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Kaoru MINOSHIMA

Professor, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC).Go to UEC Researcher Database.

Research Topics & Publication List

• Ultrafast Science and Technology, Optical Frequency Comb, Optical Synthesizer, Optical Metrology

Full Publication lists including conference presentations:
[UEC Researcher Database]
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Standard sources for publication database:
[ORCID iD]
[Researchgate Profile Page]
[Google Scholar]
[Publons profile page]
[UEC Institute Repository]

Research Field

• Optical Engineering, Photon & Quantum Science, Applied Physics, Quantum Electronics, Metrology

Brief Career

• 1993 Ph.D. (Science), Graduate Department of Physics, School of Science, University of Tokyo
• Research Scientist, National Research Laboratory of Metrology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
• 1996 Visiting Professor, University of Bordeaux I, France
• 1997 Senior Research Scientist, National Research Laboratory of Metrology
• 2000 Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• 2001 Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
• 2007 Group Leader, Chief,AIST
• Guest Professor, Tokyo University of Science
• 2011 Bureau Manager, Innovation School;
  Senior Research Scientist,AIST
• 2013 Professor, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) (April 2013～present)
• Research Director, JST ERATO MINOSHIMA Intelligent Optical Synthesizer (IOS) Project (Oct 2013～March 2020)
• 2015 Division Leader, Institute for Advanced Science, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) (April 2015～present)
• 2016 Director, University Library, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) (April 2016～present)
• 2019 Distinguished Visiting Professor, cross-appointment, Institute of Post-LED Photonics, University of Tokushima (August 2019～present)
• 2021 Director, Institute for Advanced Science, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) (April 2021～present)

Award and Honor

• 2008 The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
• 2010 Women Researcher Award, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
• 2013 Outstanding Paper Award, Laser Society of Japan
• 2013 NISTEP Award (The Researchers with Nice Step), NISTEP, MEXT
• 2014 JSAP Fellow Recoginition, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
• 2015 OSA Fellow Recoginition, The Optical Society
• 2017 Senior Member, Laser Society of Japan
• 2019 2019 Hermann Anton Haus Lecturer, RLE, MIT

Committee for Conferences

CLEO (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics)

• 2021-present CLEO, Steering Committee Member
• 2011 CLEO: Science & Innovation (former CLEO), General Co-Chair
• 2009 CLEO Program Co-Chair
• 2006-2008 CLEO Subcommittee Member, SC 14: Optical Metrology
• 2004-2005 CLEO Subcommittee Chair, SC 14: Optical Metrology

Others

• International Commission for Optics (ICO) 2017(vice Program Chair), 2020,2022
• FTS 2021
• Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon, and Nano-Photonics 2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021
• FiO/Laser Science 2020(LS SC Chair & FiO SC member),2021(FiO SC member)
• ALPS/OPIC 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
• APLS 2018,2022
• SPIE OM 2015
• Optics Photonics Japan: 2011(Program Chair), 2010(vice Program Chair), 2006
• Laser Society Meeting 2010, 2013, 2018(SC Chair), 2021
• Advanced Photonics Symposium 2010, 2011
• ASSP 2008, 2009, 2010
• CLEO PacificRim 2013(SC Chair), 2009, 2020(SC Chair), 2022(SC Chair & Steering Committee)
• CLEO-Europe 2007
• ODF 2006
• Fringe 2005
• IQEC/CLEO-Pacific Rim 2005
• International Commission for Optics 2004
• Ultrafast Phenomena 2014, 2004
• Femtosecond Technology 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003

Committee for Societies

• Vice President, International Commission for Optics (ICO) (2011-present)
• Member, Science Council of Japan (2011-present)
• Member, ICO Sub-committee, Science Council of Japan (2011-present)
• Director, The Japan Society of Applied Physics (2019-2021)
• Director, Laser Society of Japan (2018-present)
• JST International Technical Advisor (2018-2020)
• JST PRESTO Technical Advisor (2008-2014)
• Several committees for METI, MEXT, JSPS, Government and Societies, Japan (present and past)
• Optik, Editorial Board (2004-)
• National Science Foundation, Advanced LIGO Construction Review Committee (2006)
• European Space Agency Technical Adviser
• Swiss National Science Foundation, Review Committee (2019,2020)
• OSA, Fellow Selection Committee (2019-2020)
• OSA, Townes Award Selection Committee (2012-2013, 2017-2018)
• OSA, Hopkins Leadership Award Selection Committee (2015-2016)
• OSA, ** Award Selection Committee (2020-present)
• OSA, OPTICA, Associate Editor (2021-present)
• Several other international and Japanese committees (present and past)