Curriculum Vitae
Name: Yasuhiro TOKURA
Date of birth: June, 1960
Place of birth: Japan, Fukushima-pref.
Marital status: married + two children
Degree received
1983 B.Arts and Science (Basic Sciences)
from University of Tokyo
(Supervisor: Prof. Ryuzo Abe)
1985 M.Arts and Science (Multi-Disciplinary Scinece)
from University of Tokyo
(Supervisor: Prof. Shinobu Hikami)
1998 Ph.D. in Arts and Science
from University of Tokyo
(Supervisor: Prof. Shinobu Hikami)
Experience
1985.04-1986.07 NTT Musashino Electrical Communications Laboratory
1986.07-2004.03 Physical Science Research Laboratory
NTT Basic Research Laboratories
1998.11-1999.11 Visiting scientist (c/o Prof. G. E. W. Bauer)
Department of Applied Physics (DIMES/FOM)
Technical University of Delft
2004.04-2012.03 Optical Science Research Laboratory
NTT Basic Research Laboratories
Quantum Optical State Control Research Group Leader
2004.05-2012.03 Guest Professor at Tokyo University of Science
2005.10-2012.03 Executive manager of Optical Science Research Laboratory
2010.03-2015.03 Guest Professor at National Institute of Informatics
2012.01 Distinguished visiting Professor at the department of physics
at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
2012.04- Professor, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences,
Doctorial Program of Nano-Science and Nano-Technology
University of Tsukuba
2012.06-2017.05 Research Professor, NTT Basic Research Laboratories.
2014.04-2016.3.31 Guest Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology
2014.04-2016.03 Dean of the College of Physics, University of Tsukuba
2014.06.01- Guest researcher at the National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
2022.04-2024.03 Leader of Master's and Doctoral Program in Physics
Memberships
The Physical Society of Japan
The Japan Society of Applied Physics
American Physical Society
Last update: Jul. 28, 2025.