Profile

../_images/sissa_caffe.png
Kosuke Nakano, Ph.D. in computer and information science
Tenured Staff Scientist, 文部科学省 卓越研究員
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS),
1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 305-0047
Age: 34
Contact info: NAKANO.Kosuke–at–nims.go.jp

Education

  • 2016-2017; Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Ph.D. in computer and information science for a thesis entitled “First-Principles Phonon Calculations for Novel Layered Superconductors”, supervised by Prof. Ryo Maezono .

  • 2012-2014; Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, M.Sc. in Engineering for a thesis entitled “Novel Superconductors in Layered Titanium-Oxypnictides”, supervised by Prof. Hiroshi Kageyama .

  • 2008-2012; Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, B.Sc. in Engineering for a thesis entitled “Synthesis and Physical Properties of Layered Oxypnictides”, supervised by Prof. Hiroshi Kageyama .

Research Experience

  • 2023/01-Tenured Staff Scientist at Center for Basic Research on Materials (CBRM) in National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan.

  • 2019/12-2022/12 Assistant Professor in Maezono lab. at Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan.

  • 2021/02-2022/11 JSPS Overseas Research Fellow in Prof. Sandro Sorella lab. at International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Italy.

  • 2018/12-2019/11 Postdoctoral research associate in Prof. Sandro Sorella lab. at International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Italy.

  • 2014/04-2018/11 Researcher in Innovative Technology Research Center of AGC Inc. (Permanent employment), Japan.

Research interests

  • Ab-initio Quantum Monte Carlo simulations

  • Density functional theory calculations

  • Machine learning in Materials Science

Programming skills

  • Python, Shell (Linux), Fortran90, C

Softwares

Honors and Awards

  • 2024: HPCIコンソーシアム HPCIソフトウェア賞 優秀賞, 受賞題目:「TurboRVB及びTurboGeniusの開発」

  • 2021: 公益財団法人 船井情報科学振興財団 船井研究奨励賞, 受賞題目:「革新的信頼性を有する第一原理電子状態計算の理論構築と産業応用」.

  • 2021: Phys. Rev. B, Editors’ Suggestion for the paper Phys. Rev. B 103, L121110 (2021) .

  • 2020: 第14回 物性科学領域横断研究会 最優秀若手奨励賞, 受賞題目:「第一原理量子モンテカルロ法コードTurboRVBの開発と応用」.

  • 2017: 学生優秀修了賞, 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学 先端科学研究科, 博士課程.

  • 2014: 日本学生支援機構第1種奨学金 特に優れた業績による返還免除 (全額), 京都大学大学院工学研究科, 修士課程.

  • 2013: JPSJ 2013 Highly Cited Article for the paper J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 81, 103706 (2012) .

  • 2012: 第2回CSJ化学フェスタ 優秀ポスター発表賞, 日本化学会, 東京工業大学.

  • 2012: JPSJ Papers of Editors’ Choice for the paper J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 81, 103706 (2012) .

Accredited Memberships

  • Member of the Physical Society of Japan

  • Member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics

  • Member of the Ceramics Society of Japan.

  • Member of the American Chemical Society.

Language

  • Japanese (Native), English (Fluent), Italian (Intermediate)

License