Researcher

Masahiko Demura

Group Leader

Advanced Engineering and Services Division Director
Materials Open Platform for Structural Materials-DX External Collaboration Division Platform Director
ICT Infrastructure Platform Advanced Engineering and Services Division Platform Director
Assistant to the President
東京工業大学 物質・情報卓越教育院/物質理工学院 特定教授

Materials research DX through Materials Integration

Computational materials engineering, data-driven, inverse problems, industry-academia collaboration platform

Yoshiaki Toda

Principal Researcher

Materials Open Platform for Structural Materials-DX External Collaboration Division
横浜国立大学 大学院理工学府 客員准教授

Evaluation and development of heat-resistant materials for supercritical geothermal power generation

Renewable energy, geothermal power, casing materials, heat-resistant steel, corrosion, oxidation, high temperature/pressure, supercritical water, steam, acidity

Ikumu Watanabe

Principal Researcher

Associate professor, Subprogram in Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba (NIMS Joint Graduate School)
Associate professor, Subprogram in Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba (NIMS Joint Graduate School)

Computer-aided materials research and development

Computer-aided engineering, multiscale modeling, finite element method, mathematical optimization

Kaita Ito

Senior Researcher

Materials Open Platform for Structural Materials-DX External Collaboration Division

In-process monitoring of materials manufacturing by AE method

Acoustic emission method, non-destructive evaluation, non-destructive inspection, in-process monitoring, IoT

Yukari Katsura

Senior Researcher

Associate professor, Degree Program in Materials Innovation, Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba (NIMS Joint Graduate School)
RIKEN Molecular Informatics Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Guest Researcher

Surveying materials science with the large-scale database Starrydata

Materials DX, database, materials informatics, new material discovery, inorganic crystal structures, thermoelectric materials, magnets, quasicrystals, superconductors, battery materials

Hiroshi Kakinuma

Hiroshi Kakinuma

Invited Researcher

Tohoku University Advanced Institute for Materials Research Associate Professor (Jr. Principal Investigator) (Ph.D (Eng.))
Tohoku University Institute for Materials Research

Materials informatics, machine learning, corrosion protection, corrosion resistance, hydrogen embrittlement, aluminum alloys, stainless/low-alloy/carbon steel, magnesium alloys, chemical conversion, electrochemical measurement, metallic materials, corrosion science, hydrogen sensor, local electrochemical measurement

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Kei Saito

Kei Saito

Postdoctoral Researcher

Student

Graduate Research Assistant

Yang Jiyi

Yang Jiyi

Graduate Research Assistant

Tianwen Tang

Tianwen Tang

Graduate Research Assistant

Rani Sundas

Rani Sundas

Graduate Research Assistant

Trainee

Ziyan Jiang

Ziyan Jiang

Trainee M2
University of Tsukuba Graduate School
Apr 2025 –

Hang Dong

Hang Dong

Intern D3
The University of New South Wales
May 2026 –

Mishra Aniket

Mishra Aniket

Intern M1
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
May 2026 –

Valentina Watanabe

Valentina Watanabe

Intern B4
Trinity College Dublin
May 2026 –

Thasleem Ibrahim

Thasleem Ibrahim

Intern B3
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
May 2026 –

Sajja Akshith

Sajja Akshith

Intern B3
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
May 2026 –

Acharya Aditya

Acharya Aditya

Intern B3
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
May 2026 –

Visiting Researchers

Erina Fujita

Erina Fujita

Visiting Researcher

Project Technical Staff

Tomoya Mato

Tomoya Mato

NIMS Engineer

Atsumi Tanaka

Atsumi Tanaka

Project Technical Staff

DEWI YANA

Dewi Yana

Project Technical Staff

Yuki Yamamoto

Yuki Yamamoto

Project Technical Staff

Sachiko Taniguchi

Sachiko Taniguchi

Project Technical Staff

Office Staff

Sachiko Nagase

Sachiko Nagase

Office Staff
Center for Basic Research on Materials / Management Office

Manami Kasuga

Manami Kasuga

Office Staff
Center for Basic Research on Materials / Management Office

Akemi Tateno

Akemi Tateno

Office Staff
Research Network and Facility Services Division / Management Office

Alumni

  • Masanohiro Yanagawa (University of Tsukuba Graduate School) – Mar 2026
  • Xufei Chen (University of Tsukuba Graduate School) – Mar 2026
  • Florian Gruen (Kyoto University Graduate School) Jan 2026 – Mar 2026
  • Dayuan Liu (University of Tsukuba Graduate School) – Feb 2026
  • Cecília Nemessányi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics / Architect) Jun 2025 – Jan 2026
  • Kaushik Raj Pyla (University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra) May 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Jiri Ryjacek (Czech Technical University) Jun 2025 – Jul 2025