Project Members
Project Members
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Project Leader
Takanori Ichiki, Ph.D.
Ichiki Takanori
Research Director of iCONM
Professor, Department of Materials Engineering and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo -
Project Sub-Leader
Koji Nagai, Ph.D.
Nagai Koji
Deputy Director of iCONM.
After serving as the Director of Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, he joined iCONM as the Research Promotion Manager in 2019 and was promoted to his current position in 2022. -
Project Sub-Leader
Makoto Shimazaki, Ph.D.
Shimazaki Makoto
Communications Manager of iCONM.
After serving as a lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy and as a senior research scientist, director of communications, and executive officer at a pharmaceutical company, he has been in his current position since 2019. -
R&D Theme 1 Leader
Ken Uchida, Ph.D.
Uchida Ken
Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
After serving as Senior Research Scientist at a general electricity company, he joined Tokyo Institute of Technology as an associate professor, and Keio University as a professor. He was assigned as the current position in 2018. -
R&D Theme 2 Leader
Akira Matsumoto, Ph.D.
Matsumoto Akira
Professor, Laboratory for Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Institute of Science Tokyo.
After serving as a professor at the Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, he was assigned as the current position since October 2024, due to university integration. -
R&D Theme 3 Leader
Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Ph.D.
Nishiyama Nobuhiro
Professor, Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Science Tokyo.
After serving as a professor at the Institute of Chemistry and Life Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, he was assigned as the current position since October 2024, due to university integration. -
R&D Theme 4 Leader
Ayumi Igarashi, Ph.D.
Igarashi Ayumi
Professor, Frontier Clinical Nursing, Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University.
After serving as an Assistant Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School and an Associate Professor at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo, she was assigned as the current position since 2025. Her specialty is gerontological nursing. -
R&D Theme 5 Leader
Shintaro Sengoku, Ph.D.
Sengoku Shintaro
Professor, Department of Technology and Innovation Management, Institute of Science Tokyo.
After serving as a professor at the School of Environment and Society, he was assigned as the current position since October 2024, due to university integration.
Research Administration Office
To promote open innovation through industry-academia-government collaboration, we established a Research Promotion Organization with functions that include planning and management, intellectual property strategy, communications and outreach, social and industry-academia collaboration, regional collaboration, and human resource development to provide comprehensive support throughout the research and development process to commercialization. Many of our members have served as senior directors in pharmaceutical, food, and chemical companies, and are actively developing activities to implement research results in society, leveraging their respective expertise and experience. Additionally, to match new technological seeds with needs and challenges, we are working to build empathy and demonstration fields that involve citizens and healthcare professionals, serving as a liaison with many stakeholders, including participating institutions. Furthermore, we are actively planning and implementing measures to foster young researchers and to encourage diverse talent, including foreign nationals, to take on active roles.