about Yasuo NORIKANE

Yasuo Norikane, Ph. D
Group Leader
Molecular Assembly Group
Research Institute for Advanced Electronics and Photonics
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Associate Professor
Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
University of Tsukuba (Cooperative Graduate School System)
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Research Experience

• 11) Group Leader: Molecular Assembly Group, Research Institute for Advanced Electronics and Photonics, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2020-present.
• 10) Associate Professor: Graduate school of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba (Cooperative Graduate School System), April 2016-present.
• 9) Group Leader: Molecular Assembly Group, Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), July 2015-2020.
• 8) Senior Researcher: Molecular Assembly Group, Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), April 2013-June 2015.
• 7) Senior Researcher: Mesoscopic Group, Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), October 2011-March 2013.
• 6) Researcher, Mesoscopic Group, Electronics and Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), April 2011-September 2011.
• 5) Researcher: Molecular Thin Film Group, Photonics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), January 2010-March 2011.
• 4) Researcher: Molecular Smart System Group, Nanotechnology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), October 2005-December 2009.
• 3) Postdoctoral Research: Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute (La Jolla, CA, USA), January 2004-September 2005. Advisor: Prof. M. Reza Ghadiri
• 2) Postdoctoral Research: Institute for Materials and Chemical Process, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), April 2001-December 2003. Advisor: Dr. Nobuyuki Tamaoki
• 1) Doctoral Research: Department of Chemistry, University of Tsukuba, April 1996-March 2001. Advisor: Prof. Tatsuo Arai

Education

University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 1992-2001 (Arai Lab., Department of Chemistry)
Ph. D (Science), 2001
MS (Science), 1998
BA (Science), 1996

International Exchange Student at A.A. Stagg High School, Stockton, California, August 1990-June 1991.

Awards and Honors

• 5) Prizes for Science and Technology (Research Category), The Commendation for Science and Technology by The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, April 2013.
• 4) Research Fellowship, The Canon Foundation, 2012-2013.
• 3) Excellent Poster Award, Industry-academic Forum on Active Polymers for Pattern Integration & JSPS/NRF 3rd Joint Seminar for Nanomaterials, June 2010.
• 2) Research Fellowship Award, The Association for the Progress of New Chemistry, 2009
• 1) Postdoctoral Fellowship, NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization), 2001-2003.

Scientific Societies

Member, The Chemical Society of Japan
Member, The Japanese Photochemistry Association
Member, The Society of Polymer Science, Japan
Member, The Japanese Liquid Crystal Society