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Kosuke Nakano, Ph.D,
Assistant Professor,
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST),
1-1, Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan.
  • Age:32

  • Sex:Male

  • Place of birth:Japan

  • Nationality:Japan

  • E-mail:nkousuke[at]jaist.ac.jp

  • Skype:kousuke6980

  • Looking for a PI position (by FY 2027)

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  • Google scholar

Education

  • 2008-2012; Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, B.Sc. in Engineering for a thesis entitled “Synthesis and Physical Properties of Layered Oxypnictides”, supervised by Prof. Hiroshi Kageyama .

  • 2012-2014; Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, M.Sc. in Engineering for a thesis entitled “Novel Superconductors in Layered Titanium-Oxypnictides”, supervised by Prof. Hiroshi Kageyama .

  • 2016-2017; Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Ph.D in computer and information science for a thesis entitled “First-Principles Phonon Calculations for Novel Layered Superconductors”, supervised by Prof. Ryo Maezono .

Research Experience

Research theme: Density Functional Theory, Machine learning, Materials Informatics

Research theme: First-Principle Quantum Monte Carlo

  • 2018/12-2019/11 Postdoctoral research associate in Prof. Sandro Sorella lab. at International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Italy

  • 2019/12- Assistant Professor in Maezono lab. at Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan

Research interests

  • Ab-initio Quantum Monte Carlo simulations

  • Density functional theory calculations

  • Machine learning for Material Informatics

  • Synthesis of novel inorganic compounds using solid-state reactions

Programming skills

  • Python, Shell (Linux), Fortran90

Softwares

  • [Developer] TurboRVB, Turbo-Genius, SHRY

  • [Professional user] Quantum Espresso, WIEN2k, CASTEP, Gaussian

  • [User] OPENMX, ADF, Turbomol, QMCPack, CASINO, VASP

Honors and Awards

Accredited Memberships

  • Member of the Physical Society of Japan

  • Member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics

  • Member of the Ceramics Society of Japan.

  • Member of the American Chemical Society.

Language

  • Japanese (Native), English (Fluent), Italian (Intermediate)

License

  • Patent attorney (benrishi in Japanese)