Profile¶

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)
Researchmap (日本語)
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
2014/04-2018/11 Researcher in Innovative Technology Research Center of AGC Inc. (Permanent employment), Japan
2016/11-2018/11 Member of MI2I (Materials research by Information Integration) consortium, NIMS, Japan
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¶
JPSJ Papers of Editors’ Choice for the paper J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 81, 103706 (2012) .
JPSJ 2013 Highly Cited Article for the paper J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 81, 103706 (2012) .
Repayment Exemption for Students with Excellent Grades in M.Sc. program (2014).
Outstanding Performance Award for excellence and achievement in the Ph.D program (2017)
Phys. Rev. B, Editors’ Suggestion for the paper Phys. Rev. B 103, L121110 (2021) .
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)