Mamoru Matsuo 
Position
Associate Professor (2018 - present)
Research Interest
1. Spintronics phenomena emerging from non-Riemannian structures
2. Spin transport at the magnetic interface
Professional Experiences
2014-2018 Research Leader, Nuclear Spin Dynamics Research Group, ERATO Saitoh Spin Quantum Rectification Project, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Japan
2017-2018 Assistant Professor, Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan
2014–2017 Senior Scientist, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
2012–2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
2010–2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yukawa institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
2009–2010 Research Fellow, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
2008–2009 Research Fellow, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Ibaraki, Japan
Education
March 2008 Ph.D. in Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Thesis Topic: “Quantum kinetic theory of chiral condensed and meson excitations”
Advisor: Professor Tetsuo Matsui
March 2003 M.S. in Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan
March 2001 B.A. in Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Selected Publications
Review articles
Original articles
R. Takahashi, H. Chudo, M. Matsuo, K. Harii, Y. Ohnuma, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh, “Giant spin hydrodynamic generation in laminar flow”, Nature Communications 11, 3009 (2020).
Y. Kurimune, M. Matsuo, and Y. Nozaki, “Observation of gyromagnetic spinwave resonance in NiFe thin films”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 217205 (2020).
Y. Ominato, J. Fujimoto, and M. Matsuo, “Valley-dependent spin transport in monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 166803 (2020)
K. Hattori, M. Hongo, X.-G. Huang, M. Matsuo, and H. Taya, “Fate of spin polarization in a relativistic fluid: An entropy-current analysis”, Physics Letters B 795 (2019) 100-106.
K. Harii, Y.-J Seo, Y. Tsutsumi, H. Chudo, K. Oyanagi, M. Matsuo, Y. Shiomi, T. Ono, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh, “Spin Seebeck mechanical force”, Nature Communications 10, 2616 (2019)
G. Okano, M. Matsuo, Y. Ohnuma, S. Maekawa, and Y. Nozaki, “Nonreciprocal spin current generation in surface-oxidized copper films”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 217701 (2019) .
M. Matsuo, Y. Ohnuma, T. Kato, and S. Maekawa, “Spin current noise of the spin Seebeck effect and spin pumping” Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 037201 (2018).
Y. Ohnuma, M. Matsuo, and S. Maekawa, “Theory of the spin Peltier effect”, Phys. Rev. B 96, 134412 (2017).
D. Kobayashi, T. Yoshikawa, M. Matsuo, R. Iguchi, S. Maekawa, E. Saitoh, and Y. Nozaki, “Spin current generation using a surface acoustic wave generated via spin-rotation coupling”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 077202 (2017) (PRL Editors’ suggestion).
M. Matsuo, Y. Ohnuma, and S. Maekawa, “Theory of spin hydrodynamic generation”, Phys. Rev. B 96, 020401(R) (2017).
R. Takahashi, M. Matsuo, M. Ono, K. Harii, H. Chudo, S. Okayasu, J. Ieda, S. Takahashi, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh, “Spin hydrodynamic generation”, Nat. Phys. 12, 52 (2016).
M. Ono, H. Chudo, K. Harii, S. Okayasu, M. Matsuo, J. Ieda, R. Takahashi, S. Maekawa, and E. Saitoh, “Barnett effect in paramagnetic states”, Phys. Rev. B 92, 174424 (2015).
M. Matsuo, J. Ieda, K. Harii, E. Saitoh, and S. Maekawa, “Mechanical generation of spin current by spin-rotation coupling”, Phys. Rev. B 87, 180402 (R) (2013).
H. Chudo, M. Ono, K. Harii, M. Matsuo, J. Ieda, R. Haruki, S. Okayasu, S. Maekawa, H. Yasuoka, and E. Saitoh, “Observation of Barnett fields in solids by nuclear magnetic resonance” Applied Physics Express 7, 063004 (2014).
M. Matsuo, J. Ieda, E. Saitoh, and S. Maekawa, “Effects of mechanical rotation on spin currents”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 076601 (2011) (PRL Editors’ suggestion).
Contact
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Address: Rm 411, Building A, Institute of Physics, CAS, Haidian Dist., Beijing

