Timothy M. Swager

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Timothy M. Swager is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

A native of Montana, he received a BS from Montana State University in 1983 and a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1988. After a postdoctoral appointment at MIT he joined University of Pennsylvania 1990-1996 and returned to MIT in 1996 as a Professor of Chemistry and served as the Head of Chemistry from 2005-2010.

He has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers and more than 120 issued/pending patents.

Swager’s honors include: Election to the National Academy of Sciences, an Honorary Doctorate from Montana State University, National Academy of Inventors Fellow, The Pauling Medal, The Lemelson-MIT Award for Invention and Innovation, and Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

His research interests are in design, synthesis, and study of organic-based electronic, sensory, energy storage, membranes, liquid crystals, and colloids.

He has founded five companies (DyNuPol, Iptyx, PolyJoule, C¬2 Sense and Xibus Systems).

Masaya Notomi

Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology
NTT Basic Research Laboratories

Masaya Notomi received B.E., M.E. and Ph. D. degrees in applied physics from University of Tokyo in 1986, 1988, and 1997. He joined NTT Laboratories, NTT Corporation, Japan in 1988, and moved to NTT Basic Research Laboratories. He is currently Fellow of NTT, and heading NTT Nanophotonics Center. Since 2017, he has been cross-appointed as a professor in Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

He has been working on quantum nanostructures, and physics and applications of nanophotonics, including photonic crystals and plasmonics for ultrasmall photonic devices. His current interest involves topological and non-Hermitian nanophotonics, and applications for integrated optoelectronic computations.

He received IEEE/LEOS Distinguished Lecturer Award (2006), JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Prize (2009), Japan Academy Medal (2009), Commendation for Science and Technology by the Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2010), and Distinguished Achievement and Contributions Award of IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) (2021). IEEE Fellow since 2013. JSAP Fellow (2023).

Midori Akiyama

Kyoto University

Midori Akiyama is an assistant professor at Kyoto University.

She received her PhD from the University of Tokyo under supervision of Prof. Kyoko Nozaki in 2017. She joined “Laboratory for Material and Life Sciences for Fusion of Fluorine and Organic Chemistry” at the University of Tokyo as a project assistant professor. Then she moved to Kyoto University as an assistant professor in 2022.

She was awarded a L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Japan Fellowships in 2017, and PCCP Prize in 2023.

Her research interests include synthetic organic chemistry, physical organic chemistry, photochemistry, organometallic chemistry, and fluoroorganic chemistry.

Yong P. Chen

WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University
Aarhus University
Purdue University

Yong P. Chen is the Karl Lark-Horovitz Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Director of Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute at Purdue University, and a Villum Investigator and Professor of Materials Physics at Aarhus University. He is also an international principal investigator at WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) and co-director of Tohoku Quantum Alliance at Tohoku University.

He leads an interdisciplinary research group that works on quantum matter and devices involving such systems as graphene & 2D materials, topological materials, and cold atoms & molecules, and explores their applications in electronics, spintronics, photonics, sensors, energy and quantum technologies.

He has published over 200 papers and delivered over 200 invited talks and seminars on these topics.

He was a recipient of Masao Horiba Award, NSF CAREER Award, DOD DTRA Young Investigator Award, IBM Faculty Award and Purdue University’s Herbert McCoy Award.

He received an MSc degree in mathematics from MIT, a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and did a postdoc in physics and nanotechnology at Rice University.

He is a Fellow of American Physical Society (APS).

Yasutomo Ota

Keio University

Yasutomo Ota received a B.E. (2006) in Mechanical Engineering from Osaka Prefecture University and a M.E (2008) and a Ph.D. (2011) in Electrical Engineering from The University of Tokyo. He joined the Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, The University of Tokyo as a project assistant professor in 2011 and became a project associate professor in 2015. He moved to Keio university as an associate professor to start a new laboratory from 2021, where his group is working on the research of nanophotonics with particular focus on physics in photonic nanostructures, hybrid photonic integration using transfer printing for quantum/classical applications and magneto-nanophotonics.

He has received various awards including the Young Scientists’ Prize from MEXT (2019), the ISCS Young scientist award (2021) and the Marubun Academic Award (2022).

