World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI)
Program Committee as of November 2026
As of November 2026
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| 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/122KB) | 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/474KB) | 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/173KB) | 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) |