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

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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)

2022: The Commendation by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Young Scientist Award

 (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