UCHIDA Kenichi
(Professor/Division of Transdisciplinary Sciences)
Department of Advanced Materials Science/Group of New Materials and Interfaces/Energy-conversion Quantum Science
Career Summary
2008 B. Eng., Keio University 2009 M. Sc. Eng., Keio University 2012 Ph.D. (Physics), Tohoku University 2012 Assistant Professor, Tohoku University 2014 Associate Professor, Tohoku University 2016 Group Leader, National Institute for Materials Science 2023 Distinguished Group Leader, National Institute for Materials Science 2024 Professor, The University of Tokyo
Research Activities
We are conducting research on “spin caloritronics” based on the fusion of spintronics and thermoelectric/thermal transport properties. We are developing new thermal energy conversion, control, and transfer phenomena and functionalities driven by the concerted effects of electron transport, magnetism (spin), phonon, ferroelectricity, etc., and materials science to improve their energy conversion efficiency by introducing technologies and knowledge from interdisciplinary fields beyond the conventional framework of spintronics. We aim to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by breaking new ground in spin caloritronics using our uniquely developed active thermal measurement and hybrid/composite material synthesis techniques as well as by bringing it to fruition in thermal management technologies.