Program Officer (PO) TAMADA Kaoru
TAMADA Kaoru, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University
1) Profile
| 1984 | Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Nara Women's University, Japan |
| 1984 | Researcher, JSR Co. Ltd. Tokyo and Tsukuba Research Center, Japan |
| 1991 | Researcher, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA |
| 1994 | Doctor of Science, Nara Women's University, Japan |
| 1994 | Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN frontier international program, Wako, Japan |
| 1995 | Senior Scientist, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research (NIMC), Tsukuba, Japan |
| 1996 | Visiting Fellow, Dept of Applied Mathematics, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia |
| 1998 | Visiting Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPIP), Mainz, Germany |
| 2001 | Visiting Senior Fellow, TP project, The National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore |
| 2003 | Bio-Photonics Group leader, Research Institute of Photonics, AIST, Tsukuba, Japan |
| 2005 | Associate Professor, Department of Electronic Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan |
| 2006 | Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, NUS, Singapore |
| 2007 | Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
| 2011 | Professor, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering (IMCE), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan |
| 2017 | Vice President, Kyushu University, Japan |
| 2019 | Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University Japan |
| 2020 | Senior Vice President, Kyushu University |
| 2020 | Cross appointment with WPI-AIMR, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan |
2) Research Area
Surface Physical Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Biophotonics, Plasmonics, Metamaterials
3) Other Contributions
| 2002-2005 | Expert Assessor of International Standing, Australian Research Council (ARC) |
| 2009-2011 | Member of Advanced Measurement and Analytical Technology / Equipment Development, Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT |
| 2011-2013 | Chair, Division of Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics,The Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP) |
| 2013-2015 | Board member, JSAP, Chief Editor of OYOBUTSURI (JSAP) |
| 2006 2010, 2014-present | Board member, The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science |
| 2018-present | Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Applied Nano Materials, American Chemical Society |
| 2019-2020 | PEAKs Vision Development committee member, University Support forum, Cabin Office |
| 2019-2020 | Chair, Promotion Task Force for PBL Education in era of Society 5.0, Industry Academia Council, Keidanren |
| 2014-2020 | Collaborative member of Science Council of Japan |
| 2020-present | Member of Science Council of Japan |
4) Awards
| 2013 | The Surface Science Society of Japan Fellow |
| 2016 | The Japan Society of Applied Physics Fellow |
| 2018 | The Surface Science Society of Japan Prize |
| 2020 | The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science Achievement Award |
| Other than research | |
| 2019 | The Award for an Organization Supporting Brilliant Female Researchers (The Jun Ashida Award) |