Takashi Okada, PhD

Associate Professor
Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, JapanGraduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, Japan

I received my Ph.D. in Physics from Kyoto University (2013), after completing my M.Sc. (2009) and B.Sc. (2007) in Physics at the University of Tokyo. I was at RIKEN from 2014 to 2022, then held faculty positions at Kyoto University (2022–2025), and I am currently an Associate Professor at Hiroshima University (as of 2026). I was also a Visiting Researcher at UC Berkeley (Hallatschek Lab, 2018–2022).

Awards

  • 2020, the 15th Young Scientist Award of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology (日本数理生物学会研究奨励賞)
  • 2019, the 13th Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan (日本物理学会若手奨励賞)
  • 2017, the 12th Particle Physics Medal, Young Scientist Award in Theoretical Particle Physics (素粒子メダル奨励賞)

Education

  • Ph.D. in Physics
    Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
    Department of Physics and Astrophysics, Theoretical Particle Physics Group
    2010 – 2013

  • M.Sc. in Physics
    Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
    2007 – 2009

  • B.Sc. in Physics
    Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
    2003 – 2007

Academic and Research Positions

  • Associate Professor
    Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University
    2026-

  • Associate Professor
    Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
    2023 – 2025

  • Program-Specific Associate Professor
    Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
    2022 – 2023

  • Senior Research Scientist
    RIKEN
    2018 – 2022

  • Special Postdoctoral Researcher
    RIKEN
    2014 – 2018

  • JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (PD)
    Kyoto University
    2013 – 2014

Visiting Appointments

  • Visiting Researcher
    RIKEN, iTHEMS
    2022 –

  • Visiting Researcher
    University of California, Berkeley
    2018 – 2022

  • Visiting Researcher
    University of California, Santa Barbara
    2013 – 2014

Publications

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