A number of new laboratory heads have been appointed to RIKEN.
April 1, 2026
- Miyabi Imai
- RIKEN ECL Team Leader
- RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute Quantum Energy Conversion RIKEN ECL Research Team
- Tomoki Ozawa
- Team Director
- RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Tohoku University Collaboration Team
- Noritaka Nishida
- Team Director
- RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences Laboratory for Intracellular Structural Dynamics
- Satoko Arakawa
- Team Director
- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Laboratory for Ultrastructural Research
- Atsushi Tsukazaki
- Team Director
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Quantum Materials Innovation Research Team
- Midori Akiyama
- Unit Leader
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Molecular Materials Synthesis Research Unit
- Takuro Sato
- Unit Leader
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Low-Dimensional Quantum Phases Research Unit
- Shinichi Nishihaya
- Unit Leader
- RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Emergent Interface Functionality Research Unit