Future prospects: interview with cross-appointed researchers
[Soft materials]
Junichi Takeya
(Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo / Chief Invited Researcher, Supermolecules Group, MANA)
and
Katsuhiko Ariga
(PI and Group Leader, Supermolecules Group, MANA / Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,The University of Tokyo)
"Creating new value through collaboration on research from basic to applied"
[Soft materials]
Kazuaki Kato
(Lecturer, Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo / Senior Invited Researcher, Adhesive Materials Group, Research Center for Structural Materials, NIMS)
and
Masanobu Naito
(Group Leader, Adhesive Materials Group, Research Center for Structural Materials, NIMS / Associate Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
"Development of new polymers for our society"
*A day in the life of a cross-appointed researcher (Masanobu Naito's day)*
[Metals]
Eiji Abe
(Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo / Chief Invited Researcher, Computational Structural Materials Design Group, Research Center for Structral Materials, NIMS)
"Application of light and strong magnesium alloys in domestic aircraft"
[Metals]
Junya Inoue
(Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST); Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo / Leader, Practical Information-Theoretic Analysis Team, SIP-MI Laboratory, Research and Services Division of Materials Data and Intergrated System (MaDIS), NIMS)
and
Makoto Watanabe
(Leader, Integrated Smart Materials Group, Research Center for Structural Materials; Director, SIP-MI Laboratory, MaDIS, NIMS / Associated Professor, RCAST; Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
"Bringing innovation to structural materials research by reconciling theory with experimental results"
[Information science]
Koji Tsuda
(Professor, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo / Cheif Invited Researcher, Data Science Group Center for Materials Research by Information Integration (CMI2), MaDIS, NIMS)
and
Ryo Tamura
(Researcher, Data Science Group CMI2, MaDIS, NIMS / Lecturer, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
"Expediting development of materials through full use of information science"