Name: Toshiaki Kato

Research:
　　　　 Fields: Nanoscience, Plasma Science,
　　　　 Materials: Carbon nanotube,
　　　　　　　　　　Graphene,
　　　　　　　　　　Graphene nanoribbon,
　　　　　　　　　　Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) (WS2, MoS2, WSe2, MoSe2,...)
　　　　Topics: CVD syntheis,
　　　　　　　　　 Functionalization,
　　　　　　　　　 Electrical device (transistor, solar cell, quantum device),
　　　　　　　　　 Optical physics (excitons)

Education:
　　　 Tohoku University, Japan -Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, September 2007.
　　　　Tohoku University, Japan M.S. in Electrical Engineering, September 2004. (early completion)
　　　　Tohoku University, -Japan B.S. in Electrical Engineering, March 2003.

Professional Activities:
Distinguished Researchers of Tohoku University. April 2020 to present.
JST-PRESTO Researcher. October 2017 to March 2021.
Visiting Associate Professor, Kyoto University. April 2017 to March 2018.
Associate Professor, Tohoku University. April 2016 to present.
Lecturer, Tohoku University. October 2013 to March 2016.
Visiting Researcher in Stanford University (Prof. Hongjie Dai). September 2008 to June 2009.
Assistant Professor, Tohoku University. December 2007 to September 2013.
JSPS fellow (PD), October 2007 to November 2007.
JSPS fellow (DC1), April 2005 to September 2007.