Hiroko Tokoro
Professor
Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
tokoro.hiroko.gp_at_u.tsukuba.ac.jp
Education
| 1999, March |
BS from Keio University |
| 2001, March |
ME from Kyoto University |
| 2004, March |
PhD from the University of Tokyo |
Research career
| 2005, April |
Postdoctoral fellow of JSPS at the University of Tokyo |
| 2007, October |
Researcher at PRESTO of JST at the University of Tokyo |
| 2011, January |
Assistant Professor in Department of Chemistry, School of Science, the University of Tokyo |
| 2013, April |
Associate Professor in Division of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba |
| 2018, April |
Professor in Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba |
Activities
Domestic
| 2011, |
Part-time lecturer at Keio University |
| 2013, |
Contract cooperation member of Science Council of Japan (from May to September, 2013) |
| 2014, |
23th Cooperation member of Science Council of Japan (from October 2014 to 2017) |
| 2016, |
Part-time lecturer at Keio University |
| 2017, |
24th Cooperation member of Science Council of Japan (from October 2017 to 2020) |
| 2020, |
25th Cooperation member of Science Council of Japan (from October 2020 to 2023) |
| 2021, |
Committee member of Gender Equality of the Physical Society of Japan (JPS) (from April 2021 to March 2025) |
| 2022, |
Director of JPS (by March 2024) |
| 2023, |
26th Cooperation member of Science Council of Japan (from October 2023 to 2026) |
| 2024, |
Member of the Steering Committee of the ISSP, The University of Tokyo (from September 2024 to August 2026) |
| 2025, |
Part-time lecturer at Nagoya University |
| 2026, |
Science Officer, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) (from April 2026 to March 2028) |
International
| 2006, |
Invited Professor at Versailles University (France) |
| 2014, |
Referee of Ph.D. thesis at Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland) |
| 2016, |
IUPAC（International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), Division I: Associate Member (by 2017) |
| 2018, |
IUPAC, Division I: Titular Member (by 2021) |
| 2021, |
NAO of Japan (Science Council of Japan) for IUPAC |
| 2022, |
IUPAC, Division I: Associate Member (by 2023) |
| 2022, |
Mid-term evaluation committee of Ph.D. thesis at Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland) |
| 2024, |
Guest editor of Materials Advances (RSC), "Order, Disorder and ultrafast phenomena in functional materials" |
| 2024, |
Referee of Ph.D. thesis at the dual degree program of the University of Tokyo (Japan) and Université Paris-Saclay (France) |
Awards
- The Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan, 2008
- The Best Presentation Award of Cryogenics Research Center, University of Tokyo, 2011
- The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists, 2011
- The Young Scientists’ Prize by MEXT, 2012
- The Young Scientists' Prize by University of Tsukuba, 2014
- Marubun Research Prize for Encouragement, 2016
- German Innovation Award; Gottfried Wagener Prize, 2016
- MEXT Nanotechnology Platform "Six major results of Nanotechnology Platform", 2016 year
- BEST FACULITY member Prize by University of Tsukuba, 2016 year
- YAGAMI Award by Keio University, 2017 year
- Shitagau Noguchi Award by the Noguchi Institute, 2017 year
- Fumiko Yonezawa Memorial Prize of the Physical Society of Japan, 2020 year
Research grants from government
- Research Fellowships for Young Scientists from JSPS, 2005 − 2008
- PRESTO project from JST, 2007 − 2010
- NEXT project from JSPS, 2013 − 2014
- Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), 2014 － 2017
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Coordination Asymmetry), 2016 － 2020
- JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B), 2022 － 2025
- FOREST project from JST, 2022 − 2029
- JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research, 2025 － 2026
