Ms. Eiko Hasegawa, a special assistant/foreign teacher assistant, has retired. We express our heartfelt gratitude for her great contribution to the laboratory over the years. Ms. Yukiko Hane, a technical assistant, and Dr. Qifeng Mu, a postdoctoral researcher, have also retired. Ms. Mayu Watanabe, Mr. Kyosho Morimoto, and Ms. Rinka Morishita all the best as they graduate from the master’s program, and we wish them all the best in their future endeavors to make great contributions to society.

Dr. Hailong Fan’s paper “Bioinspired Underwater Adhesives” became most downloaded papers in Advanced Materials.

Dr. Fucheng Tian continues to work with us as a “JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships Foreign Researchers Program” visiting research fellow.