Members
Staff
Associate Professor
Takayuki Kurihara, Ph.D. (Science)
Professional Experience
- Apr. 2025 – Present Associate Professor, Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
- Feb. 2020 – Mar. 2025 Assistant Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP), The University of Tokyo (Prof. Jiro Itatani’s group)
- Apr. 2018 – Feb. 2020 Zukunftskolleg Fellow, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2019 JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, University of Konstanz, Germany
- Aug. 2016 – Mar. 2017 JSPS PD Research Fellow, University of Konstanz, Germany (Prof. Alfred Leitenstorfer’s group)
- Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2017 JSPS PD Research Fellow, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University (Prof. Makoto Nakajima’s group)
Education
- Mar. 2016 Ph.D. in Science (Physics), Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Prof. Toru Suemoto’s group, ISSP)
- Mar. 2013 M.Sc. in Science (Physics), Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Prof. Toru Suemoto’s group, ISSP)
- Mar. 2011 B.Eng. in Precision Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (Prof. Satoshi Takahashi’s group)
Award
- 2025 The 19th Kondo Award (Paper Award), Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
- 2025 The 3rd AAPPS-JPS Award (Division 5), The Physical Society of Japan
- 2024 Young Scientist Award (Division 5), The Physical Society of Japan
- 2023 Poster Presentation Award (Second Place), Quantum Vacuum in Matter International Workshop, Rice University, Houston, USA (Oct. 11–13)
- 2019 Participant, 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (nominated by alma mater; Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz)
- 2017 Progress Award, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, “Coherent control of macroscopic magnetization using intense terahertz pulses”
- 2016 Presentation Encouragement Award, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
- 2016 Springer Thesis Award
- 2016 Research Encouragement Award, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
- 2015 Poster Award (International Year of Light Commemoration, Division 5), The Physical Society of Japan
- 2012 Best Presentation Award, Young Researcher Summer School, Terahertz Electromagnetic Wave Research Group, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
Students
We are looking for motivated graduate students to join our group!
Admissions to the Kurihara Laboratory are through the D1 Group of the Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. For details on the entrance examination, please refer to the Department of Basic Science website: https://dbs.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/exam/guide/.
Please note that enrollment is offered twice a year, in April and October, but the entrance examination is held only once a year, in July.
Researcher
We are recruiting JSPS Postdoctoral Fellows!
(Applications for this year have closed, but we continue to accept inquiries on a rolling basis.)
