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To foster prospective young researchers, Kyoto University established the Kyoto University "Hakubi Project" to Foster and Support Young Researchers in 2009 and has accepted applications. Until now, 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 10 researchers who will be hired in the Kyoto University Hakubi Center for Advanced Research.
Name | Research Topic | Position | Current Affiliation/Position |
---|---|---|---|
Kenichi Amemori | Measuring and Navigating Primates’ Cerebral Cortex Circuits To Control Anxiety and Conflict | Associate Professor | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Scientist |
Kazushi Iwao | World Order and Diplomacy on Eastern Eurasia during the 7th and 13th Centuries | Associate Professor | Visiting Researcher, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies |
Atsushi Kanazawa | Calabi-Yau manifolds and mirror symmetry | Assistant Professor | Harvard University, Postdoctoral fellow |
Norita Kawanaka | Understanding and observing radiation from astrophysical transients | Associate Professor | Assistant professor, Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo |
Woodae Kim | Reconsidering Actual Conditions and Social Progress in Interactions with the Kofun Era Korean Peninsula | Assistant Professor | Associate Fellow, Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties |
Yusuke Takahashi | Longitudinal behavioral genetic study on emotion regulation from infancy through adolescence | Associate Professor | Associate Professor, Division of Cognitive Psychology in Education, Graduate School of Education, and Collaborative Graduate Program in Design, Kyoto University |
Keisuke Huziwara | From Modern Language to Dead Language: The Case of Tibetan, Burmese, and Luish Language Groups | Associate Professor | Visiting Research Fellow, Kobe City University of Foreign Studies |
Yusuke Bessho | China-Facing Nepal: Development Investment and ‘Buddhist Politics’ in the Chinese-Indian Border Regions | Associate Professor | Research Fellow, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University |
Masayuki Horie | Archeology of the RNA Virus: Biological Experiments and Evolutionary Analysis | Associate Professor | Assistant professor, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University |
Shosuke Yoshida | Multifaceted survival strategies of environmental microorganisms | Associate Professor | Department of Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto University |
Number of Applicants | Number of Informal Appointment | Competitive Ratio |
483 people | 11 people | 43.9 times |
Number of Applicants |
Ratio | Number of Informal Appointment |
Ratio | |
Male/ Female |
382:101 | 79.1%:20.9% | 11:0 | 100.0%:0.0% |
Humanities/ Science |
161:322 | 33.3%:66.7% | 5:6 | 45.5%:54.5% |
On-campus/ Off-campus |
126:357 | 26.1%:73.9% | 2:9 | 18.2%:81.8% |
Domestic / Overseas |
357:126 | 73.5%:26.5% | 9:2 | 81.8%:18.2% |
Associate Professor/ Assistant Professor |
157:326 | 32.5%:67.5% | 9:2 | 81.8%:18.2% |
Average age (Associate Professor) (Assistant Professor) |
- | - | 38.0 | - |
- | - | 31.0 | - |
*Reprinted from proposal.