Director, Research Center for Energy and Environmental Materials (GREEN), NIMS
Group Leader, Interface Electrochemistry (IEC) Group, GREEN, NIMS
Visiting Professor, Waseda University
Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Project Leader & PI, Fugaku Physics & Chemistry (PC) Project, MEXT
Group Leader & PI, Computational & Data Science Gr., Interface IONICS (Innovative Area), JSPS
Team leader, Center for Advanced Battery Collaboration (ABC), COI-NEXT, JST
Group Leader & PI, Theoretical & Computations Gr., DX-GEM@The Univ. of Tokyo, MEXT
PI, JST-CREST,JST
Member, Materials Open Platform (MOP) for ASSB, NIMS
Research topics:
Development of efficient sampling method (free energy calculation/structure search) based on density functional theory (DFT)
DFT sampling studies on phenomena at solid/liquid interfaces and solid/solid interfaces
Theoretical treatment of electrochemical and chemical reactions at interfaces.
DFT-based calculation studies on battery (LIB, NIB, MRB, ASSB etc.)
DFT-based calculation studies on heterogeneous catalysts (H2O, CO2, CH4 etc.)
DFT-based investigations of solar cells
Research career:
2023-: Director, GREEN, NIMS
2023-: Group Leader, Interface Electrochemistry (IEC) Group, GREEN, NIMS
2021-: Team Leader, ABC, GREEN, NIMS
2018-: Visiting Professor, Waseda University
2018-: Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2021-2023: Deputy Director, GREEN, NIMS
2017: Laboratory Director, MOP-MI laboratory, NIMS
2016-2023: PI, MANA, NIMS
2016-2023: Group Leader, Interface Computational Science (IFCS) Group, GREEN, NIMS
2016: Visiting researcher, Theory Department, Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Germany: (Prof. Matthias Scheffler Group).
2016-2022: Project Professor / Principal Investigator (PI), ESICB, Kyoto University
2015-2020: Sub Group Leader, Battery Materials Group, CMI2, NIMS
2013-2017: Committee member, the committee on energy and environmental science & technology, MEXT, JAPAN
2012-2016: PI / Project Associate Professor, ESICB, Kyoto University
2011-2016: Group Leader, Nano-System Computational Science (NSCS) group, WPI-MANA, NIMS
2011-2015: JST-PRESTO Researcher "Phase Interfaces for Highly Efficient Energy Utilization"
2010: Adjunct Professor, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic
2007-2011: JST-PRESTO Researcher "Structures and Control of Interfaces"
2007-2011: MANA Independent Scientist, WPI-MANA, NIMS
2006: Visiting associated professor, Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP), The University of Tokyo
2003-2004: Visiting researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK: (Prof. Michiel Sprik group).
2001-2007: Researcher, Computational Materials Science Centre, NIMS
1998-2001: Researcher, National Research Institute for Metals.
Education:
1998: Ph D.: Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Physics)
Prof. Tsuneyuki group, Theoretical division, Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP)
1993: BA: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
1989: Graduated from Aomori high school (Aomori Prefecture)