Availability of Hosting PhD Students in Research Units
Note:
- The list will be updated annually and/or upon a request from faculty.
- The Academic Year starts in September and ends in August.
- Please note Adjunct faculty are available for co-supervision only. Students seeking this co-supervision will still be required to secure primary supervision from a full-time faculty member.
- Please note the below information is indicative only. For already enrolled OIST PhD students, you are encouraged to contact the relevant Unit Professor to discuss the possibility of joining the lab as soon as possible.
- For applicants wishing to enroll in the OIST PhD program, finding placement in a thesis research lab will occur during the first year of enrollment. Therefore, when choosing Faculty of Interest, please check the lab availability one year ahead (for example, if you wish to enroll in 2022, please check the lab availability in 2023). Please note that students are accepted to the OIST program in general and will go through lab matching process before admission to any one lab. It is important to list your Faculty of Interest, but it is not necessary to contact faculty to get their approval or support prior to applying.
| Name | Unit | Current Number of PhD Students | The Number of Availability of Hosting PhD Students | ||
| Academic Year 2025 | Academic Year 2026 | Academic Year 2027 | |||
| AARAJ, Najwa (Adjunct) |
Future-Proof Cryptography Unit | 0 | 0 (Co-Supervision only) |
0 (Co-Supervision only) |
TBD (Co-Supervision only) |
| ABDULLA, Ugur | Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Unit | 1 | 2 | 3 | TBD |
| ARMITAGE, David | Integrative Community Ecology Unit | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| BANDI, Mahesh | Nonlinear and Non-equilibrium Physics Unit | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| BOURGUIGNON, Thomas | Evolutionary Genomics Unit | 4 | 1 | TBD | TBD |
| BUSCH, Thomas | Quantum Systems Unit | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| CHABCHOUB, Amin | Marine Physics and Engineering Unit | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| CHAKRABORTY, Pinaki | Fluid Mechanics Unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CID, Carlos (Adjunct) |
Applied Cryptography Unit | - | 1 (Co-Supervision only) |
1 (Co-Supervision only) |
TBD (Co-Supervision only) |
| DANI, Keshav | Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit | 6 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| DE SCHUTTER, Erik | Computational Neuroscience Unit | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| DIECKMANN, Ulf | Complexity Science and Evolution Unit | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| DOYA, Kenji | Neural Computation Unit | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ECONOMO, Evan (Adjunct) |
Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit | 5 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| EKERT, Artur (Adjunct) |
Quantum Information Security Unit | - | 0 (Co-Supervision only) |
0 (Co-Supervision only) |
0 (Co-Supervision only) |
| ELKOUSS, David | Networked Quantum Devices Unit | 5 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| ESPOSITO, Amedeo Roberto | Information Theory, Probability, and Statistics Unit | 0 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| FENG, Yejun | Electronic and Quantum Magnetism Unit | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FRIED, Eliot | Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| FROESE, Tom | Embodied Cognitive Science Unit | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FUKAI, Tomoki | Neural Coding and Brain Computing Unit | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FUKUNAGA, Izumi | Sensory and Behavioural Neuroscience Unit | 3 | 1 | 1 | TBD |
| GIOIA, Gustavo | Continuum Physics Unit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| GODA, Yukiko | Synapse Biology Unit | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| GORYANIN, Igor (Adjunct) |
Biological Systems Unit | - | 0 (Co-Supervision only) |
0 (Co-Supervision only) |
TBD (Co-Supervision only) |
| HIKAMI, Shinobu | Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| HÖHN, Philipp | Qubits and Spacetime Unit | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| HUSNIK, Filip | Evolution, Cell Biology, and Symbiosis Unit | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| KABE, Ryota | Organic Optoelectronics Unit | 5 | 1 | 1 | TBD |
| KHUSNUTDINOVA, Julia | Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis Unit | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| KITANO, Hiroaki (Adjunct) |
Integrated Open Systems Unit | - | 0 (Co-Supervision only) |
0 (Co-Supervision only) |
TBD (Co-Supervision only) |
| KIYOMITSU, Tomomi | Cell Division Dynamics Unit | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| KONDRASHOV, Fyodor | Evolutionary and Synthetic Biology Unit | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| KONO, Keiko | Membranology Unit | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| KONSTANTINOV, Denis | Quantum Dynamics Unit | 1 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| KUHN, Bernd | Optical Neuroimaging Unit | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| KUSUMI, Akihiro | Membrane Cooperativity Unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| LAUDET, Vincent | Marine Eco-Evo-Devo Unit | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LAURINO, Paola | Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LIU, Qing | Geometric Partial Differential Equations Unit | 1 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| LUSCOMBE, Christine | pi-Conjugated Polymers Unit | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| LUSCOMBE, Nicholas | Genomics and Regulatory Systems Unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MASAI, Ichiro | Developmental Neurobiology Unit | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| MEITINGER, Franz | Cell Proliferation and Gene Editing Unit | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MILLER, Jonathan | Physics and Biology Unit | 1 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| MITARAI, Satoshi | Marine Biophysics Unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MIYAHARA, Hiroko (Transitional) |
