The following fellows participated in JSPS’s Science Dialogue Program during the period from January through March 2010. For details about the program, please see its webpage: http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-plaza/e-sdialogue/
- Overseas Fellowship Division
Aomori Prefectural Hachinohe Kita High School
Date: 11 March
Dr. Mohammad Al-Mamun (Bangladesh)
Host institution: Iwate University
Title: “Unique Digestive System in Ruminant Animals”
Chiba Prefectural Kashiwa High School
Date: 22 January
Dr. Suraj C. Sharma (Nepal)
Host institution: Tokyo University of Science
Title: “The Himalayan Country Nepal and My Research on Surfactant Chemistry in Japan”
Fukui Prefectural Fujishima Senior High School
Date: 20 February
Dr. Derrick M. Mott (USA)
Host institution: JAIST
Title: “Life in Science and Research: Using Nanotechnology to Improve Our Lives”
Date: 20 February
Dr. Micah T. Ross (USA)
Host institution: Kyoto Sangyo University
Title: “History of Science; Why a Day Has 24 Hours?”
Gifu Prefectural Gizan Senior High School
Date: 25 January Dr. Heide N. Ibrahim (Germany)
Host institution: National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Title: “Light as a Key to Molecules”
Ikeda High School (Kagoshima)
Date: 25 January
Dr. Mohammad M. Rahman (Bangladesh)
Host institution: Kagoshima University
Title: “Poly-Eco-Aquaculture: Definition, Advantages and Design”
Konko Gakuen Senior High School (Okayama)
Date: 20 February
Dr. Mazen T. S. Abualtayef (Palestine)
Host institution: Tottori University
Title: “Ocean Dynamics”
Kumamoto Prefectural Daini High School
Date: 25 January
Dr. Jaeil Cho (Korea)
Host institution: Kyushu University
Title: “How to Understand Global Warming?”
Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto Kita High School
Date: 16 March
Dr. Bastien Chevalier (France)
Host institution: Kumamoto University
Title: “Introduction to Soil Mechanics―Research about Arches in Soil”
Saitama Prefectural Warabi High School
Date: 9 February
Dr. Ashutosh (India)
Host institution: Tohoku University
Title: “Heterosis Breeding and Its Use in Hybrid Crop Production”
Senior High School Attached to Kyoto University of Education (Kyoto)
Date: 12 February
Dr. Erik M. Muller (Australia)
Host institution: Nagoya University
Title: “Our Home Universe”
Shizuoka Prefectural Kakegawa Nishi High School
Date: 8 March
Dr. Yaron R. Silberberg (Sweden)
Host institution: Kyoto University
Title: “Nanotechnology in Biological Research”
Shizuoka Kita High School (Shizuoka)
Date: 15 January
Dr. Lok K. Shrestha (Nepal)
Host institution: Yokohama National University
Title: “Colloid and Polymer Science: Fundamentals to Applications”
Date: 1 February
Dr. Yiping Zhao (China)
Host institution: Waseda University
Title: “Environmental Management”
Date: 18 February
Dr. Yaron R. Silberberg (Sweden)
Host institution: Kyoto University
Title: “Nanotechnology in Biological Research”
Shizuoka Prefectural Iwata Minami High School
Date: 10 February
Dr. Kamlesh K. Shrivas (India)
Host institution: Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Title: “Nanotechnology and Applications”
Dr. Jen-Chieh Hsieh (Taiwan)
Host institution: Kyoto University
Title: “Chemistry and Life”
Takada Senior High School (Mie)
Date: 20 March
Dr. Frederico M. Anacleto Arroja (Portugal)
Host institution: Kyoto University
Title: “Our Universe”
Wakayama Prefectural Hidaka High School
Date: 20 January
Dr. Herman Hidayat (Indonesia)
Host institution: Kyoto University
Title: “Introduction to Indonesia; I Love Indonesian Forest: How to Manage Sustainable Plantation Forestry in ASEAN?”
Tochigi Prefectural Utsunomiya Girls’ High School
Date: 14 January
Dr. Monique Maurice ep Vialatte (France)
Host institution: RIKEN
Title: “Effect of Flickering Visual Stimulation on the Brain”
Dr. Louis J. Irving (UK)
Host institution: Tohoku University
Title: “My Life in Science”
Dr. Mei He (China)
Host institution: Tohoku University
Title: “RAGE in Lung Disease”
Dr. Antonio De Felice (Italy)
Host institution: Tokyo University of Science
Title: “Introduction to Cosmology”
Dr. Claire L. Dune (France)
Host institution: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Title: “Robot Vision from France to Japan”
Dr. Mohammad L. Rahman (Bangladesh)
Host institution: Utsunomiya University
Title: “My Home Country Bangladesh and My Research on Avian Color Vision”
Dr. Yuri Bolshan (Canada)
Host institution: The University of Tokyo
Title: “Methodology and Total Synthesis in Organic Chemistry”
Yamanashi Prefectural Tsuru High School
Date: 10 February
Dr. Marek Bundzel (Slovakia)
Host institution: Waseda University
Title: “On Computional Intelligence”