Guest Researchers / Collaborative Research Projects
Guest Professors from Abroad

EMMANUEL, Lacôte
Professor
Laboratory of Polymer Controlled Synthesis, Division of Materials Chemistry
(December 2025 – March 2026)
Head/Professor, CNRS/Chimie ParisTech-PSL, France
WOODWARD,Patrick Marvin
Professor
Laboratory of Advanced Solid State Chemistry, Division of International Research Center for Elements Science
(September – December 2025)
Newman Professor, The Ohio State University, the U.S.
LEI,Xiaoguang
Professor
Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Division of Biochemistry
(July – October 2024)
Professor, Peking University, China, P.R.
AJAYAGHOSH, Ayyappanpillai
Professor
Laboratory of Molecular Aggregates, Division of Multidisciplinary Chemistry
(July – September 2024)
Chair Professor, S.S.Bhatnagar, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India
KHANG, Tsung Fei
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Bio-knowledge Engineering, Bioinformatics Center
(April – July 2024)
Associate Professor (Statistics programme), Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia
BODWELL, Graham James
Professor
Laboratory of Polymer Controlled Synthesis, Division of Materials Chemistry
(March – May 2024)
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
GARCIA MARTIN, Susana
Professor
International Research Center for Elements Science
(September – December 2023)
Professor, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
SAMEERA, W. M. C.
Associate Professor
International Research Center for Elements Science
(August – October 2023)
Senior Lecturer (Grade I), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
CAI, Hongmin
Professor
Bioinformatics Center
(July ‒ October 2019)
Professor, South China University of Technology, China, P.R.
YANG, Jye-Shane
Professor
Division of Materials Chemistry
(November 2017 ‒ February 2018)
Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Wicker, Nicolas
Professor
Laboratory of Bio-knowledge Engineering, Bioinformatics Center
(April ‒ July 2017)
Professor, University of Lille 1, France
DE LA HIGUERA, Colin Manuel
Professor
Bioinformatics Center
(January ‒ June 2016)
Professor, University of Nantes, France
ZHU, Shanfeng
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Bio-knowledge Engineering, Bioinformatics Center
(July – November 2016)
Associate Professor, Fudan University, China, P.R.
HINGAMP, Pascal Michel
Associate Professor
Bioinformatics Center
(May – July 2015)
Associate Professor, Aix-Marseille University, France
VALERIE, Alezra
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Division of Synthetic Chemistry
(November 2014 – February 2015)
Associate Professor, University Paris Sud, ICMMO, France
LI, Zhiping
Professor
Laboratory of Organic Main Group Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(March – May 2014)
Professor, Renmin University of China, China, P.R.
CHEN, Jwu-Ting
Professor
Laboratory of Organotransition Metal Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(March – May 2013)
Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
LIKHTMAN, Alexe
Professory
Laboratory of Molecular Rheology, Division of Multidisciplinary Chemistry
(April – June 2012)
Professor, University of Reading, UK
KWON, Youngdon
Professor
Laboratory of Molecular Rheology, Division of Multidisciplinary Chemistry
(April – September 2011)
Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea, R.
KENNEDY, Brendan J
Professor
Laboratory of Advanced Solid State Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(September – December 2010)
Professor, The University of Sydney, Australia
SHING, Tony Kung Ming
Professor
Laboratory of Organic Main Group Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(June – August 2010)
Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, P.R.
SOLOHONOK, Vadim Anatol’evich
Professor
Laboratory of Organotransition Metal Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(January – May 2010)
Associate Professor, The University of Oklahoma, USA
CHEN, Chun-Wei
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Election Microscopy and Crystal Chemistry, Advanced Research Center for Beam Science
(July – September, 2009)
Associate Professor /promoted to Professor while staying ICR, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
QUIOCHO, Florante Advient
Professor
Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Division of Biochemistry
(Aplil – June, 2009)
Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
KOTORA, Martin
Professor
Laboratory of Organic Main Group Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(July – October, 2008)
Professor,Charles University in Prague, Czech REP.
BUCKEL, Wolfgang
Professor
Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Science, Division of Environmental Chemistry
(May – July, 2008)
Retired Professor, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany, and Fellow, The Max-Planck-Institute of Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
FEJFAR, Antonin
Professor
Laboratory of Photonic Elements Science, International Research Center for Elements Science
(October 2007-March2008)
Professor, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
SUN, Ling-Dong
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Advanced Solid State Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(January – April, 2007)
Associate Professor, Peking University, China, P.R.
LEONG, Weng Kee
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Organotransition Metal Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(October – December, 2006)
Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
DEME, Bruno
Associate Professor
Laboratory of Molecular Rheology, Division of Multidisciplinary Chemistry
(January – March, 2006)
Chief Beam Line Scientist, Institut Laue-Langevin, France
WANG, Yu
Professor
Laboratory of Organotransition Metal Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(October – November, 2005)
Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
ATTFIELD, John Paul
Professor
Laboratory of Advanced Solid State Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(January – March, 2005)
Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK
YAN, Chun-Hua
Professor
Laboratory of Advanced Solid State Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(October – December, 2004)
Professor, Peking University, China, P.R.
LIU,Yunqui
Professor
Laboratory of Organic Main Group Chemistry, International Research Center for Elements Science
(January – April, 2004)
Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, China, P.R.
Guest Researchers and Graduate Students from Abroad
Guest Researchers and Graduate Students from Abroad, and their Origins
|
Guest Researchers from Abroad FY2024 |
|
| Guest Scholar | 5 |
| Guest Research Associate | 38 |
| Total | 43 |
|
Graduate Students from Abroad As of May 1,2025 |
|
| Argentina | 1 |
| Cambodia | 1 |
| China, P.R. | 50 |
| Egypt | 3 |
| India | 1 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Iran | 2 |
| Korea, R. | 6 |
| Malaysia | 2 |
| Pakistan | 3 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 |
| Taiwan | 1 |
| the Philippines | 2 |
| Total | 75 |
Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
International Joint Usage Research Center