Yoshinori Tokura

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.

Career

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).

Achievements

• 1990: Nishina Memorial Prize 1990: International Business Machines Corporation Japan Science Prize 1991: Bernd Matthias Prize 1998: Nissan Science Prize 1999: Journal of Philosophical Studies Award for Academic Papers on Physics 2002: Asahi Prize 2002: Inter-Services Intelligence Citation Laureate Award （Department of Applied Physics） 2003: Medal with Purple Ribbon 2005: James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials 2011: 52nd Fujihara Prize 2012: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Magnetism Award and Néel Medal 2013: Imperial Prize of the Japan 2014: Honorary Doctor at Uppsala University 2014: 55th Honda Memorial Award 2014: Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates.

Membership

He is a Member of the Science Council of Japan, and a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish of Sciences (2014 - ).