World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI)
Program Committee as of November 2025
As of November 2025
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| HAMAGUCHI Michinari (Chairperson) (PDF/160KB) | Director General, Strategic Center Biomedical Advanced Vaccine Research and Development for Preparedness and Response(SCARDA), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) Councelor to the President, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
| HASEGAWA Mariko (PDF/137KB) | President, Japan Arts Council |
| ISHIMURA Kazuhiko (PDF/122KB) | President & CEO, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| KAJITA Takaaki (PDF/141KB) | Distinguished University Professor (Institute for Cosmic Ray Research), Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo Nobel laureate in Physics (2015) |
| KAWAI Maki (PDF/137KB) | President, National Institutes of Natural Sciences |
| KOTANI Motoko (PDF/165KB) | Executive Director of Science, RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Executive Vice President, Tohoku University |
| NAGAI Ryozo (PDF77KB) | President, Jichi Medical University |
| Rita COLWELL (PDF/324KB) | Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland |
| Richard DASHER (PDF/413KB) | Director, US-Asia Technology Management Center, Stanford University |
| Victor Joseph DZAU (on leave since 2024.4) (PDF/515KB) | President, National Academy of Medicine |
| Pavel KABAT (PDF/149KB) | Secretary-General, International Human Frontier Sciences Program Organization (HFSPO) |
| Matthias KLEINER (PDF/491KB) | University Professor (ret.), Technical University Dortmund |
| LIM Chuan Poh (PDF/124KB) | Chairman, Singapore Food Agency (SFA) |
| Mona NEMER (PDF/264KB) | Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada |
| Jean ZINN-JUSTIN (PDF/13KB) | Visitor, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) |