Initiative Research Units (Intl.)

Under this Initiative Research Unit program, young foreign researchers with unique, creative ideas are given the opportunity to further research fields being promoted by RIKEN and to contribute to enhancing RIKEN's international environment. This program was launched in January 2009.

Initiative Research Units (Intl.) list

Heddle Initiative Research Unit

Initiative Research Scientist: Jonathan Gardiner Heddle

We are carrying out basic bionanoscience research, and engineering proteins and DNA to build a toolbox of increasingly complex and functional structures.

Byon Initiative Research Unit

Initiative Research Scientist: Hye Ryung Byon

Tthe main goals of our unit are enhancing understanding of fundamental electrochemical reactions in Li-air using an in-situ scanning probe, and developing high-energy Li-air batteries.

Ulmer Initiative Research Unit

Initiative Research Scientist: Stefan Ulmer

We are developing an experiment for the high-precision determination of the magnetic moment of the proton and the antiproton. The magnetic moment of the antiproton is currently known at a level of only 10-3. We are aiming at a millionfold improved measurement of this fundamental quantity.

Initiative Research Units (Intl.)