JSPS Bridge Fellowship Awardee History

2024 Awardees

Dr. Alexis Marie Mychajliw, Middlebury College
(Host researcher: Satoshi Ohdachi, Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University)
 
Dr. Robabeh Rahimi, Maryland University
(Host researcher: Masahiro Kitagawa, Director/Professor, Osaka University)
 
Dr. Hirofumi Tanaka, University of Texas at Austin
(Host researcher: Jun Sugawara, Group Leader, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology/University of Tsukuba)
 
Dr. Md Shah Alam, University of North Carolina Wilmington
(Host researcher: Yutaka Haga, Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
 
Dr. Jay Zachary Parrish, University of Washington
(Host researcher: Kazuo Emoto, Professor, The University of Tokyo)
 
Dr. Dimitry Sayenko, Houston Methodist Research Institute
(Host researcher: Kimitaka Nakazawa, Professor, The University of Tokyo)
 
2023 Awardees

Dr. Timothy Patrick Devarenne, Texas A&M University
(Host researcher: Shigeru Okada, Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo)
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Dr. Baofeng Feng, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
(Host researcher: Kenichi Maruno, Professor, Waseda University)
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Dr. Sumith Ranil Wickramasinghe, University of Arkansas
(Host researcher: Hideto Matsuyama, Director/Professor, Kobe University)
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Dr. Christina Charlotte Laffin, University of British Columbia
(Host researcher: Saeko Kimura, Professor, Tsuda University)
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Dr. Stephanie Rankin-Turner, Johns Hopkins University
(Host researcher: Satoshi Ninomiya, Professor, University of Yamanashi)
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Dr. Serguei Triapitsyn, University of California, Riverside
(Host researcher: Tetsuya Adachi, Associate Professor, University of Miyazaki)
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2022 Awardees

Dr. Alexander Robert Bay, Chapman University
(Host researcher: Professor, Akihito Suzuki, The University of Tokyo)
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Dr. Ian PIKE, The University of British Columbia
(Host researcher: Head of Section, Kazuko Okamura, National Research Institute of Police Science)
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Dr. Thomas Edward Johnson, Colorado State University
(Host researcher: Director, Kenji Nanba, Fukushima University)
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Dr. Matthew Philip McKelway, Columbia University
(Host researcher: Professor, Satomi Yamamoto, Waseda University)
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Dr. William Joseph Schwartz, The University of Texas at Austin
(Host researcher: Professor, Masao Doi, Kyoto University)
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Dr. Yihsu Chen, University of California Santa Cruz
(Host researcher: Professor, Ryuta Takashima, Tokyo University of Science)
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2021 Awardees (No recruitment due to the pandemic)
 
2020 Awardees

Dr. William Joseph Schwartz, The University of Texas at Austin
(Host researcher: Professor, Masao Doi, Kyoto University)
〈Declined〉

Dr. Roger Koide, Brigham Young University
(Host researcher: Professor, Makoto Kanauchi, Miyagi University)
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Dr. Arup Neogi, University of North Texas
(Host researcher: Professor, Yasuhisa Fujita, Shimane University)
〈Declined〉

Dr. Raffi Takvor Khatchadourian, City University of New York-Hunter College
(Host researcher: Professor, Hidehiko Masuhara, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
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Dr. Nancy S. Jecker, University of Washington School of Medicine
(Host researcher: Professor, Akira Akabayashi, The University of Tokyo)
〈Declined〉

Dr. Stephane Aris-Brosou, University of Ottawa
(Host researcher: Associate Professor, Akiko Shoji, University of Tsukuba)
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2019 Awardees

Dr. Belay Teshome Ayele, University of Manitoba
(Host researcher: Unit Leader, Mitsunori Seo, RIKEN)
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Dr. Christopher Charles Packham, University of Texas at San Antonio
(Host researcher: Assistant Professor, Masatoshi Imanishi, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
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Dr. Ranga Narayanan, University of Florida
(Host researcher: Associate Senior Researcher, Satoshi Matsumoto, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
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Dr. Helen Ngo Lew, United States Department of Agriculture
(Host researcher: Senior researcher, Junichi MANO, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)
〈Declined〉

