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Takashi Taniguchi (scientist)

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Takashi Taniguchi
Born
谷口尚

(1959-07-11) July 11, 1959 (age 65)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Alma materTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Known forHigh-purity hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN)
AwardsClarivate Citation Laureates (2022)
James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials (2023)
Asahi Prize (2024)
Medal with Purple Ribbon (2025)
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science
InstitutionsNational Institute for Materials Science
Tohoku University
University of Tokyo
University of London

Takashi Taniguchi (谷口尚, Taniguchi Takashi, born July 11, 1959) is a Japanese material scientist. He is a fellow, and the Director of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). He is also a former President of the High Pressure Science Society of Japan.

Taniguchi is an expert in crystal growth and has published numerous co-authored papers with Kenji Watanabe and others. He was featured in Nature as one of the “most prolific researchers.”[1][2]

Early life and education

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Taniguchi was born in Tokyo.[3] He graduated from the Department of Industrial Chemistry at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 1982.[4][5] He obtained a master's degree in materials science in 1984 and a Doctor of Engineering degree in 1987, both from Tokyo Tech (now the Institute of Science Tokyo).[6][4]

Career

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In 1987, Taniguchi began his research career as a Research Associate at the Research Laboratory of Engineering Materials at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). In the same year, he was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Inorganic Materials at Tokyo Tech.[5][7]

In 1989, he became Senior Research Officer at the Ultra-High Pressure Station of the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM), formerly under the Science and Technology Agency.[8] In 1994, he served as a visiting researcher at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of London.

He served as President of the High Pressure Science Society of Japan in 2015,[7] and as Vice President of the International Association for the Advancement of High Pressure Science and Technology (AIRAPT) in 2019.[7]

He has also served as an Affiliated Professor at the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University,[9] and as a visiting professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.[10]

National Institute for Materials Science

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In 2001, he was appointed as Senior Researcher at the Ultra-High Pressure Station of the Materials Research Institute, National Institute for Materials Science. In 2006, he became Group Leader of the Ultra-High Pressure Group in the Nano Materials Laboratory at NIMS.[8][5][7]

In 2020, he was appointed Fellow of NIMS. In 2021, he became Director of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics at NIMS. In 2022, he served as Special Advisor to the President of NIMS, and in 2023, he was appointed Director of NIMS.[8][11]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ ノーベル賞受賞者も絶賛 日本生まれの小さな結晶が集める大きな注目 朝日新聞デジタル2021年10月5日
  2. ^ Nature ダイジェスト Vol. 16 No. 11
  3. ^ ＜ブレークスルー 2023＞世界注目、高純度結晶を生成　物質・材料研究機構　フェロー・谷口尚さん 東京新聞2023年5月21日
  4. ^ a b 学術賞高純度窒化ホウ素単結晶の創製と光・電子材料への応用研究 セラミックス 54(2019)No. 4
  5. ^ a b c 谷口尚 (2021). "犬も歩けば棒に当たる : 単結晶合成研究から国際連携研究へ". 応用物理. 90 (5). 応用物理学会: 314–317. doi:10.11470/oubutsu.90.5_314.
  6. ^ シリーズ 「発掘！東工大の研究と社会貢献」 第 6 回 ダイヤモンドと東工大 ダイヤモンドに新しい輝きを添えた研究者たち 東京工業大学博物館
  7. ^ a b c d アバター 谷口 尚 タニグチ タカシ (Takashi Taniguchi) researchmap
  8. ^ a b c プロフィール 物質・材料研究機構
  9. ^ 谷口 尚 タニグチ タカシ (Takashi Taniguchi)
  10. ^ 客員教授 谷口 尚 東京大学
  11. ^ 2018.04.10 谷口尚氏が物質・材料研究機構のフェローに就任 東京工業大学
  12. ^ 第55回概要
  13. ^ "落語家の柳亭市馬さんらに紫綬 春の褒章、629個人・団体受章". 時事通信. 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
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