Research Interests

Optical microscopy, Vibrational spectroscopy, Scanning probe microscopy, Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Near-field optics, Biophysics

Particularly,        

Near-field scanning optical microscopy (NOSM), Tip-enhanced Raman scattering microscopy (TERS), High-speed AFM, Broadband plasmonics

Hobbies

Science, Working out, Basketball, Shogi, Philosophy,

Education

2007. Apr. - 2011. Mar:      

B.S. Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University.

2011. Apr. - 2013. Mar:      

M.S. Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University.

2013. Apr. - 2016. Mar:      

Ph.D. Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University.

Research Career

2013. Apr. - 2016. Mar:      

Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1)

2016. Apr. - 2016. Dec.:

Postdoctoral Fellow, Bio-AFM Research Frontier Center, Kanazawa University. 

2017. Jan. - 2021. Jan:

Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University.

2019. Oct. - 2023. Mar.:

JST PRESTO Researcher (concurrent)

2021. Jan - present:

Lecturer, Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University. (concurrent)

2024. Apr - present:

Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University (Concurrent)

2021. Jan - present:

Lecturer, Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies, Osaka University.

Activities

2023.4-: Committee, JSAP Photonics Division

2022.4-: Committee, The Spectroscopical Society of Japan Kansai Chapter

2019.9-: Program Committee, SPIE Optics + Photonics, Enhanced Spectroscopy and Nanoimaging.

2018-: President, JSAP Young Scientist chapter -Optics & Photonics division-.

2020.4-2022.3: Branch manager, JSAP Kansai Chapter

2011-2016: member, Osaka Univ. OSA/SPIE student chapter.

2014: President, Osaka Univ. SPIE student chapter.

2014: President, Osaka Univ. OSA student chapter.

2012-2016: member, Osaka Univ. JSAP student chapter.

2012-2015: member, Kagakusha-Ishin Jyuku.

2014: Conference Chair, IONS-Asia 5 Hokkaido. (The first IONS meeting in Japan!)

2014: Conference Vice-chair, Asia Core Student Meeting

2012: Conference Chair, 1st Asia Student Photonics Conference 2012

2013: Chair, 4th Super Hikarijuku (Photonics Kid's School)

Awards

2024 Mar: Japanese Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) 2023 Kansai Chapter Award

2020 Jan: SPIE Community Champion, 2019

2019 Sep: the 46th Young Scientist Presentation Award for the oral presentation at the 66th Japanese Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) spring meeting

2019 May: 2019 Young Scientist Award of The Spectroscopical Society of Japan

2018 Dec: 35th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (from Inoue Foundation for Science)

2018 Jun: Award of Osaka University COiRE Section for Fostering Young Researchers

2017 Jun: Best Poster Award at 9th International Conference on the Molecular Electronics and Biophotnics (M&BE) @Ishikawa Ongaku-do, Kanazawa, Japan

2014 Mar: Award from Dean of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University  

Society Membership

JSAP (The Japanese Society of Applied Physics)

SPIE (The International Society for Optics and Photonics)

Optica

The Spectroscopical Society of Japan

The Biophysical Society of Japan

Class

2023 Oct-: physical mathematics

2017 Apr-: applied physics experimental class

2018 Apr-2019 Mar: information literacy A

2019 Apr-2020 Mar: information science

2019 Apr-2019 Sep: Machikane seminar

2019 Apr-2019 Aug: physics experimental class