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Magnetism as the emergent phenomena
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.
Contents
- Magnetism as the emergent phenomena
- 4th Kyoto Prize Symposium Materials Science and Engineering Yoshinori Tokura July 2 2017
- Biography
- Academy
- Recognition
- References
4th Kyoto Prize Symposium [Materials Science and Engineering] Yoshinori Tokura, July 2, 2017
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 - )