Nomura laboratory

Masahiro Nomura

2022
Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
Director, LIMMS/CNRS-IIS (IRL2820) International Collaborative Research Center
2020Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
2010Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo
2007Project research associate, Institute for Nano Quantum Information Electronics, The University of Tokyo
2005Project research associate, Nanoelectronics Collaborative Research Center, The University of Tokyo
2005Doctor of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo
2002Master of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo
2000Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo

Notation

  • Advisor to The President of The University of Tokyo (2024-)
  • Director, Research Management Office, IIS The University of Tokyo (2024-)
  • Depty Director, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (2023-2024)
  • Director, LIMMS/CNRS-IIS (IRL2820) International Collaborative Research Center (2022-)
  • IAS Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced Sciences, Yokohama National University (2022-)
  • Deputy Director, Research Management Office, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (2022-)
  • JST CREST, Research Director (2019.4-2023.3)
  • JST PRESTO, Researcher (2015.4-2019.3)
  • Visiting Professor, University of Freiburg, Germany (2013.12-2015.6)
  • Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (2003.4-2005.3)
  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, EPFL Switzerland (2000.7-2001.11)

Awards

2024The 23rd Docomo Mobile Science Award, Mobile Communication Fund
2023PCOS2023 Best Paper Award, The 35th Symposium on Phase Change Oriented Science
2020Award for Best Review Paper, 42nd JSAP Outstanding Paper Award 2020
2019The 16th JSPS Prize
2018German Innovation Award Gottfried Wagener Prize 2018
2017The Young Scientist Award, The 44th International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS2017).
2017Marubun Young Scientist Award, Marubun Research Promotion Foundation
2016PCOS2016 Best Paper Award, The 28th Symposium on Phase Change Oriented Science
2016Best Paper Award, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
2016Mention from The Foundation for the Promotion of Industrial Science
2015The 31st Incentive Award of The Mazda Foundation
2012The Young Scientists’ Prize, Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2010Poster Award (Science Council of Japan, ICO section meeting)
2007First Place Award (Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystal Structure VII)
2006Young Author Award(The Japan Society of Applied Physics)
2006The 1st LQE Award (Technical Group of Lasers and Quantum Electronics, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers)
2004EMS Award（23rd Electronic Materials Symposium）

Speciality

  • Integrated Quantum Electronics
  • Physics in Mechanics-Optics-Electronics integrated systems
  • Physics and applications of thermoelectronics in semiconductor nanostructures
  • Physics in quantum dot-photonic crystal nanocavity coupled systems

Academic activities

  • Reviewer contribution: Nature Review Materials, Nature, Science, Nature Materials, Nature Physics, Nature Photonics, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Energy, Physical Review Letters, etc.
  • The Japan Society of Applied Physics, The Representative of Phonon Engineering Research Community, Chairman (2020.1～）
  • The Japan Society of Applied Physics, The Secretary of Energy Harvesting Research Group, Coordinator (2018.10～）
  • The Japan Society of Applied Physics, The Representative of Phonon Engineering Research Group, Chairman (2017.1～2019.12)
  • The Japan Society of Applied Physics, Program Committee Member of “Phonon Engineering” session (2016～)
  • Appl. Phys. Lett. Guest Editor (2023, 2024)
  • APL Materials, Guest Editor (2021)
  • JJAP/APEX, Associate Editor (2020-)
  • Thermoelectrics Society of Japan, Councillor (2020-)
  • The Japan Society of Applied Physics, Solid State Physics and Applications Division, Coordinator (2018-)
  • Thermal Science and Engineering, Editorial Board Member (2023-)
  • IEEE Open Journal of Nanotechnology, Associate Editor

Conference activities

  • International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM)2025, Steering Committee member
  • The 8th Phonon Engineering Workshop (2023), General chair
  • International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM)2024, Steering Committee member
  • International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM)2024, Program Committee member (Area 6)
  • The 7th Phonon Engineering Workshop (2023), General chair
  • 5th International Conference on Nanomaterials, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering (2023), Program Committee Chair.
  • 6th International Conference on Materials Design and Applications (ICMDA 2023), Program Committee Chair
  • International Conference on Solid State Devices and Materials (SSDM)2023, Program Committee member (Area 6)
  • Thermal Polaritonics Workshop (2023), Co-Chair
  • Thermal Engineering Conference 2022, The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Steering Committee member
  • International Conference on Solid State devices and Materials (SSDM)2022, Steering Comittee member
  • The 6th Phonon Engineering Workshop (2022), General chair
  • Eurotherm2022, Scientific Committee member
  • 5th International Conference on Materials Design and Applications (ICMDA 2022), Program Comittee Chair
  • The 5th Phonon Engineering Workshop (2021), General chair
  • 4th International Conference on Materials Design and Applications (ICMDA 2021), Program Comittee Chair
  • The 4th Phonon Engineering Workshop (2020), General chair
  • PowerMEMS 2019, Technical Program Committee member
  • The 3rd Phonon Engineering Workshop (2019), General chair
  • Compound Semiconductor Week 2019 (ISCS & IPRM) General Affairs Committee member (2019)
  • EDISON21 : The 21st International Conference on Electron Dynamics in Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures (2019), Program Committee member
  • PowerMEMS 2018, Technical Program Committee member, Session Organizer
  • The 2nd Phonon Engineering Workshop (2018), General chair
  • Scientific Advisory Committee for World Congress on Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures (WCSON-2018) , Organizing Committee member
  • Nanoscale and Microscale Heat Transfer VI (2018), Scientific Committee member
  • The 1st Phonon Engineering Workshop (2017), General chair
  • PowerMEMS 2017, Technical Program Committee member, Session Organizer
  • Phononics 2017, Technical Program Committee member
  • Compound Semiconductor Week 2016 (ISCS and IPRM) Program Committee Secretary (2016)
  • APMAS2016 Scientific Committee member (2016)
  • 4th International Conference on Photonics 2013 Program Committee Member
  • 34th Annual meeting of the Laser Society of Japan, Program Committee Member(2013/2014)
  • 40th International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors (ISCS2013) Program committee member
  • EDISON18 : The 18th International Conference on Electron Dynamics in Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures, Organizing Committee member, Secretary
  • 38th Optics Symposium, Organizing Committee member