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    Hiroshi Yokoyama

    Hiroshi Yokoyama

    Materials Science
    Professor and Ohio Research Scholar
    Campus:
    Kent
    Office Location:
    LCI 309
    Contact Information
    Email:
    hyokoyam@kent.edu
    Phone:
    330-672-2633
    Personal Website: Hiroshi Yokoyama's website

    Biography

    Prof. Yokoyama is a world expert in the field of liquid crystal physics with a focus on the surface properties. His primary research interests are in the areas of liquid crystals, surface and colloid science, organic thin films and scanning probe technology. Yokoyama received his Doctor of Engineering (1987) from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Before joining the Liquid Crystal Institute, he was the director of Nanotechnology Research Institute (NRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST). He joined the LCI staff in July 2009 as an Ohio Research Scholar and professor in the Chemical Physics graduate program. His research effort at the LCI will be associated with the recently funded by the State of Ohio’s Third Frontier Project entitled Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials (RC-SAM). RC-SAM is the partnership of Kent State University, Case Western Reserve University, Youngstown State University, Alpha Micron Inc., Cleveland Botanical Garden, CoAdna Photonics Inc., Kent Displays Inc., Kent Optronics Inc. and LXD Inc.
     

    Education

    • Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1987
      (Orientational Phenomena at Nematic Liquid Crystal Surfaces and their Applications)
    • MA Engineering, Physical Electronics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1979

     

    Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
     

    Full list of publications

    To see full list of publications go to: http://www.nanolc.net/mysite/research/publications.html

     

    Research Areas
    • Liquid Crystals
    • Surface and Colloid Science
    • Organic Thin Films
    • Scanning Probe Technology
    Affiliations

     

    Employment

    2018 - present   Professor, Department of Physics, Kent State University
    2019 - present   Ohio Research Scholar, Professor of Materials Science Program, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    2011 - 2016    Director, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University 
    2009 - 2019   Ohio Research Scholar, Professor of Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
    2008 - 2009   Chief Scientist, Nanotechnology Research Institute, AIST
    2008 - 2008    Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    2004 - 2007   CTO, NanoSystem Solutions, Inc.
    2004 - 2008   Director, Liquid Crystal NanoSystem Project, ERATO/SORST, JST
    2001 - 2008   Director, Nanotechnology Research Institute, AIST
    1999 - 2004   Project Director, Yokoyama Nanostructured Liquid Crystal Project, ERATO, JST
    1996 - 2004   Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Science
    1992 - 2001   Chief, Molecular Physics Section, Supramolecular Science Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory
    1992 - 1993   Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
    1988   Senior Researcher, Electrotechnical Laboratory
    1987 - 1988   Visiting Scientist, AT&T Bell Laboratories
    1979   Researcher, Electronic Chemistry Section, Electrotechnical Laboratory
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