Yuichi Ikuhara

Yuichi Ikuhara is Distinguished Professor of Institute of Engineering Innovation, School of Engineering at University of Tokyo. He graduated from Kyushu University, and received Dr.Eng. from Department of Materials Sciences, Kyushu University in 1988. He then joined Japan Fine Ceramics Center (JFCC) as a researcher, and was the Division Manager at JFCC from 1993. In 1996, he joined University of Tokyo as an associate professor of Materials Sciences, and became a full professor in 2003. He was a visiting assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University from 1991 to 1993. His current research interest is interface and grain boundary science, advanced transmission electron microscopy, high-temperature ceramics, dislocation technology and so on. Dr.Ikuhara is author and coauthor of about 980 scientific original papers in this field, and has more than 425 invited talks at international and domestic conferences. He received “Japan Academy Prize” (2023), Medal with Purple Ribbon” from the Emperor of Japan (2016), “Humboldt Research Award” from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2010) and so on. He is a fellow of the American Ceramics Society (2011), member of World Ceramic Academy (2014) and a fellow of the Microscopy Society of America (2024). He holds a group leader position at JFCC and PI Professor of WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University concurrently.