Sam is a chemistry PhD student with interests in liquid-liquid phase separation and single-molecule imaging. He was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia. He moved to Japan to pursue undergraduate and masters studies and the United States for PhD.
Recent News
- Aug, 2025. 📝 My collaborator's paper has been published!(DOI)
- Jul, 2025. 🎤 I successfully defended my master's pre-defense!
- Apr, 2025. 〽️ I have been accepted to the Chemistry PhD program at the University of Michigan, Go blue!
- Jan, 2025. 📝 My side project has been submitted! Kaneda, N.; Suzuki, L.; Endo, S.; Husna, S.M.A.; Ishikawa, S.; Takahashi, H.; Oikawa, H.; Itoh, Y.; Takahashi, S. A single dimer of the SARS-CoV-2 N protein can associate with multiple fragments of single-stranded and stem-loop RNAs 2025 bioRxiv https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.23.634602
- Aug, 2024. 🎤 I attended and presented at the 64th Summer School for Young Biophysicists (第64回 生物物理若手の会 夏の学校) in Sapporo, Japan.
- Aug, 2024. 🎤 I received the Student and Early Career Researcher Poster Award at the 21st IUPAB and 62nd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan (See more.)
- Nov, 2023. 🎤 I received the Student Presentation Award at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan (See more.)
- Oct, 2023. 📚 I started my master studies under the IGPAS program at Tohoku University.
- Sep, 2023. 🎓 I have graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Tohoku University.