Dr. Aditya Wibawa Sakti moved to Pertamina University as an Associate Professor.

3 Undergraduate students joined Nakai’s Research Group at the beginning of 2020 academic year.

A short-term international student (Mr. Phujinn Honorio) from Thailand finished research activities for about one month and returned to Thailand.

The 1-month study was summarized in the following two reports.

RESEARCH TRAINING REPORT
(1) Divide-and-Conquer-Type Density-Functional Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proton Diffusion in a Bulk Water System
(2) Divide-and-Conquer-Type Density-Functional Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Acetylcholinesterase-Inhibitor Complex Systems

A short-term international student from Korea came to Japan and started research activities for about two months.

Mr. Jong Hyeon Lim
Project at Prof. Nakai’s lab: Research training using DC-DFTB simulations
Period: April 8 – June 7, 2019
Advisor in Korea: Prof. Jin Yong Lee
Department of Chemistry, Sungkyunkwan University

6 Undergraduate students and 1 master’s student joined Nakai’s Research Group at the beginning of 2019 academic year.

1 Undergraduate student, 5 master’s students, and 1 assistant professor left Nakai’s Research Group at the end of 2018 academic year.

A short-term international student from Thailand came to Japan and started research activities for about one month.

Mr. Phujinn Honorio
Project at Prof.Nakai’s lab: Research training using DC-DFTB simulations
Period: March 10 – April 13, 2019
Advisor in Thailand: Asst. Prof. Dr. Pachreenart Saparpakorn
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University

International student from Thailand, Mr. Tanabat Mudchimo, returned home after completing study over the year (November 19, 2018).

Prof. Nakai was delegated to the Steering Committee Member of the Institute for Molecular Science.)