Solar-Terrestrial Environment and Climate Unit | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| MUNRO, William John | Quantum Engineering and Design Unit | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| MYERS, Gene (Adjunct) |
Algorithms for Eco And Evo Genomics Unit | - | 0 (Co-Supervision only) |
0 (Co-Supervision only) |
TBD (Co-Supervision only) |
| NAKAYAMA, Naomi | Biological Design Unit | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| NARITA, Akimitsu | Organic and Carbon Nanomaterials Unit | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| NEIMAN, Yasha | Quantum Gravity Unit | 2 | 1 | 1 | TBD |
| NEMOTO, Kae | Quantum Information Science and Technology Unit | 1 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| NIC CHORMAIC, Sile | Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| OKADA, Yoshinori | Quantum Materials Science Unit | 2 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| PAO CHAN, Gerald | Biological Nonlinear Dynamics Data Science Unit | 2 | 3 | 3 | TBD |
| PÄÄBO, Svante (Adjunct) |
Human Evolutionary Genomics Unit | - | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| PIGOLOTTI, Simone | Biological Complexity Unit | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| RAVASI, Timothy | Marine Climate Change Unit | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| REITER, Sam | Computational Neuroethology Unit | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| ROKHSAR, Daniel (Adjunct) |
Molecular Genetics Unit | - | 1 (Co-Supervision only) |
1 (Co-Supervision only) |
TBD (Co-Supervision only) |
| ROSTI, Marco | Complex Fluids and Flows Unit | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| SALLAN, Lauren | Marine Macroevolution Unit | 1 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| SATOH, Noriyuki | Marine Genomics Unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| SAZE, Hidetoshi | Plant Epigenetics Unit | 3 | 1 | 1 | TBD |
| SHANNON, Nic | Theory of Quantum Matter Unit | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| SHEN, Amy | Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| SHINTAKE, Tsumoru | Quantum Wave Microscopy Unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| SITSEL, Oleg | Marine Structural Biology Unit | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| SPEYER, Liron | Representation Theory and Algebraic Combinatorics Unit | 2 | 1 | 1 | TBD |
| STEPHENS, Greg (Adjunct) |
Biological Physics Theory Unit | - | 2 (Co-Supervision only) |
2 (Co-Supervision only) |
2 (Co-Supervision only) |
| SZOLLOSI, Gergely | Model-Based Evolutionary Genomics Unit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TAKAHASHI, Hiroki | Experimental Quantum Information Physics | 8 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| TANAKA, Fujie | Chemistry and Chemical Bioengineering Unit | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| TANAKA, Kazumasa | Memory Research Unit | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TANI, Jun | Cognitive Neurorobotics Research Unit | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TATSUMI, CHIKAE (Transitional) |
Microbial and Ecosystem Ecology Unit | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| TERENZIO, Marco | Molecular Neuroscience Unit | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TORIUMI, Reiko | Gravity, Quantum Geometry and Field Theory Unit | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOUBER, Emile | Shocks, Solitons and Turbulence Unit | 1 | 1 | 0 | TBD |
| TRIPP, Gail | Human Developmental Neurobiology Unit | 3 | 1 | 1 | TBD |
| TWAMLEY, Jason | Quantum Machines Unit | 5 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| UUSISAARI, Marylka Yoe | Neuronal Rhythms in Movement Unit | 4 | 1 | 1 | TBD |
| WATANABE, Hiroshi | Evolutionary Neurobiology Unit | 2 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| WICKENS, Jeff | Neurobiology Research Unit | 7 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| WOLF, Matthias | Molecular Cryo-Electron Microscopy Unit | 5 | 1 | 1 | TBD |
| YAMADA, Makoto | Machine Learning and Data Science (MLDS) Unit | 1 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| YAMAMOTO, Tadashi | Cell Signal Unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | TBD |
| YAZAKI-SUGIYAMA, Yoko | Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit | 2 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| YOKOBAYASHI, Yohei | Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Engineering Unit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| YOSHIDA, Yutaka | Neural Circuit Unit | 2 | 2 | 2 | TBD |
| ZHANG, Shu (Transitional) |
Collective Dynamics and Quantum Transport Unit | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| ZHOU, Xiaodan | Analysis on Metric Spaces Unit | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Last Updated: 2025/01/30