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Noriki Terada

Noriki TERADA

Chief Researcher, Green Magnetic Materials Group

Noriki Terada is a chief researcher at NIMS working on spin-frustrated systems and magnetocaloric materials studied by neutron scattering and synchrotron X-ray diffraction, together with the development of regenerator materials for GM cryocoolers.

Hobby: Football (NIMS football club, Tsukuba Gakuen League), Golf

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Main achievements in recent 5 years

  • March 5, 2026

    The paper by postdoc Dr. Simon Larsen on powder neutron diffraction experiments on magnetocaloric materials containing Gd was published in Physical Review B 116 (2026) 104411.

  • December 22, 2025

    Development of a regenerator material for cryogenic temperature refrigerators using abundant elements without rare earth elements was published in Scientific Reports 15 (2025) 44240. Press release. The related article was ranked No. 1 in NIKKEI Tech Foresight's basic-research access ranking for January 2026.

  • July 23, 2025

    The paper "Effect of Atomic Substitution on the Giant Magnetocaloric Material ErCo2" by postdoc Dr. Simon Larsen was published in Physical Review B 112 (2025) 014443.

  • July 8, 2024

    A paper on elastic and inelastic neutron scattering experiments of delafossite CuFeO2 under high pressure and high magnetic field was published in Physical Review B 110 (2024) 024406.

  • February 15, 2023

    A paper regarding the crystal electric field level scheme leading to giant magnetocaloric effect for hydrogen liquefaction was published in Communications Materials 4 (2023) 13.

  • November 15, 2022

    The paper "Room-temperature type-II multiferroic phase induced by pressure in cupric oxide" was published in Physical Review Letters 129 (2022) 217601. The study was also featured in an ISIS Science Highlight.

  • April 5, 2022

    A paper regarding the magnetic structure and ferroelectricity of orthorhombic multiferroic YMnO3 using neutron polarimetry analysis was published in Physical Review B 105 (2022) 144403.

  • February 19, 2021

    The paper "High-efficiency magnetic refrigeration using holmium" was published in Nature Communications 12 (2021) 1212.

Employment History

  • April 2023 - Present

    Chief Researcher, Green Magnetic Materials Group, Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronics Materials, NIMS

  • April 2019 - March 2023

    Principal Researcher, Neutron Scattering Group, Research Center for Advanced Measurement and Characterization, NIMS

  • February 2019 - February 2020

    Visiting Researcher, Institut Laue Langevin, Grenoble, France

  • April 2012 - February 2019

    Senior Researcher, Neutron Scattering Group, Quantum Beam Unit, NIMS

  • August 2011 - February 2014

    Visiting Researcher, Crystallography Group, ISIS, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK

  • August 2007 - March 2011

    Visiting Researcher, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

  • April 2007 - March 2011

    Visiting Researcher, RIKEN Harima Institute

  • April 2006 - August 2011

    Researcher, Neutron Scattering Group, Quantum Beam Unit, NIMS

  • April 2006 - March 2007

    Special Researcher for Basic Science Program, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Japan

Academic Information

  • March 2006

    Ph.D. (Physics), Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science

  • March 2003

    Master Degree (Physics), Graduate School of Science, Tokyo University of Science

  • March 2001

    Bachelor Degree (Physics), Tokyo University of Science

Membership of Association

  • Japanese Physical Society (Member of Steering Committee: April 2010 to March 2011)
  • The Magnetics Society of Japan, Compound Magnetism Technical Group (Organizer, since 2008)
  • Japanese Society for Neutron Science
  • IUCr Commission on Magnetic Structures (CMS), Committee member

Awards

  • The JSNS Young Researcher Prize (2015), "Study of multiferroic materials by high pressure neutron diffraction technique"
  • Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan (2011), "Research for Spin-lattice coupling in frustrated magnets"

Grants

  1. 2024-2026: JST A-STEP (Stage I), Principal Investigator, "Development of a regenerator material for a cryogenic cryocooler that does not contain rare earth elements"
  2. 2022-2026: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research "Basic Research (A)", Principal Investigator, "Basic study of extremely low temperature heat pump with using all-solid-state cooling"
  3. 2019-2022: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research "Basic Research (B)", Co-Investigator, "Fundamental study for innovative magnetic materials evaluation by neutron transmission spectroscopy"
  4. 2018-2020: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research), Principal Investigator, "Study of multiferroics by spherical neutron polarimetry analysis under high pressure" (12 million JPY)
  5. 2015-2017: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research "Young Scientist (A)", Principal Investigator, "Development of hybrid anvil high pressure cell for polarized and unpolarized neutron diffraction experiments" (20 million JPY)
  6. 2014: SHORAI Foundation For Science and Technology, Principal Investigator, "Research on magnetic-dielectric composite materials"
  7. 2012-2015: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research "Basic Research (B)", Co-Investigator, "Study on dissipative structures formed during cancer hyperthermia using quantum-beam multiscale evaluation"
  8. 2011-2013: Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, "Comprehensive study of cross correlated phenomena in frustrated magnets by neutrons and synchrotron X-rays" (11 million JPY)
  9. 2010-2012: Young Scientist Overseas Program for Brain Circulation, Program Participant, "International Collaboration Research on Functional Materials by Quantum Beams" (60 million JPY)
  10. 2010-2011: IKETANI Science and Technology Foundation, Principal Investigator, "Exploring novel multiferroic materials and clarifying mechanism of the ferroelectricity" (1 million JPY)
  11. 2008-2011: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research "Young Scientist (B)", Principal Investigator, "Spin-lattice coupling and orbital momentum in frustrated magnets" (3 million JPY)