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1. What prompted you decide to participate in the "JSPS Science Dialogue" program?
When I was a high-school student, I very much enjoyed similar presentations of active researchers invited to my school. I hope that I could stimulate students, and provided them interesting insight otherwise not accessible in their everyday life.
2. To what did you give greatest attention in preparing and giving the lecture?
I tried to be simple and repetitive, so the more students could follow the talk.
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?
Try to speak slowly repeating yourself and rephrasing your thoughts. It is a good idea to put keywords on slides (both English and Japanese), and use many visual aids.
4. Could you give your impression with regard to participating in this program?
This was the first time I visited a Japanese high-school, so it was a very interesting experience. It was also a very positive experience, and I learnt a lot from it.
5. Was it meaningful in terms of your fellowship activities?
My job is research, and it helped me to rethink my work about a different viewpoint. It is also refreshing and very motivating to talk about my job to curious kids, who may join later the very same university where I am now.
6. In what ways do you think the students benefited from the program?
I hope to students could find inspiration, and have a very basic idea about what computational simulation could offer now, and the near future when they finish their university studies.
7. Could you give some overall advice or comments to future participants in the program?
Japanese students are generally very shy, introverted and hard to reach. Try to involve them. They are curious, enthusiastic, and happy if you try to show them interesting things from your research. It is easy to be too technical, so one should be careful. It is hard to follow a research talk in a foreign language, so be graceful. The teachers helping you are also happy to answer your questions, so contact them in advance, and ask their opinion if you are not sure about something.
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