Dr. Yusuke Yamauchi

Distinguished Professor

Department of Materials Process Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
E-mail: y.yamauchi@nagoya-u.jp

Professor

Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN),
The University of Queensland, Australia
E-mail: y.yamauchi@uq.edu.au

Education History

April 1999 - March 2003: B.Eng., Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
April 2003 - March 2004: M.Eng., Department of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, Waseda University
April 2004 - March 2007: Dr.Eng., Department of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, Waseda University

Working History

April 2004 - March 2006: 21COE Research Assistant, 21COE ‘Practical Nanochemistry’, Waseda University, Japan
April 2006 - March 2007: Research Fellowship for Young Scientists from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
April 2007 - Sep. 2007: Researcher, International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
Oct. 2007 - March 2016: Independent Scientist, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), NIMS, Japan
Oct. 2008 – March 2015: PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Japan
April 2016 – March 2023: Group Leader and MANA-Principal Investigator (PI), Mesoscale Materials Chemistry Group, WPI-MANA, NIMS, Japan
May 2016 - Nov. 2017: Professor, Australian Institute for Innovative Materials (AIIM), University of Wollongong, Australia
Nov. 2017 – Oct. 2026: Senior Group Leader, AIBN, UQ (Secondment from the School of Chemical Engineering), Australia
Nov. 2017 - Present: Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia
Oct. 2020 – March 2026: Research Director, JST- ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics, Japan
April 2023 - Present: Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
April 2023 - March 2029: Distinguished Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan

Awards

2007: Mizuno Award by Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University
2010: The Ceramic Society of Japan (CerSJ) Award for Advancements in Ceramic Science and Technology
Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
2012: PCCP Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
The Tsukuba Encouragement Prize
2013: The Young Scientists’ Prize by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
2014: The Best Paper Prize, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM)
The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for Young Chemists
2015: Future Fellow, The Australian Research Council (ARC), Australia
2016: The Most Cited Researchers: Developed for ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2016 by Elsevier (Chemical Eng.)
Highly Cited Researchers 2016 (Chemistry), Clarivate (Former Thomson Reuters)
NISTEP Award (National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Japan)
2017: Highly Cited Researchers 2017 (Chemistry), Clarivate (Former Thomson Reuters)
2018: Highly Cited Researchers 2018 (Chemistry), Clarivate (Former Thomson Reuters)
2019: Highly Cited Researchers 2019 (Chemistry), Clarivate (Former Thomson Reuters)
Australia’s Top 40 Researchers in a special ‘Stars of Research’ report, The Australian
2020: Highly Cited Researchers 2020 (Chemistry), Clarivate (Former Thomson Reuters)
Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers 2020 (Material Science)
Australia’s Top 40 Researchers (Lifetime Achievers Leaderboard, Research Superstars), The Australian
2021: Highly Cited Researchers 2021 (Chemistry), Clarivate (Former Thomson Reuters)
Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers 2021 (Material Science)
Australia’s Top 40 Researchers (Lifetime Achievers Leaderboard, Research Superstars), The Australian
2022: Highly Cited Researchers 2022 (Chemistry), Clarivate (Former Thomson Reuters)
Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers 2022 (Material Science)
2023: Highly Cited Researchers 2023 (Chemistry), Clarivate (Former Thomson Reuters)
Thomson Reuters’ Highly Cited Researchers 2023 (Material Science)
Australian Laureate Fellow, Australian Research Council (ARC), Australia
2024: The Ceramic Society of Japan (CerSJ) Award for Academic Achievements in Ceramic Science and Technology
The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award for Creative Work
Award for Science and Technology (Research Category), The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Honors

2008-Present: Visiting Professor, Waseda University, Japan
2013-2017: Associate Editor, APL Materials, The American Institute of Physics (AIP)
2014-Present: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials
2016-2019: Review Editor, Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM)
2017-Present: Associate Editor, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, RSC
2020-2022: Associate Editor, Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier
2020-Present: Editorial Advisory Board, Small, Wiley
2020-Present: Editorial Advisory Board, Small Structures, Wiley
2022-Present: Co-Editor, Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier
2022-Present: Editorial Board Members, Carbon Neutralization, Wiley
2023-Present: MANA Satellite PI, WPI-MANA, NIMS, Japan
2023-Present: College of Expert members, Australian Research Council
2023-Present: Advisor, ASPIRE (Materials Division), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
2024-Present: Editorial Board Member, NanoMat, Scilight Press Pty. Ltd.
2024-Present: Editorial Board Member, cMat, Wiley
2024-Present: Editorial Board Member, Discover Molecules, Springer Nature

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