Kaoru MINOSHIMA Profile

Kaoru MINOSHIMA

Professor, Vice-President, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC).Go to Researchmap.

Research Topics & Publication List

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

Full Publication lists including conference presentations:
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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～March 2022)
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)
2022 Vice-President, The University of Electro-Communications (UEC) (April 2022～present)
2023 Outside Director, HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (December 2023～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
2021 Taizan Award, Laser Progress Award, Institute for Laser Technology
2022 Optical Engineering Awards, The Japan Society of Applied Physics
2023 LSJ Fellow Recoginition, The Laser Society of Japan

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

Photonics West

2023-present LASE Symposium Chair

Others

International Commission for Optics (ICO) 2017(vice Program Chair), 2020,2022
FTS 2021, 2023(Program Chair)
Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon, and Nano-Photonics 2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023
EFTF 2023
ICOLS 2023
FiO/Laser Science 2020(LS SC Chair & FiO SC member),2021(FiO SC member)
ALPS/OPIC 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
APLS 2018,2022
SPIE OM 2015
Optics Photonics Japan: 2024(General Chair), 2023(vice General Chair), 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), 2024(SC co-Chair)
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 Organizations and Societies

Vice President, International Commission for Optics (ICO) (2021-present)
Member, IUPAP C17: Laser Physics and Photonics (2021-present)
Member, Science Council of Japan (2011-present)
Member, ICO Sub-committee, Science Council of Japan (2011-present)
Member, IUPAP Sub-committee, Science Council of Japan (2021-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)
OPTICA(formerly OSA), Fellow Selection Committee (2019-2020)
OPTICA(formerly OSA), Townes Award Selection Committee (2012-2013, 2017-2018)
OPTICA(formerly OSA), Hopkins Leadership Award Selection Committee (2015-2016)
OPTICA(formerly OSA), ** Award Selection Committee (2020-present)
OPTICA(formerly OSA), OPTICA (Journal), Associate Editor (2021-present)
Several other international and Japanese committees (present and past)