Department of Applied Physics

Introduction
The objective of the Department of Applied Physics is to carry out advanced education and research related to fundamental and leading-edge physics as well as broad education and research related to the application of physics, which also serves as a bridge to engineering, and to create innovation for reforming society. In addition, the objective of the department is also to foster researchers and engineers who can pull the 21st century society forward based on a social sense of ethics, global perspective, and high aspirations to take on a challenge to make new academic fields and industries prosperous.
List of Research Areas and Faculty Members
| Specialty | Name | Class | Area of Research |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condensed Matter Physics | Seiichiro Ikehata | Professor | Semiconductor Physics, Organic Conductors |
| Hidetoshi Fukuyama | Professor | Theory of Physicality | |
| Masaru Komukae | Professor | Dielectrics | |
| Tomohiko Saitoh | Professor | Solid-State Electronic Properties | |
| Nobuaki Miyakawa | Professor | Ultralow Temperature Electronic Properties | |
| Kensuke Miyajima | Junior Associate Professor | Optical Properties of Materials | |
| Applied Physics | Kazuhiro Ohkawa | Professor | Optoelectronics |
| Soichiro Okamura | Professor | Information Element Science | |
| Hideaki Takayanagi | Professor | Low Temperature Electronic Properties | |
| Osamu Araki | Associate Professor | Brain Science | |
| Tohru Higuchi | Junior Associate Professor | Materials Science and Engineering | |
| (Visiting Faculty Members and Research Fields Based on the Joint Graduate School System) | |||
| Condensed Matter Physics | Takahiro Ohno | Visiting Professor | Computational Physics |
| Hideaki Kitazawa | Visiting Professor | Nano Magnetism | |
| Kaoru Shimizu | Visiting Professor | Semiconductor Quantum Physics | |
| Takeshi Hatano | Visiting Professor | Superconductor Technology | |
| Xiao Hu | Visiting Professor | Computational Physics | |
| Yoshihiko Takano | Visiting Associate Professor | Superconductivity | |
| Applied Physics | Yoshihiro Aiura | Visiting Professor | Solid-State Electronic Properties |
| Tatsushi Akazaki | Visiting Professor | Spintronics | |
| Takashi Ijima | Visiting Professor | Piezoelectric Materials Science | |
| Koji Ishibashi | Visiting Professor | Nano-Device Technology | |
| Satoru Suzuki | Visiting Professor | Surface Physics | |
| Kouichi Senba | Visiting Professor | Quantum Information Physics | |
| Ken-ichi Hibino | Visiting Professor | Photonic Physical Measurement | |
| Satoshi Wada | Visiting Professor | Photonics | |
| Hirohiko Fukagawa | Visiting Associate Professor | Organic Electroluminescence | |
| Yoshihide Fujisaki | Visiting Associate Professor | Flexible Liquid Crystals | |
| Geophysics | Hiroshi Hayami | Visiting Professor | Atmospheric Physics |
| Astrophysics | Toru Tamagawa | Visiting Associate Professor | X-ray and γ-ray Astronomy |
| Koji Tanaka (Japan aerospace exploration agency) |
Visiting Associate Professor | Space Energy Science and Engineering | |