Research Fellows

Doctor of Engineering. Graduated from the Dept. of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Waseda University (1968). Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. (current Toshiba Corporation). Professor of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hiroshima. Professor of the Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo. Joined NIMS and named NIMS Fellow as of April 2003.

Doctor of Science. Completed doctoral course at Osaka University Graduate School of Science (1969). Served as Researcher in the Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Special Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM) of the Science and Technology Agency, and Professor at Tohoku University Graduate School of Science. Named NIMS Fellow in April 2004.

Doctor of Engineering. Completed doctoral course at the University of Tokyo School of Engineering. Served as Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research (NAIR), Professor at University of Tokyo School of Engineering, and Professor at Tokyo Denki University. Named NIMS Fellow in April 2004.

Doctor of Science. Completed doctoral course in Dept. of Physics, Graduate School of Science at Tokyo Metropolitan University (1970). Joined R&D Center, Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd. (current Toshiba Corporation)(1970). Professor of Dept. of Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering at Tohoku University (2000). NIMS Fellow (2006). Named NIMS Emeritus Fellow in April 2009.

Doctor of Science. Completed master's course in Dept. of Science and Engineering, Graduate School, Tokyo Institute of Technology (1971). Joined the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM). Appointed Director of Crystal Structure Analysis Group, Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML; 2002), NIMS. NIMS Fellow (2004). Named NIMS Emeritus Fellow in April 2010.

Doctor of Engineering. Completed doctoral course at the University of Tokyo School of Engineering (1972). Joined National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM) as Researcher, RIKEN as Chief Researcher, Professor at Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering, and Director-General of the Nanomaterials Laboratory of NIMS in 2002. Named NIMS Fellow in April 2004.

Doctor of Science. Completed doctoral course in Dept. of Science, Graduate School, Osaka University (1975). Researcher at National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials. Named Director of Advanced Beam Analysis Group, Advanced Materials Laboratory, Director-General of the International Center for Young Scientists (2003), NIMS. Named NIMS Fellow in December 2004.

Ph.D. in Metals Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University (1988). Research Associate at Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University. Senior Researcher, Group Head at National Research Institute for Metals, Director of the Metallic Nanostructure Group, Materials Engineering Laboratory in NIMS(2002). Named NIMS Fellow in December 2004.

Doctor of Engineering. Completed doctoral course at the University of Tokyo School of Engineering(1973). Professor, Institute of Industrial Science (1973), and Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (1988) of the University of Tokyo. Vice-president of Toyota Technological Institute (2007). Named NIMS Fellow in April 2007.

Doctor of Engineering. Completed doctoral course at the Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University. Served as Assistant at the Osaka University Faculty of Engineering Science's Ultra-High-Pressure Experimental Laboratory, researcher at the National Research Council of Canada, Independent Senior Researcher in NIMS and Senior Researcher at the Advanced Nano Materials Laboratory (2006). Named NIMS Fellow in October 2007.

Doctor of Science. Completed the Master's Course in sciences at the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (1974). Joined the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials and Senior Researcher. Appointed Director of the Advanced Materials Laboratory in NIMS, Managing Director of the Optronic Materials Center. Named NIMS Fellow in November 2007.

Doctor of Science. Completed the Master's Course in Dept. of Chemistry, the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo (1980). Joined the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials as a Researcher. Appointed Director of Soft Chemistry Group in NIMS, Managing Director of the Nanoscale Materials Center, Coordinator of Nanomaterials Field of MANA (2008). Named NIMS Fellow in April 2009.

Doctor of Engineering. Completed doctoral course at the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University. Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Collaboration Research, the University of Tokyo. Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology of the University of Tokyo and Coordinating Director, Materials Research for Reliability and Safety Field of NIMS. Named NIMS Fellow in April 2010.