Yoshinori Tokura

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.

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)

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

Recognition 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 Award 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 2020: Person of Cultural Merit 2022: Members of the Japan Academy 2023: Foreign Member of the Royal Society 2023: Leo Esaki Award