
Yuya Sakuraba
Group Leader
Magnetic Functional Device Group
Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials
E-mail: SAKURABA.Yuya[at]nims.go.jp
Phone:029-859-2708, Fax:029-859-2701
Education
- 1998- 2001 BS: Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
- 2002- 2003 MS : Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
- 2004- 2006 PhD : Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Work experience
- 2005-2006 : Fellow from Japan Society for Promotion of Science
- 2007-2012 : Assistant Professor in Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Research interest
- Spintronics
- half-metallic Heusler compounds
- Anmalous Nernst effect
Winning Awards
- 2005 Best presentation award (The 29th Annual meeting of Applied Magnetic Society of Japan)
- 2006 12th Young researcher Award from Aoba Foundation for the Promotion of Engineering
- 2007 29th JSAP Awards, JJAP Paper Award
- 2008 The Award of the FUNAI Foundation for Information Technology (FFIT)
- 2008 The Distinguished Paper Award of Magnetic Society of Japan
- 2010 50th Harada Yound Scientist Award
- 2012 Young Researcher Award of Asian Union of Magnetic Societies (AUMS)
- 2012 Tokin Foundation for Advancement of Science and Technology 23th Research Encouragement Award, The Highest Award
- 2014 27th Ando Incentive Prize for the Study of Electronics
- 2015 The Magnetic Society of Japan Outstanding Research Award
- 2017 The MEXT Young Scientists' Prize 2017
- 2017 The 16th Funai Information Technology Award

