CV

Employment:

• June 2023 - Present Associate Professor, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University

• July 2011 - May 2023 Assistant Professor, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University

• Apr. 2009 - June 2011 Assistant Professor, UVSOR, Institute for Molecular Science

Education:

• May 2009 Doctor of Energy Science under the supervision of Prof. Kai Masuda from Kyoto University

          Thesis for doctorate: "Generation of high quality electron beam using a thermionic RF gun for mid-infrared free electron lasers".

• Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2009       Kyoto University  Doctor of Energy Science

• Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2006       Kyoto University  Master of Energy Science

• Apr. 2002 - Mar. 2004       Kyoto University  Bachelor of Engineering

• Apr. 1997 - Mar. 2002       Suzuka National College of Technology, (Department of Electronic and Information Engineering)

High School (3 years) + University (2 years)

Funded Proposals:

• F.Y. 2022 - FY.2024        Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

"Research on drastic improvement of extraction efficiency of oscillator-type free electron laser"

• F.Y. 2014 - F.Y. 2018 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

"Research on New THz-FEL Generation Scheme Using Ultra-short Electron Bunch"

• F.Y. 2011 - F.Y. 2012 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

"Generation of Intense Short Pulse Synchrotron Radiation via Chirped Pulse Generation Technique"

• F.Y. 2008 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

"Development of Advanced Diagnostics Technique for High Brightness Electron Beam Generation"

Awards:

• March 2025   Nishikawa Prize (given by Foundation for High Energy Accelerator Science)

• June 2021   The 17th PASJ Award for Research Encouragement

• June 2021   Young Researcher Award of the Japanese Society of Infrared Science and Technology

• Mar. 2021                      Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan

• May. 2019                     The 5th Best Paper Award of Journal of the Japan Society of Infrared Science and Technology 

 "Paper Title : Direct observation of mode-selective phonon excitation induced by mid-infrared pulse laser with separation of the sum-frequency generation component"

Kyohei Yoshida, Tsubasa Katsurayama, Tomoya Murata, Heishun Zen, Kan Hachiya, Toshiteru Kii, Kai Masuda, and Hideaki Ohgaki

• Oct. 2015 5th Best Presentation Award of the Japan Society of Infrared Science and Technology (JSIR)

"Development of Mid-Infrared Free Electron Laser at Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University"

• Aug. 2015 Presentation Awards of The 12th Annual Meeting of Particle Accelerator Society of Japan (PASJ)

"Multi-bunch photoelectron beam generation from LaB6 cathode in an RF gun and its utilization to MIR-FEL oscillation"

• Mar. 2008 Presentation Awards of Subcommittee on Particle Accelerator and Beams Science, Atomic Energy Society of Papan (AESJ)

"Improvement of energy distribution of electron beam by RF amplitude control at a driver linac of MIR-FEL"

Committee Service:

• F.Y. 2022-Present International Executive Committee of Free Electron Laser Conference

• F.Y. 2020 WIRMS2021, Local Organizing Committee

• F.Y. 2019-2021 Nuclear Photonics 2020, Program Advisory Committee

• F.Y. 2017 FLS2018, WG-C Convener

• F.Y. 2015 AFAD2016, Local Organizing Committee

• F.Y. 2013 FEL2013, Scientific Program Committee

• F.Y. 2012 FEL2012, Local Organizing Committee, Member of Editor.