Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

JAGFOS 2025

Date: Sunday, October 5 - Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Venue: Irvine, California, USA
Co-organizers: U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS)Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation (AvH)

Session Topics

List of Participants

PGM: Planning Group Member

Extreme Life in the Ocean (Biology / Life Sciences)

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PGM (Co-chair) INOUE Asuka Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University / Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University
PGM Nikolaos Papastavrou Salk Institute for Biological Studies
PGM (Co-chair) Falk Butter Friedrich Loeffler Institute
Introductory Speaker Torben Riehl Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt
Speaker NOBU Masaru K. Institute for Extra-cutting-edge Science and Technology Avant-garde Research (X-star), Japan Agency for Marine Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Speaker Jeff Bowman Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Flatland: The Materials Science and Chemistry of Two-Dimensional Materials (Chemistry / Materials Science)

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PGM KAZUMA Emiko School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
PGM (Co-chair) Sarah King University of Chicago
PGM Bizan N. Balzer University of Freiburg
Introductory Speaker Alexandra Velian University of Washington
Speaker YAMAMOTO Eisuke Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University
Speaker Alwin Daus University of Stuttgart

Climate Change and its Effects on Biosphere (Earth Science / Geosciences / Environmental Sciences)

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PGM TAKAGI Haruka Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
PGM Falko Judt NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
PGM Verena E. Foerster-Indenhuck University of Cologne
Introductory Speaker Christian Zeeden LIAG-Institute for Applied Geophysics
Speaker YAMAZAKI Atsuko Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
Speaker Daniel Gebregiorgis Georgia State University

Artificial Scientist: Use of LLMs for Data Science, Literature Review, Reviewing Articles ((Applied) Mathematics / Computer Science / Engineering)

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PGM ISOGAWA Mariko Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University
PGM Will Perkins Georgia Tech
PGM Mariya Toneva Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
Introductory Speaker SASANO Ryohei Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University
Speaker Diyi Yang Stanford University
Speaker Ilia Kuznetsov Technical University of Darmstadt

Flows and Pattern Formations (Physics / Astrophysics)

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PGM MOTOJIMA Gen Department of Research, The National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS)
PGM William Terrano Arizona State University
PGM Uri Vool Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
Introductory Speaker NAKATA Motoki Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Komazawa University
Speaker David Vartanyan Observatories of The Carnegie Institution for Science
Speaker Claudia Elizabeth Brunner Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

Shrinking Society in Shrinking City? How Demographic Shift Change the Lifestyles in Ageing Societies (Social Sciences)

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PGM SHO Kojiro School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
PGM Vanessa Watts McMaster University
PGM Jessica Ordemann German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)
Introductory Speaker Russell Weaver Cornell University
Speaker AOKI Takashi Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Speaker Michael Weinhardt German Center of Gerontology

General Participants (Japan)

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General Participant HOSHINO Ayuko Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
General Participant KINOSHITA Mari Health Center, Keio University
General Participant MUKOYOSHI Megumi Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
General Participant KUBO Shiori Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
General Participant MATSUNO Kohei Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University
General Participant GOTO Taichi Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University
General Participant SATO Noriaki The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
General Participant SHIMOKAWA Michiko Division of Natural Sciences, Nara Women's University
General Participant HWANGBO Dogyun Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
General Participant ISHIDA Yuri Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Okayama University
General Participant SUGINO Mina Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

General Participants (United States)

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General Participant (TBD)

General Participants (Germany)

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General Participant Gisela Kopp University of Konstanz & Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
General Participant Kristin Bergauer GEOMAR - Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
General Participant Farsane Tabataba-Vakili Technische Universität Braunschweig
General Participant Hannah Catherine Nerl Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
General Participant Annett Junginger Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
General Participant Steffen Eger University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN)
General Participant Marcel Binz Helmholtz Munich
General Participant Birgit Stiller Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Erlangen
& Leibniz University Hannover
General Participant Philip Willke Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
General Participant Gundula Zoch Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
General Participant Friederike Hertweck RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research