PCST 2025 Tokyo - Theme 1 (Education and Training)

Euan McKay is Designated Associate Professor at Nagoya University where he is vice head of international strategy and vice head of international communications. He also runs the JSF Socials meetings with other JSF members. Before Nagoya, he worked on international and research communications at Kobe University and the University of Tokyo. His current research focus is on the challenges faced by sexual minority students at Japanese universities and women’s participation in STEM fields.

Thilina is an Assistant Professor and Director of Communications at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) in Tokyo. His research interests are public engagement evaluation, science & society strategies at research institutions, astrobiology communication, and decolonising science. He heads the ELSI PR Office, teaches science communication for graduate students, supervises science communication internships, and coordinates science and society projects.