Yoshinori Tokura (十倉 好紀 Tokura Yoshinori, born March 1, 1954) 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.
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.
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-JST
2006 - 2012: Research Director, Tokura Multiferroics Project, ERATO-JST
2007 - 2013: Group Director, Cross-Correlated Materials Research Group (CMRG), RIKEN
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, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute
2010 - 2013: Group Director, Correlated Electron Research Group (CERG), RIKEN Advanced Science Institute
2013–Present: Director of Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS)
He is a Member of the Science Council of Japan, and a Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (2014 - )
1990: Nishina Memorial Prize
1990: IBM Japan Science Prize
1991: Bernd T. Matthias Prize
1998: Nissan Science Prize
1999: JPS Award for Academic Papers on Physics
2002: Asahi Prize
2002: ISI 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: IUPAP Magnetism Award and Néel Medal
2013: Imperial Prize of the Japan Academy
2014: Honorary Doctor at Uppsala University
2014: 55th Honda Memorial Award
2014: Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates
