About KEN
Prof. Dr. Ken Sakaushi, Team Leader / Associate Professor
1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044 Ibaraki, Japan
Email: sakaushi.ken at nims.go.jp
Affiliations:
National Institute for Materials Science,
Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials,
Electrochemical Energy Conversion Team
University of Tsukuba,
Graduate School of Science and Technology,
Degree Programs in Pure and Applied Sciences, Subprogram in Materials Science,
EnergyX Lab
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Curriculum Vitae
Academia:
2013-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
(with Max Planck Society Stipend)
2013 Ph.D. Leibinz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research /
(with DAAD German Academic Exchange Service Research Grant) TU Dresden, Germany
2008 B.Sc. (Physics) / 2010 M. Sc. Eng. (Chemistry) Keio University, Japan
Professional Appointments:
University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
Associate Professor (2022 - Present)
National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
Team Leader (2024- Present)
Principal Researcher (2021 - Present)
Senior Researcher (2018 - 2021)
Researcher (2015 - 2018)
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
Max Planck Society Stipend (2013 - 2015)
Leibinz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Dresden, Germany
DAAD Research Grant (2010 - 2013)
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
Visiting researcher (2009 - 2010, 2012)
Other Appointments:
■The University of Tokyo
Part-time Lectuler (2023-present)
■The Ceramics Society of Japan
Annual Meeting Session Organizer (2022-2023)
■Chuo University
Part-time Lectuler (2020)
Awards and Honors:
2023: The 4th Japanese-American-German Frontier of Science Symposium
(Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Academy of Sciences USA, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
2023: Junior Experts Exchange Program 2023 "Green Hydorgen Technology"
(Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung)
(MEXT)
2022: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Early Career Forum (The American Chemical Society)
2021: Nanoscale Emerging Investigator (Royal Society of Chemistry, Nanoscale)
2021: The Kao Research Grant for Science (The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences)
2021: The CSJ Award for Young Chemist: 進歩賞 (The Chemical Society of Japan)
2020: PCCP Emerging Investigator (Royal Society of Chemistry, PCCP)
2019: PCCP Prize (The Chemical Society of Japan / Royal Society of Chemistry, PCCP and Faraday Discussions)
2018: 2018 WMRIF Early Career Scientist Summit
2018: The Japan Prize Foundation Research Grant 2018
2018: Invited Lecture @ Asian International Symposium in the 98th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting
2016: The Murata Science Foundation Research Grant for Visiting Abroad
2016: Chemical Society of Japan Presentation Award 2016
2016: ISE Travel Award for Young Electrochemists (by International Society of Electrochemistry)
2016: JSPS HOPE Fellow
2015: 8th HOPE Meeting with Noble Laureates (by JSPS)
2015: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad (Declined)
2014: Festkörperchemie2013 (Solid-State Chemistry 2013) by German Chemical Society
2013-2015: Max Planck Society Stipend
2013: Representative Lecture at The Completion Ceremony of the DAAD Fellowship
2010-2013: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Research Grant (Grant No. A/09/74990)
2009: Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of Science & Technology Research Grant for Master’s Program