Title of the invited presentation:
« Grain Boundary Atomic Structures and their Dynamic Behavior in Oxides »
Bio:
Yuichi Ikuhara is Professor and Director of Nanotechnology Center, Institute of Engineering Innovation at University of Tokyo since 2003. He received Dr. Eng. from Department of Materials Sciences, Kyushu University in 1988.
His current research interest is in interface and grain boundary and interface phenomena, advanced transmission electron microscopy and so on. Dr. Ikuhara is author and coauthor of about 750 scientific original papers in this field, and has more than 360 invited talks at international and domestic conferences.
He received « Medal with Purple Ribbon » from the Emperor of Japan (2016), « Humboldt Research Award » from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2010) and so on. He is a fellow of the American Ceramics Society (2011), member of World Ceramic Academy (2014), and an associate member of the Science Council of Japan.
He holds a group leader position at JFCC and WPI (World Premier International Research Center Initiative) professor at Tohoku University concurrently.