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1. What prompted you decide to participate in the “JSPS Science Dialogue” program?
Since we come to Japan to do research supported by JSPS, I think every fellow has the responsibility to participate the activities sponsored by JSPS. It is very important to communicate with Japanese young students, let them know the different culture, different countries. As I know in Japan, high school students have some opportunities to go to universities and communicate with Japanese experts, but as an internationalized country, the young students should know the foreign cultures. In Chinese, or in Japanese we say  , so it is better to communicate with the foreigners directly.
2. To what did you give greatest attention in preparing and giving the lecture?
For me, it is the first time to give a lecture to high school students, and I think may be this is also the first time for the students to have a scientific lecture by the foreigners. And as a clinical doctor, I must do everything very carefully.
3. Did you find it difficult to give a lecture in English to Japanese students? Could you give some advice to future lecturers on how to facilitate communication with Japanese students?
For my case, because my slides are in Japanese, it is a challenger for me to read the Japanese and speak in English, but I think the students can understand well by this way. If all the slides written in English, it is very difficult even for an adult, because the theme is advanced science.
Advice to future lecturer: Speak English clearly, slowly, without strong accent, and make the slides as simple as possible.
4. Could you give your impression with regard to participating in this program?
It gave me very a deep impression. The program arranged very well by the teachers. The students are excellent. They have tried their best to read the relative papers before the lecture and prepare for the questions, and made the slides almost perfectly. Most of them can understand English well if the lecturers speak slowly.
5. Was it meaningful in terms of your fellowship activities?
Yes, I think, to study or do research in Japan, we also should know the Japanese culture, and Japanese people. In the university or institute, we can communicate with the colleagues, but most of us have no opportunity to know young students, it is very important, since the young students are the future of Japan.
6. In what ways do you think the students benefited from the program?
They have the chance to practice English, to know the advanced sciences, to make friends with foreigners, to know the foreign cultures, etc. .
7. Could you give some overall advice or comments to future participants in the program?
Explain the advanced sciences in easy ways.
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