PREST PI
1st (Year Started 2011)

Katsuyoshi Ikeda (Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology University)
Dressed photon-assisted photochemistry at well-defined interfaces

Kohei Ito (Professor, Kyushu Univeristy)
Experimental exploration of critical mass transport at triple phase boundary in high-pressure water electrolysis

Koji Kita (Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Interface Engineering for High Performance SiC MOSFETs with Low On-state Resistance

Junichiro Shiomi (Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Development of environmentally friendly thermoelectric semiconductor using nanostructure interfaces

Naoya Shibata (Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Development of atomic-resolution electromagnetic field imaging electron microscopy for interface analysis

Yoshitaka Tateyama (Group Leader, National Institute for Materials Science)
First-principles statistical mechanics on charge transfer and excitation processes at interfaces of solar cells and photocatalysts in operation

Kohei Miyazaki (Assistant Professor, Kyoto University)
Triple-Phase Boundaries of Bifunctional Cathodes for Metal-Air Secondary Batteries

Keiji Yashiro (Associate Professor, Tohoku University)
Innovative design of electrochemical functional interface for efficient energy conversion systems

Satoshi Yasuda (Associate Professor, Hokkaido University)
Programmable Synthesis of Highly Catalytic Active Site using Molecular Self-assemby

Takuma Yasuda (Professor, Kyushu Univeristy)
Development of Organic Electronic Devices Utilizing Mesoscopic Superstructures of Liquid-Crystalline Semiconductors
2nd (Year Started 2012)

Ken-ichi Uchida (Group Leader, National Institute for Materials Science)
Creation of Innovative Energy Device Technology Based on Spin Currents

Takashi Okubo (Associate Professor, Kinki University)
Development of Hybrid-Interfaces Based on Ferroelectric Coordination Polymers, and its Application to Photovoltaic Devices

Kobayashi Atsushi (Associate Professor, Hokkaido University)
Development of a self-assembled super-nanocrystal photocatalyst

SANG Liwen (Independent Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science)
Multi-band engineering of III-Nitride for high efficiency photoelectricity energy conversion devices

Sakae Takenaka (Associate Professor, Kyushu Univeristy)
Development of highly active and durable electrocatalysts by coverage with metal oxide layers

Shohji Tsushima (Professor, Osaka University)
High Efficient Flow Battery with Intensive Utilization of Electrode-Electrolyte Interface

Tsuyoshi Totani (Associate Professor, Hokkaido University)
Wavelength Control of Radiation using Micro Structure with Metal Film

Katsuhiro Tomioka (Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University)
Development of novel hydrogen-generating devices and low-power switch using new semiconductor heterointerfaces

Masanobu Nakayama (Associate Professor, Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Lithium dynamics at two phase boundary in electrode materials for lithium ion battery

Satoshi Nihonyanagi (Research Scientist, RIKEN)
Development of an extreme nonlinear spectromicroscope for buried material interfaces

Takuya Masuda (Senior Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science)
Investigation of the oxygen reduction reaction mechanism by in situ solid/liquid interface XPS
3rd (Year Started 2013)

Takuto Araki (Associate Professor, Yokohama National University)
Study about coupled phenomena of heat and mass transfer with electrochemical reactions and its application for optimal phase boundary designing

Gen Inoue (Associate Professor, Kyushu University)
High Efficiency Phase Interface for Electron and Mass Transfer by Structure Design of Carbon and Binder

Tomoya Ono (Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba)
Computational design of interface structures for high-performance and low-energy-loss electronic devices

Jun Kano (Associate Professor, Okayama University)
Designed catalysis assisted by metal-ferroelectric interfaces

Development of a multi-wavelength dispersive surface X-ray diffractometory and its application to time-resolved observation of phase interfaces

Yuichiro Nagatsu (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
Creation of oil-water reactive rheological interface for dramatic enhanced oil recovery

Keisuke Nagato (Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo)
Design and fabrication of meso-scaled electrode microstructures for optimal transfer of matters and reaction at boundaries.

Hosei Nagano (Professor, Nagoya University)
Innovation in heat transport technology based on thermal-hydraulics analysis of tri-phase interface in micro porous structure

Tomoko Hirayama (Professor, Doshisha University)
Understanding of Mechanism for Ultra-Low Sliding Friction and Development of Novel Phase Interfaces

Masaki Matsui (Associate Professor, Kobe University)
Study of electrode/electrolyte interphase for rechargeable magnesium batteries


- Katsuyoshi Ikeda
- Kohei Ito
- Koji Kita
- Junichiro Shiomi
- Naoya Shibata
- Koji Sekiguchi
- Yoshitaka Tateyama
- Kohei Miyazaki
- Keiji Yashiro
- Satoshi Yasuda
- Takuma Yasuda
- Ken-ichi Uchida
- Takashi Okubo
- Kobayashi Atsushi
- SANG Liwen
- Sakae Takenaka
- Shohji Tsushima
- Tsuyoshi Totani
- Katsuhiro Tomioka
- Masanobu Nakayama
- Satoshi Nihonyanagi
- Takuya Masuda


