Section Members

  Name Role
Tadashi Sugihara Manager
Yoshiteru Fujimatsu Assistant Manager
Xin Yao

URA (Pre-Award), Grant Advisor  

PhD in Applied Linguistics

xin.yao@oist.jp
Assistant Professor at Shenyang University of Technology, Manager at Teachers College, Columbia University Japan Campus, Specially-Appointed Associate Professor and Chief Research Administrator at Osaka University before assuming her current position at OIST in March 2021. Since 2013, she has been engaged in a wide range of activities as a URA (University Research Administrator), including supporting researchers in external funding acquisition and international dissemination of research results, assisting the university executives to strategically strengthen university research capabilities and university management, and managing institutional research support programs. At OIST, she is mainly engaged in supporting researchers with diverse backgrounds in obtaining external funding, among others.

姚 馨(ヨウ シン)
お茶の水女子大学人間創成文化科学専攻 博士(人文科学)
瀋陽工業大学助教、コロンビア大学ティーチャーズ・カレッジ日本校マネージャー、大阪大学特任講師(常勤)・チーフ・リサーチ・アドミニストレーター等を経て、2021年3月より沖縄科学技術大学院大学に着任。2013年以来URAとして外部資金の獲得、外国人支援、研究成果の国際的発信、大学の研究力強化及び経営等の支援に幅広く携わる。OISTでは、多様性に富んだ研究者に対して様々なアプローチから効果的な支援を目指す。

Masahiro Yamano

Pre-Award, Research Development Coordinator 

Masahiro.Yamano@OIST.JP
He started his career in industry in 1999 and moved to research institutions in 2011. Specializing in Research Development and management, he worked at the University of Tokyo, JST, and RIKEN before joining OIST in 2022. He received his Ph.D. from Tohoku University in 2010.

Suzuna Tengan Post-Award (KAKENHI, JSPS)
Yukiko Inoue Post-Award (contracted research)
Emi Maekado Pre-Award Assistant