Profile, Norihiko L. Okamoto


			Norihiko L. Okamoto (岡本範彦) Associate Professor Structure-Controlled Functional Materials Laboratry (Ichitsubo Lab.) Institute for Materials Research (IMR) Tohoku University

Research Interest/Keywords

Structure-property relationships in materials

Thermoelectric materials

High-temperature structural materials

Galvannealed/aluminized steels

High entropy alloys

Co-base superalloys

Plasticity in confined volume

Dislocations in complex intermetallic alloys

Intermetallic compounds

Coordination polyhedra in complex crystals

(Scanning) transmission electron microscopy

Synchrotron X-ray diffraction

2003.4-2006.3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. (Ph.D.)

2001.4-2003.3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. (M.Eng.)

1997.4-2001.3. Department of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. (B.Eng.)

1991.4-1997.3. Rakusei Junior&Senior High School, Kyoto, Japan.

2010.7. Authorized Chief of X-ray Operation (Industrial Safety and Health Law, Japan)

2018.10- JST-PRESTO Sakigake
2017.6-              Associate Professor
                           Structure-Controlled Functional Materials
                           Materials Development Division
                           Institute for Materials Research
                           Tohoku University
2008.2-2017.5    Assistant Professor
                            Lattice Defects and Crystal Plasticity Group
                            Department of Materials Science and Engineering
                            Kyoto University
2006.6-2007.11. Postdoctoral Fellow
                            Interface Physics Group (Prof. Nigel D. Browning)
                            Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
                            University of California, Davis
2006.4-2008.1. JSPS Research Fellow (PD) at Osaka University
2003.9-2006.3. JSPS Research Fellow (DC1) at Kyoto University

International (8)
2014.12.2 Best Poster Award (Materials Research Society Fall Meeting 2014)
2007.9.17. Acta Student Award 2006 (Acta Materialia Inc.)
2004.8.19. Excellent Student Award (Joint Symposium on Materials Science and Engineering for the 21st Century)
Domestic (7)
2017.9.6. The 14th Murakami Young Researcher Award (The Japan Institute of Metals and Materials)
2017.5.29. The 38th Young Researcher Award (The Honda Memorial Foundation)
2010.9.25. The 20th Young Researcher Award [Materials Physics] (The Japan Institute of Metals)
2001.3. The 9th Young Student Award (The Japan Institute of Metals & The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan)