Kazuhiro Hono
  • President
  • Fellow
  • Professor of Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba
    e-mail: kazuhiro.hono@nims.go.jp

    EDUCATION
    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
    • 2022 - present: President
    • 2018 - 2022: Executive Vice President
    • 2016 - 2021: Director of Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials
    • 2006 - 2016: Director of Magnetic Materials Center
    • 2004 - present: NIMS Fellow
    • 2002 - 2004: Director, Metallic Nanostructure Group, Materials Engineering Laboratory, NIMS
    • 1998 - 2002: Head of 3rd Laboratory, Materials Physics Division, National Research Institute for Metals
    • 1995 - 1998: Senior Researcher, National Research Institute for Metals (now NIMS)
    • 1990-1995: Research Associate, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
    • 1988-1989: Post Doctoral Research Associate: Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Carnegie Mellon University

    RESEARCH INTEREST

    MAJOR AWARDS

    • Tsukuba Encouragement Prize (Research for Practical Use) (March 2023)
    • Magnetics Society of Japan Award (September 2022)
    • Honda Memorial Award, the Honda Memorial Foundation (May 2020)
    • The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Research Category (April 2020)
    • Murakami Memorial Award, the Japan Institute of Metals (September 2019)
    • 2018 REPM Distinguished Achievement Award (August 201)
    • Tsukuba Award (November 2016)
    • The 2016 IEEE Magnetic Society Distinguished Lecturer (September 2015)
    • Japan Institute of Metals Hakaru Hasumoto Award (March 2014)
    • The Indian Institute of Metals, Honoary Membership (November 2013)
    • TMS Life Time Membership (August 2012)
    • The Magnetic Society of Japan, Achievement Award (September 2013)
    • TMS Life Time Membership (August 2012)
    • The Japan Institute of Metals Distinguished Achievement Award (November 2011)
    • TMS Fellows Award (March 2011)
    • 6th Honda Frontier Award (May 2009)
    • Magnetic Society of Japan Outstanding Research Award (September 2008)
    • Japan Institute of Metals Metallography Award (March 2007)
    • Excellent presentation award, Annual meeting of Magnetic Society of Japan, November 2005
    • Lee Hsun Lecturer Award, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academiy of Sciences (July 2003)
    • Light Metal Advancement Award (November 2003)
    • The Japan Institute of Metals Meritorious Honor Award (March 1997)
    • Tsukuba Encouragement Award, 1998
    • Acta Metallurgica et Materialia Best Paper Award for 1992, 1994
    • Japan Institute of Metals Young Scientist Award, 1993
    • Murakami Memorial Young Scientist Award, 1992
    • Japan Light Metals Institute Young Scientist Award, 1991
    • Honda Memorial Young Scientist Award, 1991

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