In the Ph.D. Program in Humanics (Five-year Doctoral Program, University of Tsukuba), students earn Ph.D. degree through the “Double Mentor System”, in which faculty members from both biomedical sciences and physical sciences/engineering/informatics initiate a research collaboration to provide guidance to students.
The doctoral degree to be received is shown in the column of each mentor.
If you wish to choose a faculty member who is not in this list as your sub-mentor, please be sure to consult with the SIGMA office in advance before applying. Please note that we may not be able to meet your request if there is no prior consultation.
University of Tsukuba
Biomedical sciences
[Affiliation]
International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS)
[Job title]
Professor/Director
[Specialized fields]
Neuroscience of sleep
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Molecular Behavioral Physiology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Systems Sleep Biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Neurobehavioral Biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS)
[Job title]
Assistant Professor
[Specialized fields]
Neuroscience of sleep
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Assistant professor
[Specialized fields]
Neuroscience of sleep
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS)
[Job title]
Associate professor
[Specialized fields]
Human sleep science
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Methylation Biology
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)
[Job title]
Lecturer
[Specialized fields]
Immunology
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Developmental biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Science
[Affiliation]
Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Bacterial cell-cell communication and bacterial biofilm
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Vascular matrix biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)
[Job title]
Assistant Professor
[Specialized fields]
Developmental biology
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Anatomy and Embryology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Infection Biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Genome Biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Medical Physics
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Molecular Cell Biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Stem cell biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Molecular Neurobiology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Radiation Health Risk Science
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Medical Genetics
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Immunology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Metabolism and Endocrinology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Hematology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Hematology-Oncology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Orthopaedic Surgery
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Ophthalmology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Clinical and Translational Research
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Metabolism, Lipid Biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Clinical epidemiology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Anesthesiology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Natural Products Chemistry
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Molecular cell biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Science
[Affiliation]
Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences
[Job title]
Assistant Professor
[Specialized fields]
Molecular cell biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Science
[Affiliation]
Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Physiological genetics
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Science
[Affiliation]
Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Neurophysiology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS)
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Neuroscience of adaptation
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Sleep for memory
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences
[Job title]
Assistant Professor
[Specialized fields]
Molecular neurobiology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Science
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Neurophysiology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
Physical sciences/engineering/informatics
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems/Center for Cybernics Research/F-MIRAI Center
[Job title]
Professor/Executive Research Director/Director
[Specialized fields]
Cybernics
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems/Center for Cybernics Research
[Job title]
Professor/Director
[Specialized fields]
Cybernics & Artificial Intelligence
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems/Center for Cybernics Research
[Job title]
Associate professor
[Specialized fields]
Cybernics, Integration between Human and Machine
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS)
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Sleep Data Science
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Center for Computational Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Data Engineering
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Center for Computational Sciences
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Database System
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Center for Computational Sciences
[Job title]
Assistant Professor
[Specialized fields]
Intelligent informatics
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Center for Computational Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Computational media
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Center for Computational Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Computational Media
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Center for Computational Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Computer Science
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Medicinal Chemistry & Organic Synthetic Chemistry
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Science
[Affiliation]
Center for Computational Sciences
[Job title]
Associate professor
[Specialized fields]
Computational Biophysics
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Science
