Researcher

Masahiko Demura

Group Leader

Research Network and Facility Services Division Director
Materials Open Platform for Structural Materials-DX External Collaboration Division Platform Director
Special Assistant to the President
東京工業大学 物質・情報卓越教育院/物質理工学院 特定教授

Materials research DX through Materials Integration

Computational materials engineering, data-driven, inverse problems, industry-academia collaboration platform

Masashi Ishii

Chief Researcher

Data-driven Materials Design Group Digital Transformation Initiative Center for Magnetic Materials Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials DXMag Principal Investigator
Data Collection Unit Materials Data Platform Advanced Engineering and Services Division

Building materials knowledge infrastructure

Knowledge infrastructure, database, informatics, ontology, repository

Yoshiaki Toda

Principal Researcher

Materials Open Platform for Structural Materials-DX External Collaboration Division
横浜国立大学 大学院理工学府 客員准教授

Evaluation and development of heat-resistant materials for supercritical geothermal power generation

Renewable energy, geothermal power, casing materials, heat-resistant steel, corrosion, oxidation, high temperature/pressure, supercritical water, steam, acidity

Ikumu Watanabe

Principal Researcher

Associate professor, Subprogram in Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba (NIMS Joint Graduate School)
Associate professor, Subprogram in Materials Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba (NIMS Joint Graduate School)

Computer-aided materials research and development

Computer-aided engineering, multiscale modeling, finite element method, mathematical optimization

Kaita Ito

Senior Researcher

Materials Open Platform for Structural Materials-DX External Collaboration Division

In-process monitoring of materials manufacturing by AE method

Acoustic emission method, non-destructive evaluation, non-destructive inspection, in-process monitoring, IoT

Yukari Katsura

Senior Researcher

Associate professor, Degree Program in Materials Innovation, Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba (NIMS Joint Graduate School)
RIKEN Molecular Informatics Team, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project Guest Researcher

Surveying materials science with the large-scale database Starrydata

Materials DX, database, materials informatics, new material discovery, inorganic crystal structures, thermoelectric materials, magnets, quasicrystals, superconductors, battery materials

Hiroshi Kakinuma

Hiroshi Kakinuma

Invited Researcher

Tohoku University Advanced Institute for Materials Research Associate Professor (Jr. Principal Investigator) (Ph.D (Eng.))
Tohoku University Institute for Materials Research

Materials informatics, machine learning, corrosion protection, corrosion resistance, hydrogen embrittlement, aluminum alloys, stainless/low-alloy/carbon steel, magnesium alloys, chemical conversion, electrochemical measurement, metallic materials, corrosion science, hydrogen sensor, local electrochemical measurement

Postdoctoral Fellows

Kei Saito

Kei Saito

Postdoctoral Researcher

Visiting Researchers

Yuji Matsumoto

Yuji Matsumoto

Visiting Researcher

LIU Shanshan

LIU Shanshan

Visiting Researcher

PHI Thuy Van

PHI Thuy Van

Visiting Researcher

Erina Fujita

Erina Fujita

Visiting Researcher

Student

Junior Researchers

Zhi Yang

Zhi Yang

Junior Researcher

Tianwen Tang

Tianwen Tang

Junior Researcher

Graduate Student

Dayuan Liu

Dayuan Liu

Trainee
University of Tsukuba Graduate School

Masanohiro Yanagawa

Masanohiro Yanagawa

Trainee
University of Tsukuba Graduate School

Xufei Chen

Xufei Chen

Trainee
University of Tsukuba Graduate School

Ziyan Jiang

Ziyan Jiang

Trainee M2
University of Tsukuba Graduate School
Apr 2025 –

Hang Dong

Hang Dong

Trainee D3
The University of New South Wales
May 2026 –

Mishra Aniket

Mishra Aniket

Trainee M1
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
May 2026 –

Cecília Nemessányi

Cecília Nemessányi

Trainee
Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Undergraduate Student

Valentina Watanabe

Valentina Watanabe

Trainee B4
Trinity College Dublin
May 2026 –

Thasleem Ibrahim

Thasleem Ibrahim

Trainee B3
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
May 2026 –

Sajja Akshith

Sajja Akshith

Trainee B3
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
May 2026 –

Acharya Aditya

Acharya Aditya

Trainee B3
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
May 2026 –

Staff

Tomoya Mato

Tomoya Mato

NIMS Engineer

Atsumi Tanaka

Atsumi Tanaka

Project Technical Staff

DEWI YANA

Dewi Yana

Project Technical Staff

Nina Kobata

Nina Kobata

Project Technical Staff

Yuki Yamamoto

Yuki Yamamoto

Project Technical Staff

Shoko Taniguchi

Shoko Taniguchi

Project Technical Staff

Administrative Staff

Sachiko Nagase

Sachiko Nagase

Administrative Staff
Center for Basic Research on Materials / Management Office

Manami Kasuga

Manami Kasuga

Administrative Staff
Center for Basic Research on Materials / Management Office

Akemi Tateno

Akemi Tateno

Administrative Staff
Research Network and Facility Services Division / Management Office

Alumni

  • Jiri Ryjacek (Czech Technical University) Jun 2025 – Jul 2025
  • Kaushik Raj Pyla (UNSW Canberra) May 2025 – Aug 2025