Research field

Photoemission spectroscopy and resonant x-ray scatttering of correlated materials, in particular, high-temperature superconductors, transition-metal oxides and magnetic semiconductors

Academic and Professional Experience

1976  BS, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo

1978  MS, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo (Thesis: Magnetic circular dichroism of IV and III-V semiconductors)

1978  Research Scientist, National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials

1981  DSc, University of Tokyo (Thesis: Electronic structure and electron-lattice interaction in CeHx)

1988  Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo

1994  Professor, Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, University of Tokyo

2007-2019  Professor, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo

2019  Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo

Adjunct Appointments

1982  Visiting Scientist, Institut fur Festkorperphysik, ETH Zuerich (Dr. L. Schlapbach)

1984-1985  Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota (Prof. J.H. Weaver)

1988-1990  Visiting Associate Professor, Photon Factory, High-Energy Physics Laboratory

1991-1993  Visiting Associate Professor, Institute for Chemical Research、Kyoto Univesrity (Prof. M. Takano)

1998-2025  Visiting Scientist, Nuclear Science Research Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

2004-2008  Visiting Professor, Photon Factory, High-Energy Accelerator Research Organization

2011-  Distinguished Visiting Scholar, National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan

2019-2022   Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University

2019-   Visiting Collaborative Researcher, School of Science, University of Tokyo

2021  Visiting Scientist, Institute of Metal Physics, Russia

2021-  Visiting Professor, National Tsinghua University, Taiwan

2024- Visiting Professor, Zhejiang Normal University, China

Prizes, Awards

1991 Toray Science and Technology Award

1993 Sumitomo Foundation Basic Science Award

1997 IBM Japan Science Prize

1999 Superconductivity Science and Technology Prize

2014 Outstanding Referee, The American Physical Society

2016 Fibonacci Prize, RICMASS

2020 Yushan Fellow, Ministry of Education, Taiwan

2022 Outstanding Referee, The Physical Society of Japan

2024 Synchrotron Radiation Sicence Prize, The Japan Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research 

2024  Honorary Chair Professor, National Tsinghua University, Taiwan

Editorial Board

Divisional Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters

Editor, Springer Tracts in Modern Physics

Editor, Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena

Editor, Modern Physic Letters B

Editor, Condensed Matter

Corresponding Member, Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics, ICAM

Membership

Japan Physical Society of Japan

Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Society