In her presentation, Ms Ahamed taught us about her academic history, her current job, and how the two relate to each other. She also shared her experiences with job hunting and working in Japan.
In this talk, not only did he discuss his career and research history, but also how he and his wife (a fellow scientist from his undergraduate course back in Indonesia) overcame the difficulties of juggling a long-distance relationship during their respective postgraduate studies in Japan and the Netherlands
It was 6 months before her graduation from the Department of Earth Science that Le Thi Cam Tu (nicknamed 'Chip') decided to continue staying in Japan. "I made up my mind that I wanted to work in Japan and so I began searching for job-related information", she says.
Being raised in a small town, Dr. Fatwa Ramdani never imagined he could one day study in Japan. He reminisced his time waiting next to a telephone early in the morning just to hear his application results from Tohoku University. In more than a decade since then, he finds himself in the position of Assistant Professor at University of Tsukuba.
The stereotypical image of someone with an advanced degree especially in sciences isn't that of a Manga character who walks his dog in Tokyo. Yet, that is how Dr. Ramsey Lundock opens his talk.
The DiRECT office asked Dr. Anindya Wirasatriya (Class of 2015, Diponegoro University, Indonesia) to share his thoughts of his ex-student who is currently studying with IGPAS, and the program.
Dr. Indra Kusuma came to Sendai from Indonesia in September 2012 to join IGPAS. Right after graduation in March 2018, he jumped into the business world in Japan. His success in obtaining a position in one of Japan's prominent companies in such a short period (in less than two months!) surprised everyone.
Dr. TU Ngoc Han was born in Vietnam and came to Sendai in September 2011, to study physics under the supervision of Prof. Katsumi TANIGAKI. It was the year that the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred, and the IGPAS results notification was released right before the disaster. Even though everyone closes to her such as family, relatives, and friends, did not want her to go Japan, she still decided to pursue her academic path in Tohoku. Looking back...
Dr. MA Yue joined IGPAS in 2004 as one of the 1st batch of IGPAS students. IGPAS, newly inaugurated as one of the first International Priority Graduate Programs supported by MEXT, welcomed twelve students: three for the master's program and nine for the doctoral program that year.
Mr. Peng Ningning (彭 寧寧, IGPAS 2008, Mathematics) visited Tohoku University on "Follow-up Research Fellowship" program sponsored by JASSO (Japan Student Service Organization) to stay for three months (July to September).