Dr. Steven Wayne Collins, University of Washington Bothell
(Host researcher: Professor, Masaya Nakahara, Ehime University)
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Dr. Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
(Host researcher: Professor, Tsutomu Nakagawa, Gifu University)
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2018 Awardees

Dr. Steven S. Rosefielde, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(Host researcher: Prof. Kumiko Haba, Aoyama Gakuin University)
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Dr. Yutaka Yasui, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Memphis, TN) / University of Alberta (Edmonton)
(Host researcher: Prof. Katsushi Tokunaga, The University of Tokyo)
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Dr. Duy Huu Hua, Kansas State University
(Host researcher: Prof. Kiyosei Takasu, Kyoto University)
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Dr. Kenneth Owen Buesseler, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(Host researcher: Prof. Hiroaki Saito, The University of Tokyo)
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2017 Awardees

Dr. Neel Prakash Savani Patel, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
(Host researcher: Prof. Kanya Kusano, Nagoya University)
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 Dr. Ming-Cheh LIU, University of Toledo
(Host researcher: Prof. Yoichi Sakakibara, University of Miyazaki)
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Dr. Daniel Martin Nover, University of California, Merced
(Host researcher: Prof. Yosuke Yamashiki, Kyoto University)
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Dr. Harinantenaina Liva Romuald Rakotondraibe, The Ohio State University
(Host researcher: Prof. Katsuyoshi Matunami, Hiroshima University)
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2016 Awardees


2015 Awardees

Dr. Hiroshi Matsui, City University of New York-Hunter College
(Host researcher: Kiyotaka Shiba, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research)

Dr. Niwako Yamawaki, Brigham Young University
(Host researcher: Takeshi Sato, Saga University)

Dr. Michael Richmond, Rochester Institute of Technology
(Host researcher: Mamoru Doi, The University of Tokyo)

2014 Awardees

Dr. Yury Barnakov, Norfolk State University
(Host researcher: Satoshi Watanabe, Kyoto University)

Dr. Mohammad Zahidul Islam, The Catholic University of America
(Host researcher: Makoto Itoh, Aichi Medical University)

Dr. Ann-Elise Lewallen, University of California, Santa Barbara
(Host researcher: Gayman Jeffry Joseph, Hokkaido University)

Dr. Christoph Lossin, University of California, Davis
(Host researcher: Shinichi Hirose, Fukuoka University)

2013 Awardees

Dr. Anowarul Islam, University of Wyoming
(Host researcher: Masahiko Hirata, University of Miyazaki)

Dr. George Dabney Stanley Jr., The University of Montana
(Host researcher: Tetsuji Onoue, Kumamoto University)

Dr. Melissa Pui Ling Chan, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
(Host researcher: Minoru Yoneda, Kyoto University)

2012 Awardees

Dr. Ranga Narayanan, University of Florida
(Host researcher: Ichiro Ueno, Tokyo University of Science)

Dr. Bao-Feng Feng, The University of Texas-Pan American
(Host researcher: Akihiro Nakatani, Osaka University)

Dr. Longjian Liu, Drexel University
(Host researcher: Katsuyuki Miura, Shiga University of Medical Science)

2011 Awardees

Dr. Anthony Halog, University of Maine
(Host researcher: Masayuki Sagisaka, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology – AIST)

Dr. Elliot Bernstein, Colorado State University
(Host researcher: Toshinori Suzuki, Kyoto University)

Dr. Christopher Loretz, University of Buffalo
(Host researcher: Yoshio Takei, The University of Tokyo)

2010 Awardees

Dr. Dexue Fu, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
(Host researcher: Masaaki Murakami, Osaka University)

Dr. Douglas B. Weibel, University of Wisconsin-Madison
(Host researcher: Shoji Takeuchi, The University of Tokyo)

Dr. Genhua Niu, Texas A&M University
(Host researcher: Michiko Takagaki, Chiba University)

2009 Awardees

Dr. Mieko Yoshihama, University of Michigan
(Host researcher: Tamie Kaino, Ochanomizu University)

Dr. Abhijit Sarkar, Michigan Molecular Institute
(Host researcher: Hidetoshi Oikawa, Tohoku University)