Makino

Environmental studies: Japan and Iceland’s small-scale fisheries: Changing communities, knowledge exchange, and future opportunities

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Dr. Mark Colley

From University College London, UK

To University of Tokyo, Japan

Host professor Prof. Takeo Igarashi

Computer sciences: Computational Approaches for Automotive User Interfaces

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Dr. Nicholas Gervassis

From University of Nottingham, UK

To Nagoya University, Japan

Host professor Prof. Dai Yokomizo

Law: Regulation of Digital Platforms and of Cross-border Data Transfers

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Dr. Pedro Gonçalves

From VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland

To Nano Life Science Institute, Kanazawa University, Japan

Host professor Prof. Clemens M. Franz

Biosciences: Placing the mycelium under new lenses: label-free imaging and fungal strain development to enable the production of bioinspired materials

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Dr. Andrea Perez Gonzalez

From Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

To Waseda University Tokyo, Japan

Host professor Prof. Pedro Erber

Art: Women working the camera: textual and photographic representations of Japanese women in Meji-era Japan

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Ms. Ayako Hatano

From the University of Oxford, UK

To the European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy

Law: Vernacularising Digital Rights: Legal Mobilisation and the Transformation of International Law in the Digital Age

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Dr. Pinar Göktepe-Kavis

From University of Bern, Switzerland

To Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International, Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan

Host professor Dr. Aurelio Cortese

Neurosciences: The Brain's Algorithm: Neurocomputational Underpinnings of Human Decision-Making

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Dr. Keita Kawai

From Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

To University of Freiburg, Germany

Host professor Prof. Kai Spiegelhalder

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology: The efficacy of circadian rhythm-focused cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in patients with depression

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Ms. Valerie Kiel

From Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

To Kyoto University, Japan

Host professor Prof. Dr. Christian Wittern

Linguistics: Beyond the Sinosphere: Amplifying the Thesaurus Linguae Sericae

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Dr. Marvin May

From Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany

To Kobe University, Japan

Host professor Prof. Toshiya Kaihara

Mechanical Engineering: Intelligent Production Planning and Control (IPPC)

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Dr. Andrea Palasti

From University of Novi Sad, Academy of Arts, Serbia

To EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee, Tokyo and Kincho Research and Development Laboratory, Osaka

Host professor: Nobuyuki Tanaka, Ph.D., Chief curator, Herbarium, Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo; Morihiro Satow, Professor in the Dept. of Aesthetics and Art Theory, Faculty of Letters, Doshisha University

Art: The Killer Chrysanthemum: History, science and poetics of the Dalmatian pyrethrum

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Ms. Claudia Rabuffo

From Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany

To Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Host professor Filip Husnik

Biosciences: The role of three-dimensional genome architecture in the acquisition and regulation of horizontally transferred genes

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Dr. Lisa Rossi

From University of Cambridge, UK

To University of Tokyo, Japan

Host professor Prof. Yusuke Kishita

Engineering: Advancing Circular Supply Networks through Digital Technologies

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Mr. Sebastian Samberger

From: Montanuniversity Leoben, Austria

To: Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Host professor: Prof. Equo Kobayashi

Material Science: Performance evaluation of extruded aluminum alloys for extended applicability and sustainable development

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Associate Prof. Mai Sawada

From Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly, Tokyo Institute of Technology), Japan

To Imperial College, London, UK

Host professor Prof. Catherine O’Sullivan

Civil Engineering: Can we improve understanding of interparticle forces in wet granular materials?

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Ms. Tetiana Yatsenko

From Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of NAS of Ukraine

To Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Host professor Prof. Beate Heissig

Biosciences: Investigation of the molecular and genetic regulation of PAI-1 expression hyperosmotic stress response

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Mr. Davide Andrea Zappulli

From University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada

To Hokkaido University, Japan

Host professor Prof. Shigeru Taguchi

Philosophy: Creativity and Novelty in Nishida Kitarō

https://davidezappulli.com/

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Dr. Atupelye Komba

From Ardhi University, Tanzania

To Kyoto University, Japan

Environmental Studies: Balancing Wildlife and Futures: Untangling the Conflicts and Trade-offs Between Conservation and Livelihoods at Lake Natron, Tanzania

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Dr. Yuko Nakamura

From Kyoto University, Japan

To Le Centre and Lieu Unik, Benin

Art: Local and Private Initiatives on the Restitution of Cultural Patrimony in Benin

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Ms. Kiya Gezahegne Wotere

From Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

To Kyoto University, Japan

Anthropology: Empowered Transitions: Women’s Roles and Agency in Climate-Driven Mobility