Taisuke Sasaki Dr. (Eng.)
Group Leader,
Nanostructure Analysis Group,
Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, NIMS.
E-mail:
SASAKI.Taisuke[at]nims.go.jp
Educational Background:
March 2003 B.S. Osaka Prefecture University (Supervisor: Prof. Kenji Higashi)
March 2005 M.S. Osaka Prefecture University (Supervisor: Prof. Kenji Higashi)
March 2008 University of Tsukuba (Supervisor: Prof. Kazuhiro Hono)
Work Experience:
April 2008 – March 2009 Post-doc, National Institute for Materials Science
April 2009 – March 2011 Post-doc, The University of Alabama
April 2011 – March 2016 Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science
April 2016 – March 2019 Senior researcher, National Institute for Materials Science
April 2019 – Principal researcher, National Institute for Materials Science
July 2019 – Lecturer, Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Cross appointment)
Awards and Honors:
2003 Shirasagi award
2004 Best poster award
2013 Encouraging prize, Metallographic contest, Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
2013 2012 TMS Light Metals Magnesium Best Paper - Fundamental Research Award
2013 Young scientist award, Japan Magnesium Association
2013 Excellent Poster Award, Asian Symposium on Magnesium Alloys (ASMA5)
2014 Young scientist award, Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
2014 Young scientist award, Japan Institute of Light Metals
2015 Young scientist award, MRS-J
2016 2015 TMS Light Metals Magnesium Best Paper - Fundamental Research Award
2018 Murakami young scientist award, Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
2019 Award of excellence, Metallographic contest, Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
2019 The Young Scientist’s Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2020 Tsukuba Encouragement Prize
Research Interests:
Clarification of processing-structure-property relationship in various metallic materials via the use of advanced electron microscopes (SEM and TEM) and 3D atom probe (3DAP)
Development of high performance light alloys such as Mg alloys and Al alloys
Microstructure analysis and development of Nd-Fe-B permanent magnet
Microstructure analysis of magnetic thin films and devices
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