Thank you for your interest in joining my laboratory through the IGP.
I welcome inquiries from students whose academic interests are closely related to my research. I particularly welcome inquiries from prospective PhD students, as well as prospective master’s students who are strongly research-oriented and are considering continuing to doctoral studies in the future. Before contacting me, please read the information below carefully.
Before sending an email, please make sure that your research interests are broadly related to areas in which I can provide research supervision.
I encourage you to read several of my recent papers to understand my research interests and approach. However, you do not need to propose a topic that closely follows or extends my existing research. I am more interested in understanding your own research interests and why you wish to pursue them.
When contacting me for the first time, please include the following information in a single email:
your full name and current affiliation
the degree program you wish to apply for
your academic background and research interests
a brief explanation of why you want to work with me
your CV
your academic transcript showing individual course grades
your English test score, if available
a brief research statement (approximately one page)
Academic transcript requirement:
Please provide an official academic transcript that lists the courses you have taken and the grade received for each course. If you are currently enrolled, a transcript covering your completed coursework to date is sufficient.
A certificate showing only your overall GPA or weighted average score is not sufficient. If your university issues individual course grades in a separate document, please include that document as well.
Please write your email clearly and concisely.
Your research statement should describe a research question that you are genuinely interested in investigating.
Please explain:
What research question would you like to investigate, and why does it interest you?
What motivates this question, based on your academic background, previous research, or other relevant experiences?
How might you approach this question empirically or theoretically?
Why do you think my research group would be a suitable environment for pursuing this research?
Please do not feel that you need to tailor your proposed topic to closely resemble my published research.
For prospective master's students, I do not expect a fully developed research proposal. Your ideas may still be preliminary. What matters most is your ability to think critically about a research question and your willingness to develop it independently.
For prospective PhD students, I expect a more developed research question and evidence of prior research experience.
Please note that contacting me does not guarantee supervision or admission. Any decision depends on the match between your interests and my research, my supervisory capacity, and the official admission process of the university.
The information on this page is only intended as guidance for students who wish to contact me in advance. For official eligibility requirements, application procedures, and deadlines, please make sure to consult the university’s official IGP website.
Because I receive many inquiries, I may not be able to reply to every email. I am more likely to respond to applicants who demonstrate clear research interests, strong academic preparation, and a good potential fit with my research group, and whose emails include the materials listed above.