Name: Naoto Nagaosa

The Univ. of Tokyo, Nagaosa Lab.

Research Field: Condensed matter theory

Major Accomplishments, Prizes:

1995 The 9th Japan IBM Science Award

1995 Nishinomiya Yukawa memorial prize

1998 The 2nd Superconductivity Science and Technology Award

2004 The 11th Nissan Science Award

2005 The 51th Nishina Memorial Prize

Social Activities:

Co-Editor of "Europhysics Letters", Invited numerous international conferences, Editor of "Kotaibutsuri".

Education & Professional Experience:

Mar. 1980 B. S. , Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

Feb. 1983 Postgraduate, Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

Feb. 1983 Research Associate, Institute for Solid State Physics (ISSP), University of Tokyo

June 1986 Ph. D. , Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

Oct. 1986 Research Associate, Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

June 1989 Lecturer, Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

Sep. 1991 Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

Aug. 1998 - present Professor, Dept. of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

Apr. 2001 - Mar. 2008 Team Leader, Theory Team, Correlated Electron Research Center (CERC), AIST

Oct. 2007 - present Team Leader, Theoretical Design Team, Cross-Correlated Materials Research Group (CMRG), Advanced Science Institute (ASI), RIKEN

Apr. 2010 - present Team Leader, Strong-Correlation Theory Research Team, Correlated Electron Research Group (CERG), Advanced Science Institute (ASI), RIKEN

Publications:

1. Y. Taguchi, Y. Oohara, H. Yoshizawa, N. Nagaosa, and Y.Tokura,

"Spin Chirality, Berry Phase, and Anomalous Hall Effect in a Frustrated Ferromagnet"

Science, 291, 2573 (2001)

2. Y. Tokura and N. Nagaosa,

"Orbital Physics in Transition-Metal Oxides"

Science, 288, 462 (2000).

3. S. Ishihara, M. Yamanaka, and N. Nagaosa,

"Orbital Liquid in La1-xSrxMnO3"

Phys. Rev. B, 56(2), 686-692 (1997).

4. N. Nagaosa and P. A. Lee,

"Kondo Effect in High-Tc Cuprates"

Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 3755-3758 (1997).

5. A. Furusaki, and N. Nagaosa,

"Kondo Effect in a Tomonaga-Luttinger Liquid"

Phys. Rev. Lett., 72(6), 892-895 (1994).

6. T. Sugiyama, and N. Nagaosa,

"Localization in a Random Magnetic Field in 2D"

Phys. Rev. Lett., 70, 1980-1983 (1993).

7. T. Ogawa, A. Furusaki, and N. Nagaosa,

"Fermi-Edge Singularity in One-Dimensional Systems"

Phys. Rev. Lett. 68, 3638-3641 (1992).

8. N. Nagaosa, and P. A. Lee,

"Ginzburg-Landau Theory of the Spin-Charge Separated System"

Phys. Rev. B 45, 966-970 (1992).

9. N. Nagaosa, and P. A. Lee,

"Normal State Properties of the Uniform Resonating-Valence-Bond State"

Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2450-2453 (1990).

Condensed matter physics deals with a wide variety of topics, ranging from gas to liquids and solids, as well as plasma, where owing to the interplay between the motions of a tremendous number of electrons and nuclei, rich varieties of physical phenomena occur. Quantum field theory is the most.