is a

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at the

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(MANA),

National Institute for Materials Science is an Independent Administrative Institution and one of the largest scientific research centers in Japan. History The growth and development of today's scientific research center has passed through several phases in a number of locations: In ...

(NIMS), Japan. He is an authority and leading researcher in nanotechnology in the area of energy states of single wall carbon nanotubes (SWCN). His research is notable for the edge effects of the nanographene materials, which is a part of the single layer

graphene Graphene () is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice nanostructure.

. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2000 from

University of Tsukuba is a public university, public research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Ibaraki, Japan. It is a top 10 Designated National University, and was ranked Type A by the Japanese government as part of the Top Global University Pro ...

in Japan. From 2000 to 2009 he was an assistant professor at Department of Quantum Matter in

Hiroshima University is a Japanese national university located in Higashihiroshima and Hiroshima, Japan. Established in 1929, it was chartered as a university in 1949 following the merge of a number of national educational institutions. History Under the Nationa ...

, Japan. From 2009, he is an Independent Scientist at

(WPI-MANA),

(NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan. Beside the above primary research position, he was a visiting scholar at ETH-Zurich, Switzerland from 2003 to 2005, also had a concurrent position as PRESTO researcher in Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

Representative publications

* * * * * * * Katsunori Wakabayashi, "Low-Energy Physical Properties of Edge States in Nano-Carbon Systems", in ''Springer Series in Solid State Physics'', vol. 156, S.N. Kamakar et al. eds., * Katsunori Wakabayashi, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Nanographite, p. 279–304, ''Carbon-based Magnetism – An overview of the magnetism of metal free carbon-based compounds and materials'' edited by T. Makarova, F. Palacio, (Elsevier, 2006). .

Award

The original paper of graphene edge state and graphene nanoribbons was awarded the JPS Best Paper Award in March 2003 from the

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. He has been awarded the commendation of ministry of education, culture, sports, science and technology (MEXT), Japan in 2010 for the contribution of pioneering works on theoretical research of nanoscale effect on electronic properties of graphene. In 2017, he has been awarded the JSPS Prize from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

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