Ken Okano is a professor of physics at the International Christian University (ICU), Japan. He received his PhD from Tokai University, Japan, in 1990. He has been a visiting scientist/professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; University of Cambridge, UK; and National University of Singapore. He has published more than 100 papers in high-impact factor journals, including Nature.
Joshua D. John is a PhD candidate, studying under Prof. Okano at ICU. He received his BE (Honours) from the National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe, in 2012, and MA in natural sciences from ICU in 2018. He has authored or coauthored 7 papers in international journals, focusing on quantum superlattice structures of amorphous materials.
Eri Yamamoto is a transfer medical student at Gunma University, Japan. She received her BA from ICU in 2021. During her undergraduate studies, she majored in psychology while she took courses in physics, biology, and anthropology, among others. Her areas of interest are developmental disorders, neuroscience, and developmental psychology.