Bo Gu (顾波)
Position
Associate Professor (2018-present)
Research Focus
Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
Spin Hall Effect (SHE)
Interface Magnetism
Low-dimensional Quantum Magnets
Employment
2016/7 - 2018/3, Senior Scientist (Permanent staff)
Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan
2012/4 - 2016/6, Scientist (Permanent staff)
Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan
2010/4 - 2012/3, Special Topic Researcher
Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan
2007/5 - 2010/3, Post-Doctoral Researcher
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Education
2004/2 - 2007/1, Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics
Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Supervisor: Prof. Gang Su
2000/9 - 2003/7, M.S. in Theoretical Physics
Peking University, Beijing, China
Supervisors: Prof. Zhao-Bing Su, and Prof. Tao Xiang
1996/9 - 2000/7, Bachelor in Physics
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Awards
JAEA President Award 2011
Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), October 1, 2011, Tokai, Japan
ASRC Director General's Award 2010
Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, March 23, 2011, Tokai, Japan
Excellent Paper Award
2006 Chinese National Doctoral Academic Forum in Physics, July 21, 2006, Beijing, China
Selected Publications
1. Giant Faraday rotation in metal-fluoride nanogranular films,
N. Kobayashi, K. Ikeda, B.Gu, S. Takahashi, H. Masumoto, and S. Maekawa,
Scientific Reports 8, 4978 (1-8) (2018).
2. Enhanced magneto-optical Kerr effect at Fe/insulator interfaces,
B. Gu, S. Takahashi, and S. Maekawa,
Phys. Rev. B 96, 214423 (1-6) (2017).
3. Magnetization dynamics and its scattering mechanism in thin CoFeB films with interfacial anisotropy,
A. Okada, S. He, B. Gu, S. Kanai, A. Soumyanarayanan, S. T. Lim, M. Tran, M. Mori, S. Maekawa, F. Matsukura, H. Ohno, and C. Panagopoulos,
PNAS 144, 3815-3820 (2017).
4. Diluted magnetic semiconductors with narrow band gaps,
B. Gu and S. Maekawa,
Phys. Rev. B 94, 155202 (1-8) (2016).
5. Strong suppression of the spin Hall effect in the spin glass state,
Y. Niimi, M. Kimata, Y. Omori, B. Gu, T. Ziman, S. Maekawa, A. Fert, and Y. Otani,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 196602 (1-5) (2015).
6. Charge-to-spin conversion and spin diffusion in Bi/Ag bilayers observed by spin-polarized positron beam,
H. J. Zhang, S. Yamamoto, B. Gu, H. Li, M. Maekawa, Y. Fukaya, and A. Kawasuso,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 166602 (1-5) (2015).
7. Sign change of the spin Hall effect due to electron correlation in nonmagnetic CuIr alloys,
Z. Xu, B. Gu, M. Mori, T. Ziman, and S. Maekawa,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 017202 (1-5) (2015).
8. The spin Hall effect as a probe of non-linear spin fluctuations,
D. H. Wei, Y. Niimi, B. Gu, T. Ziman, S. Maekawa, and Y. Otani,
Nat. Commun. 3, 1058 (1-5) (2012).
9. Surface-assisted spin Hall effect in Au films with Pt impurities,
B. Gu, I. Sugai, T. Ziman, G. Y. Guo, N. Nagaosa, T. Seki, K. Takanashi, and S. Maekawa,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 216401 (1-4) (2010).
10. Quantum renormalization of the spin Hall effect,
B. Gu, J. Y. Gan, N. Bulut, T. Ziman, G. Y. Guo, N. Nagaosa, and S. Maekawa,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 086401 (1-4) (2010).
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Gang Su (苏刚)

Position
Associate Director of Kavli ITS (2017 - present)
About
Prof Gang Su is now distinguished professor of physics in University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS).
He earned his Ph.D. degree in Lanzhou University, China in 1991. After doing two-year postdoc research in UCAS, he joined in UCAS as an associate professor and became a full professor since 1997. During 1993-1999, he worked as a CEEC research fellow in State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA, an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow in Köln University, Germany, and a JSPS research fellow in Tokyo University of Science, Japan. From 2001 to 2008, he was appointed as executive dean of College of Physical Sciences, assistant president, provost and vice-president of UCAS.
His primary research fields include theoretical condensed matter physics, statistical physics, and computational materials science, with particular emphasis on strongly correlated systems, quantum magnetism, molecular magnetism, superconductivity, superfluidity, spintronics, mesoscopic physics, exotic statistical physics, computational materials physics, clean energy, quantum Monte Carlo, various numerical renormalization group (DMRG, TMRG, TRG, LTRG, and so on) methods, quantum intelligence, etc. He is an author of more than 250 papers published in refereed journals and books. Since 1993, his research works have been supported by the NSFC, MOST, and CAS. He got a number of honors such as China National Natural Sciences Award, China MOE Natural Sciences Award, CAIA Award, CAS Excellent Supervisors, etc.
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Gerrit E.-W. Bauer

Position
Chair Professor (Part-time) at Kavli ITS, UCAS
Professor of Theoretical Physics, Tohoku University, WPI-AIMR
Academic Degree:
Dr. rer. nat., TU Berlin (1984)
Professional Experience:
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1980-1984 1984-1986 1986-1992 1992-2022 2011-present 2017-2022 2022-present |
Researcher, Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Berlin-West Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ISSP, University of Tokyo Scientific Staff, Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven Professor, Delft University of Technology Professor, Tohoku University Professor, University of Groningen Professor, Univ. of the Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Recognition:
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2000 Röntgen Award of Würzburg University. 2008 Outstanding Referee Award by the American Physical Society. 2009 Lars Onsager Medal, NTNU Trondheim 2010 Fellow of the American Physical Society 2012 IEEE Distinguished Lecturer of the Magnetics Society. 2015 F.C. Donders Chair, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. 2016 F. Zernike Chair, Groningen University, The Netherlands. 2018 Clarivate “Highly Cited Researcher” 2018 China State High-End Project Foreign Expert 2022 Fellow of the Japan Society of Applied Physics 2023 Humboldt Research Award of the AvH-Foundation |
Current Research:
Theoretical condensed matter theory in nanomagnetism, spintronics, and ferroelectricity.
Contact:
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Fu-Chun Zhang (张富春)

Position
Director of Kavli ITS (2017 - present)
Research Focus
Education
1983 Ph.D. in Physics, Virginia Tech., USA
1978-1980 Graduate School of Univ. of Sci. and Technol. China, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
1964-1968 College education, equivalent to bachelor degree Dept of Phys II, Fudan Univ., China
Honors
2011-2014 Endowed Zhou Guangzhao Professorship in Natural Sciences, Univ. of Hong Kong
2005 Distinguished Research Achievement Award of HKU
2004 National Award in Natural Sciences, 2nd Class, China
shared with Y. Q. Li, D. N. Shi, M. Ma, and S. J. Gu
2002 University Distinguished Research Professor, University of Cincinnati
1999 Fellow of American Physical Society
1997 Faculty Achievement Award, Univ. of Cincinnati
Contact
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Tel: (86) 010-82640439
Office: Rm. N201, Kavli ITS, UCAS, Beijing (View map)

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