Kyoko Ishizaka

Department of Applied Physics & Quantum-Phase Electronics Center, The University of Tokyo
Center for Emergent Matter Science, RIKEN

Prof. Kyoko Ishizaka received her PhD in Applied Physics from the University of Tokyo in 2004. After working as a research associate at the Institute of Solid State Physics (2004-2009), she became an associate professor of the Department of Applied Physics, the University of Tokyo in 2010. In 2017, she started the Electronic State Spectroscopy Team in CEMS, RIKEN as a team leader, and since 2018, she works as a full professor at the Quantum-Phase Electronics Center, the University of Tokyo.

Her present research focuses on investigating the physical properties and functions of novel quantum materials including topological materials and superconductors, by means of photoelectron spectroscopy, ultrafast electron diffraction, and ultrafast transmission electron microscope.

Emi Minamitani

SANKEN, Osaka University

Emi Minamitani received her bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Applied Physics at Osaka University, Japan in 2005, 2007, and 2010, respectively. She was a postdoctoral researcher at RIKEN from 2011 to 2013 and an assistant professor and lecturer at the University of Tokyo from 2013 to 2015 and 2015 to 2019. From 2019 to 2022, she held a position as an associate professor at the Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science at the Institute for Molecular Science. As of 2023, she has taken on the role of professor at SANKEN, Osaka Univesity.

Her research focuses on theoretical studies of nanoscale physics, including surface magnetism, electron-phonon interactions, and thermal properties.

She received the L'Oréal–UNESCO Japan National Fellowship for Women in Science in 2008 and the Young Scientists’ Prize from the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2019.

Jörg Kröger

Institute of Physics, Ilmenau University of Technology

Jörg Kröger studied physics at the RWTH Aachen University. He received his PhD degree in 1995 for a work on surface phonons with electron energy loss spectroscopy. Postdoctoral studies on Fermi surface mapping with angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy were performed at the University of Zurich and the synchrotron ELETTRA. At the Christian Albrechts University of Kiel he was in charge of building and operating a custom-made low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope. Since March 2010 he is professor at the Ilmenau University of Technology where he uses low-temperature scanning probe techniques to study the quantum physics of surfaces and interfaces.

Quantum excitations and interactions at the single-atom and single-molecule level are currently in the focus of his research activities.

Canhua Liu

School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Canhua Liu got his Ph. D from the University of Tokyo in 2006 and then worked in NIMS as postdoctoral fellow and later as young scientist fellow. He moved to Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2010 and became tenured professor in 2016.

His current research interest is focused on experimental studies of ultrathin films exhibiting low-dimensional superconductivity and/or topological superconductivity, by using a self-developed multi-functional scanning tunneling microscope, which is named as STM Plus (STM+).

He has coauthored more than 90 scientific papers, some of which were published in Science, Nature Materials and Physical Review Letters. He and his colleagues won the Second Prize of National Natural Science of 2019.

Sebastian Volz

French National Centre for Scientific Research
The University of Tokyo

Sebastian Volz has been developing direct simulations and characterizations to understand the role of phonons, electrons and photons in the thermal behaviour of micro and nano-structures.

His group was involved in large european projects on thermoelectric micro-modules and thermal interface materials. Sebastian Volz has led the european Thermal NanoSciences and NanoEngineering network of the CNRS for 17 years (Springer, Topics in Applied Physics series, n° 107 and 118) and is now the director of the CNRS Laboratory for Integrated Micro-Mechatronic Systems (LIMMS, UMI CNRS 2820).

He is currently PI of a CREST project in the Program ‘Thermal Control’ of the JST.

Makoto Ogawa

Vidyasirimedhi Instiute of Science and Technology

His doctorate was earned at Waseda University in 1992. After the postdoctoral research at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), he moved to Department of Earth Sciences, Waseda University in 1995 as a full-time lecturer. He was also a researcher of PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation from 1997 to 2000. In 2004, he was promoted to a full professor of Department of Earth Sciences, Waseda University. He is presently a professor of School of Energy Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC).

He has authored 400 research papers including several tens of reviews and book chapters.

Ken-ichi Shimizu

Hokkaido University

Ken-ichi Shimizu has been a full Professor in Institute for Catalysis at Hokkaido University since 2015. He has been a director of Institute for Catalysis since 2022. He received his Ph.D. degree at Nagoya University in 2000. He began his career as a Research Associate at Niigata University in 2000, then moved to Nagoya University in 2004 as an Assistant Professor, and then moved to Hokkaido University as an Associate Professor in 2010.

