Dr. Takayuki Kurihara- Profile

Dr. Takayuki Kurihara  (栗原 貴之)

Experimental physics: Ultrafast photonics R&D, condensed matter physics, optomagnetism, terahertz and attosecond photonics 

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6903-002X

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-l-0HY0AAAAJ&hl=ja 

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Takayuki-Kurihara

◆EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

★The University of Tokyo, Japan (current address)

(Itatani group, Laser and Synchrotron Research Center, Institute for Solid State Physics)

・February 2020 - : Research Fellow (assistant professor)

University of Konstanz, Germany 

        (Postdoctoral researcher at Alfred Leitenstorfer group, University of Konstanz)

・April 2018 - February 2020: Groupleader Postdoc (Zukunftskolleg 5-year fellow)

・August 2016-March 2019: JSPS Postdoctoral fellow for Research Abroad

Osaka University, Japan 

・April 2016- March 2017:  JSPS Postdoctoral fellow, THz science group, Institute for Laser Engineering.

The University of Tokyo, Japan

(Suemoto group, Laser and Synchrotron Research Center, Institute for Solid State Physics)

・March 2016: Ph.D. Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science.

Thesis: “Observation and control of the magnetic order dynamics using terahertz magnetic nearfields enhanced by metallic microstructures” (Research Incentive Award from Graduate School of Science / Nominated for Springer Thesis Award).

 ・March 2013: Master of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science.

・March 2011: Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Precision Engineering, School of Engineering.

◆FELLOWSHIP, WORK EXPERIENCE

・February 2020 – Present:

Research Fellow (assistant professor), The University of Tokyo

・April 2019 – February 2020:

         Zukunftskolleg Research Fellow, University of Konstanz 

・April 2017 – March 2019:

Overseas Research Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

・April 2016 – March 2017:

Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

・April 2015 – March 2016:

Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

・February 2012 – March 2016:

Advanced Leading Graduate Course for Photon Science (ALPS)

◆SKILLS

・Experiment Skills:

THz time domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS), Nonlinear spectroscopy, fiber laser R&D, OPA, solid state laser (Ti:Sapphire oscillator / amplifier), UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer, Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), Raman spectrometer, Scattering nearfield optical microscopy (SNOM), Muffle Furnace, Floating-Zone (FZ) furnace, Electron-beam deposition, resistance heating evaporation, UV photolithography, Laser processing, Milling Machining, Lathe Machining, X-ray Laue measurement, LabVIEW, Matlab, IGOR pro, Mathematica, etc.

・Language Skills:

 Japanese (native language), English (scientific research level), German (B1)

◆AWARDS

・2024 Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan (division 5)

・Poster presentation award (second place), Quantum Vacuum in Matter International Workshop, Rice University, Houston, US, October 11 – 13 (2023).

・Participant for the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Alma Mater; Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz), 7/1-7/5 (2019)

・Proceeding Award from the Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University (2017)

・Young Scientists Presentation Award, from The Japan Socienty of Applied Physics (2016)

・Springer Thesis Award (2016)

・Research Incentive Awards, from School of Science, The University of Tokyo (for Ph.D. Thesis, March 2016)

・Best Poster Presentation Award for Students, from The Physical Society of Japan (Annual conference, celebrating the International Year of Light, Sept. 2015)

・”Best Presentation Award for Students”, from Japan Society of Applied Physics (THz summer school 2012)

◆Conference committee etc.

・CLEO 2025 subcommittee (Fundamental Science 4: Ultrafast dynamics in condensed matter)

(Last update: 20 October, 2023)