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Informal offer of the 15th batch
Hakubi researchers【Global Type】

To foster prospective early career researchers, Kyoto University established the Kyoto University “Hakubi Project” to Foster and Support Early career Researchers in 2009 and has accepted applications. Until now, for the 15th batch, strict examination has been held such as applicant screening by the expert committee of the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research and interview by the Hakuraku Council. As the results of deliberations by the Steering Committee of the Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University decided informally 20 researchers who will be hired in the Kyoto University Hakubi Center for Advanced Research.

List of prospective Hakubi Researchers【Global Type】in the Kyoto University Hakubi Center for Advanced Research (As of December, 2024)
(following Japanese alphabetical order)

NameResearch TopicPosition
ADACHI HiroakiUnderstanding molecular basis of NLR-mediated immunity in plantsAssociate Professor
IKI SakumiThe Co-Parenting Mind: A Series of Comparative Cognitive Studies on the Evolutionary Foundations of Human ParentingAssistant Professor
URAI SatoshiThe Other Face of the Kyoto School: Rethinking its History and Contemporary SignificanceAssistant Professor
ABRAHMS KAVUNENKO SaskiaPlastic Cosmologies: Radical Permeation and the Limits of the (Non) SelfAssociate Professor
OKI MaiThe Fusion of the Two Principal Deities in Hindu Art: Aspects of Early Hinduism Explored in the Formation and Development of the Harihara Mythology and Iconography Assistant Professor
OHARA DaiyaHow innate immunity drives the optimized acquired immunity for combating specific pathogens? -Considering the highly heterogenous nature of conventional dendritic cells (cDCs)-Assistant Professor
SATO YukiUnraveling TCF1hi stem-like T cell development and regulation using humanized miceAssociate Professor
SHIOMI AkifumiThe integration of cell mechanics and single-cell genomicsAssociate Professor
SHIMADA RyosukeTowards combinatorial arithmetic geometryAssistant Professor
SHIMOYAMA HanaContemporary History of Dietary Systems in Africa: A Focus on the Influence of Introduced Crops and Cooking MethodsAssistant Professor
SUN YaoCommodification and Ideological Changes of Regional Languages:
A Sociolinguistic Study on Language Commodities in Japan		Assistant Professor
TAKAGI SahoElucidating the phenomenon of “caninification”  in cats.Assistant Professor
TAKANO TetsushiInnovation in quantum metrology using thulium atoms trapped in an optical waveguideAssociate Professor
DULINA AnnaReconsideration of Medieval Japanese Society and State: focusing on the Hachiman CultAssociate Professor
HATANO YuHuman iPS cell-derived pancreas regeneration using developmental niches and genetic modificationAssistant Professor
HATTORI YukakoStudy on environmental adaptation mechanisms underlying animal developmental processesAssociate Professor
HORIUCHI KaoriFamily and gender norms in early modern nomadic pastoral Mongolian societyAssistant Professor
MATSUSHITA YusukeExploring a New Age of Software Development Springing from RustAssistant Professor
YAMASHITA MaiObservational studies on chromospheric activities of pre-main-sequence starsAssistant Professor
YONEDA HirokiOrigin of matter and cosmic-ray production explored through astrophysical nuclear reactionsAssistant Professor

*Reprinted from proposal.

Status of Application and Informal Appointment (As of December, 2024)

Number of ApplicantsNumber of Informal AppointmentCompetitive Ratio
256 people20 people12.8 times
Number of ApplicantsNumber of Informal Appointment
Male/Female/Not to respond175：73：811：9：0
Associate Professor/Junior Associate Professor/Assistant Professor67：26：1637：0：13
Average ageAssociate Prof.41.740.7
Junior Associate Prof.40.9–
Assistant Prof.35.332.1