His main interest is in heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable chemical transformations and emission control. He also works for in situ spectroscopies and catalysis informatics for molecular level design of heterogeneous catalysis.

Shinsuke Ishihara

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Principal Researcher
Frontier Molecules Group
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Yu Yamashita

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Researcher
Supermolecules Group
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Ryo Kitaura

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Group Leader
2D Quantum Materials Group
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Takuya Iwasaki

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Independent Scientist
Qubit Materials Group
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Hiroyuki Yamase

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Principal Researcher
Quantum Material Properties Group
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Ayako Nakata

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Principal Researcher
Quantum Materials Simulation Group
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Takashi Tsuchiya

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Principal Researcher
Ionic Devices Group
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Daiming Tang

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Principal Researcher
Functional Nanomaterials Group
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Tadaaki Nagao

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Group Leader/PI
Photonics Nano Engineering Group
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Toshikaze Kariyado

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Senior Researcher
Topological Quantum Materials Theory Group
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Naoto Shirahata

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Group Leader
Nanoparticle Group
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Gen Hayase

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Independent Scientist
Soft Chemistry Group
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Qinqiang Zhang

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Nanostructured Semiconducting Materials Group

Chao Le

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Student
Nanostructured Semiconducting Materials Group

Pengyu Zhang

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Student
Nanostructured Semiconducting Materials Group

Kensei Terashima

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Senior Researcher
Frontier Superconducting Materials Group
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Ryo Matsumoto

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Researcher
Frontier Superconducting Materials Group
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Masashi Hase

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Chief Researcher
Quantum Solid State Materials Group
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Hiroaki Hayashi

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Quantum Solid State Materials Group
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Jayanta Bera

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Quantum Device Engineering Group
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Feng Zhang

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Two-Dimentional Quantum Materials Group

Mengsong Xue

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Two-Dimentional Quantum Materials Group

Ryohei Nemoto

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Surface Quantum Phase Materials Group

Wenxuan Qian

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Student
Surface Quantum Phase Materials Group

Youhei Yamaji

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Group Leader
Quantum Materials Modeling Group
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Ryota Ono

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

JSPS Research Fellow
Quantum Materials Modeling Group

Anh Khoa Augustin Lu

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Quantum Materials Simulation Group
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Shengzhou Li

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Student
Quantum Materials Simulation Group

Xing-Xiang Wang

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Topological Quantum Materials Theory Group
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Barun Kumar Barman

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Photonics Nano-Engineering Group

Thien Duc Ngo

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Photonics Nano-Engineering Group
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Andrea Ruiz-Perona

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Photonics Nano-Engineering Group

Yong-Lie Sun

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Thin Film Electronics Group
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Masato Takei

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Student
Thin Film Electronics Group

Samapika Mallik

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Ionic Devices Group

Wataru Namiki

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Ionic Devices Group
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Yutaka Iwasaki

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Researcher
Thermal Energy Materials Group
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Longquan Wang

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Student
Thermal Energy Materials Group

Huanran Li

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Student
Functional Nanomaterials Group

Zihan Zhang

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Functional Nanomaterials Group

Takayuki Kikuchi

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Functional Nanomaterials Group

Esraa Moustafa

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Layered Nanochemistry Group

Xiao Zheng

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Frontier Molecules Group

Akito Tateyama

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Student
Frontier Molecules Group

Zhenfeng Guo

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Frontier Molecules Group
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Pushpendra Singh

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Functional Chromophores Group
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Yaraslava Milasheuskaya

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

ICGP Student
Functional Chromophores Group

Viktoriia Oleksa

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

ICGP Student
Functional Chromophores Group

Linawati Sutrisno

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Functional Chromophores Group

Pragati Ankush Shinde

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

JSPS Research Fellow
Supermolecules Group

Pei-Syuan Yang

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

ICGP Student
Supermolecules Group

Binbin Zhang

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Nanoparticle Group

Satoru Matsuishi

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Principal Researcher
ElectroActive Materials Team
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Yuk Ming Wong

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Postdoctoral Researcher
Optical Nanostructure Team

Nicholaous Kevin Tanjaya

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

NIMS Junior Researcher
Optical Nanostructure Team
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Ryo Sakai

Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics

Student
Tenjimbayashi Independent Scientist Lab.