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Numerical Analysis
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems/Center for Artificial Intelligence Research (C-AIR)
[Job title]
Associate professor
[Specialized fields]
Numerical analysis & machine learning
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Medical Imaging and Image Processing
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Intelligent Image Processing
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Human Factors
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Visiting Professor
[Specialized fields]
Mathematical informatics
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine /Center for Artificial Intelligence Research
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Bioinformatics and Computational biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Computational Intelligence
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Socio-Economic Planning
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Assistant Professor
[Specialized fields]
Numerical linear algebra
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Computational Neuroscience
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Structural Biology and Chemistry
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Science
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Assistant Professor
[Specialized fields]
Applied Math./Educational Informatics/Medical AI
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Institute of Library, Information and Media Science
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Human-in-the-loop Big Data & AI
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Drug Development/Biomaterials
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Chemical biology and In silico drug design
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems/Center for Cybernics Research
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Cybernics & Biology Systems Engineering
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
MRI Medical Physics
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
Institute of Medicine
[Job title]
Associate Professor
[Specialized fields]
Medicinal Chemistry/Chemical Biology
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Medical Sciences
[Affiliation]
Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Materials Science and Engineering
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Physical Pharmacy
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
[Affiliation]
Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences
[Job title]
Professor
[Specialized fields]
Smart polymers
[PhD to be received]
Ph.D. in Engineering
Corporation/Institute
Biomedical sciences
[Affiliation]
R&D Center for Precision Medicine
[Job title]
Director (Specially Appointed Professor)
[Specialized fields]
Molecular oncology
[PhD to be received]
Contact
Physical sciences/engineering/informatics
[Affiliation]
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)
[Job title]
Professor (School of Integrative and Global Majors)/Group Leader
[Specialized fields]
Glycan engineering
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
RIKEN
[Job title]
Professor (School of Integrative and Global Majors)/Principal Investigator (Team Leader)
[Specialized fields]
Deep Learning for Medicine
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)
[Job title]
Professor (School of Integrative and Global Majors)/Senior Researcher
[Specialized fields]
Super resolution imaging, Biophysics, Optical microscope
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST)
[Job title]
Professor (School of Integrative and Global Majors)
[Specialized fields]
Electron microscopy
[PhD to be received]
Contact
[Affiliation]
RIKEN
[Job title]
Professor (School of Integrative and Global Majors)/Principal Investigator (Team Leader)
[Specialized fields]
Biomedical Data Engineering
[PhD to be received]
Contact
Example of Humanics research
Biomedical sciences × physical sciences/engineering/informatics enables doctoral research based on joint research that fuses two fields.
Biomedical sciences
Integrative Sleep Medicine
International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine Professor
Masashi Yanagisawa
Physical sciences/engineering/
Next Generation Mobility Technology
R&D Center for Frontiers of MIRAI in Policy and Technology Specially Appointed Professor
Isamu Takahara
Humanics research
Development of technology to monitor arousal and cognitive function during driving by using IoT
Biomedical sciences
Vascular matrix biology
Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA) Professor
Hiromi Yanagisawa
Physical sciences/engineering/
Smart polymers
Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences Professor
Mitsuhiro Ebara
Humanics research
Investigation of the role of macrophages in FBN1 mutant mice and development of therapeutic strategy for aortic dissection
Biomedical sciences
Spine and Spinal Surgery & Regenerative Medicine
Orthopedic Surgery Institute of Medicine Professor
Masashi Yamazaki
Physical sciences/engineering/
Cybernics
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems Director of Center for Cybernics Research Professor
Kenji Suzuki
Humanics research
Application of Wearable Cyborg HAL to CNS disease and its gait analysis for each disease
Biomedical sciences
Immunology
Institute of Medicine Professor
Kazuko Shibuya
Physical sciences/engineering/
Glycan engineering
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST) Group Leader
Hiroaki Tateno
Humanics research
A discovery of the glycan-based drug candidate for atopic dermatitis
Biomedical sciences
Neurophysiology
Institute of Medicine Professor
Masayuki Matsumoto
Physical sciences/engineering/
Computational Neuroscience
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems Associate Professor
Jun Izawa
Humanics research
Identify the cerebral neural circuits that make decisions, aiming to realize artificial intelligence that makes decisions using the same mechanism as the brain
Biomedical sciences
Neuroscience of sleep
International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (WPI-IIIS) Assistant Professor
Sakiko Honjoh
Physical sciences/engineering/
MRI Medical Physics
Institute of Engineering, Information and Systems Associate Professor
Tomokazu Tsurugizawa
Humanics research
Elucidation of functional networks in the whole brain during sleep using the newly developed functional MRI.
You can check some laboratories of the Humanics program in VIDEOS on our Youtube cahannel.
Please take a look!
