Yoshinori Tokura Explained

Yoshinori Tokura
ForMemRS
Native Name:十倉 好紀
Birth Date:1 March 1954
Birth Place:Nishiwaki, Hyōgo
Citizenship:Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Fields:Physics
Workplaces:The University of Tokyo
RIKEN
Alma Mater:The University of Tokyo
Known For:Tokura Rule

ForMemRS is a Japanese physicist, Professor at University of Tokyo and Director of Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) at RIKEN. 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.

Biography

Tokura was born in Nishiwaki, Hyōgo, Japan. He holds a: B.S. in Applied Physics, the University of Tokyo (1976), and a M.S. (1978) and Ph.D (1981) in that subject from the same university. His subsequent career has also been at the University of Tokyo, rising from Research Associate to Lecturer in the Dept. of Applied Physics, then Assistant Professor and Professor in the Dept. of Physics, and finally, from 1995 on, Professor in Dept. of Applied Physics.

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Academy

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

Recognition

References

  1. Web site: Hans Rosling one of four new honorary doctors at Faculty of Science and Technology – Uppsala University, Sweden. www.uu.se. 2016-02-03.
  2. https://www.japan-acad.go.jp/japanese/news/2022/121201.html?fbclid=IwAR24JFPe3Zq0cmwtaWiPo7LkOICJmsDLFVxY2u5ldzkRSLCb0ttZ0-WCDT0 日本学士院会員の選定について | 日本学士院
  3. Web site: Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society . The Royal Society . 25 May 2023.
  4. Web site: Yoshinori Tokura . The Royal Society . 19 February 2024.

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