See below to learn more about our student participants in the 2025-2026 TOMODACHI-Dow Women’s Leadership and Research Program!
Rion Akatsuka
Home Country: Japan
University: Keio University
Major: Physics
School Year: Junior
Host Advisor: Junichiro Kono
Host Department:
Tamaki Hayashi
Home Country: Japan
University: University of Tokyo
Major: Civil Engineering
School Year: Sophomore
Host Advisor: Noemi Vergopolan
Host Department: Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Misaki Horiba
Home Country: Japan
University: Nara Women's University
Major: Computer Science
School Year: Junior
Host Advisor: Guha Balakrishnan
Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rina Kubota
Home Country: Japan
University: Kyoto University
Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences
School Year: Sophomore
Host Advisor: Han Xiao
Host Department: Bioengineering
Fu Kuroda
Home Country: Japan
University: Sophia University
Major: Information and Communication Sciences
School Year: Sophomore
Host Advisor: Lydia Kavraki
Host Department: Computer Science
Ayaha Motomochi
Home Country: Japan
University: University of Tokyo
Major: Mechano-Informatics
School Year: Junior
Host Advisor: Marcia O'Malley
Host Department: Mechanical Engineering
Rina Nakajima
Home Country: Japan
University: Kyoto University
Major: Engineering
School Year: Junior
Host Advisor: Ashutosh Sabharwal
Host Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nozomi Onishi
Home Country: Japan
University: Osaka University
Major: Biotechnology
School Year: Junior
Host Advisor: Isaac Hilton
Host Department:
Bioengineering
Manae Saito
Home Country: Japan
University: Tohoku University
Major: Pharmaceutical Sciences
School Year: Junior
Host Advisor: James Chappell
Host Department: BioSciences
Aoi Sugimoto
Home Country: Japan
University: Keio University
Major: Environment and Information Studies (Neuroscience)
School Year: Junior
Host Advisor: Jerzy Szablowski
Host Department: Bioengineering