Education
Tokura holds a: Bachelor of Surgery in Applied Physics, University of Tokyo (1976), and a Master of Surgery (1978) and Ph,Doctorate ( 1981) in that subject from the same university.
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physicist university professor
Tokura holds a: Bachelor of Surgery in Applied Physics, University of Tokyo (1976), and a Master of Surgery (1978) and Ph,Doctorate ( 1981) in that subject from the same university.
He is a specialist in physics of strongly correlated electron systems and known for his work in high-temperature superconductivity, Mott transition, colossal magnetoresistance, Multiferroics, and magnetic skyrmions. His subsequent career has also been at the University of Tokyo, rising from Research Associate to Lecturer in the Department of Applied Physics, then Assistant Professor and Professor in the Department of Physics, and finally, from 1995 on, Professor in Department of Applied Physics. In addition has been
1993 - 2002: Group Leader, Joint Research Center for Atom Technology (JRCAT)
2001 - 2008: Director, Correlated Electron Research Center (CERC), AIST
2001 - 2007: Research Director, Tokura Spin Superstructure, ERATO-Japan Science and Technology Agency
2006 - 2012: Research Director, Tokura Multiferroics Project, ERATO-Japan Science and Technology Agency
2007 - 2013: Group Director, Cross-Correlated Materials Research Group (CMRG), Rikagaku Kenkyūsho
2008–present: AIST Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2010 - 2013: Center Director, Quantum-Phase Electronics Center (QPEC), School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2010 - 2013: Director, Emergent Materials Department, Rikagaku Kenkyūsho Advanced Science Institute
2010 - 2013: Group Director, Correlated Electron Research Group (Competitive Earmarked Research Grant ), Rikagaku Kenkyūsho Advanced Science Institute
2013–Present: Director of Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS).
He is a Member of the Science Council of Japan, and a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish of Sciences (2014 - ).