Contact

Address: N6-2-701, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
TEL & FAX: +81-45-339-4276
E-Mail: mizuno-yosuke-rg ((at)) ynu.ac.jp

Research Interests

Optoelectronics, sensing photonics, optical fibers, nonlinear optics, Brillouin scattering, polymer optics, fiber fuse, smart structures, artificial nerves

Memberships

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (Senior Member, Photonics Society)

Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)

Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)

Optics Design Group, Optical Society of Japan (OSJ)

Professional Activities

2012 – to dateExecutive Board Member, Lightwave Sensing Technology Professional Group, JSAP
2012 – to dateCommittee Member, OFS Japan
2014 – 2016Secretary, Nominations Committee, IEEE Tokyo Section
2015Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, OECC 2015
2015 – to dateTechnical Program Committee Member, OFS
2015 – to 2021Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group
2016Technical Program Co-Organizer, PIERS 2016
2016Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2016
2016Technical Program Committee Member, APOS 2016
2016 – 2017Secretary/Treasurer, IEEE Photonics Society Japan Chapter
2017 – to dateExecutive Board Member, Optical Fiber Technology Professional Group, IEICE
2017 – 2018Secretariat / Organization Committee / Technical Program Committee Member, APOS 2018
2018 – 2019Technical Program Committee Member, Laser Sensing Division, LSJ 2019
2018Technical Program Committee Member, ACP 2018
2018 – 2019Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2019
2019Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2019
2019Technical Program Committee Member, APOS 2019
2019Technical Program Committee Member, POF 2019
2019 – 2020Technical Program Committee Member, CLEO-PR 2020
2019 – 2020Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2020
2019 – 2020Member, Optical Imaging & Sensing Technology Roadmap Committee
2019 – 2020Associate Editor, APOS Special Issue, Optics Express, OSA
2020Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2020
2020Technical Program Committee Member, ACP 2020
2020Technical Program Committee Member, ICETC 2020
2020 – 2021Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2021
2021Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2021
2021 – to dateTechnical Program Committee Member, JSAP
2021 – to dateAssociate Editor, Japanese Journal of Optics, OSJ
2021 – to dateExpert Investigator, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, MEXT
2021 – 2022Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2022
2021 – 2022Technical Program Committee Member (Panel Session Organizer), OFC 2022
2022 – to dateTopical Editor, Optics Letters, Optica Publishing Group
2022Technical Program Committee Member, POF 2022
2022Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2022
2022Technical Program Committee Member, SPIE/COS Photonics Asia 2022
2022 – 2023Technical Program Committee Member, OFC 2023
2022 – 2023Technical Program Committee Member, CLEO 2023
2022 – 2023Technical Program Committee Member, OECC 2023
2022 – 2023Technical Program Committee Chair, OFS 2023
2023Subcommittee Co-Chair, CIOP 2023
2023Technical Program Committee Member, POF 2023
2023Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE GCCE 2023
2023Technical Program Committee Member, SPIE/COS Photonics Asia 2023
2023 – 2024Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE ICCE 2024
2023 – to dateTechnical Program Committee Member, CLEO 2024
2023 – to dateTechnical Program Committee Member, OECC 2024
2023 – to dateTechnical Program Committee Member, CLEO-PR 2024
2023 – to dateGuest Editor, OFS-28 Special Issue, Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE/OPTICA
2024Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, APOS 2024

Education

2005Bachelor of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
“Bandwidth-Adjustable Optical Filter Using Dynamic Grating in Erbium-Doped Fiber Based on Synthesized Optical Coherence Function”
(Supervisor: Prof. Zuyuan He)
2007Master of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
“Spin-Dependent Transport Properties in Ferromagnetic Semiconductor GaMnAs-based Spin Hot-Carrier Transistors”
(Supervisor: Prof. Masaaki Tanaka)
2010Doctor of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
“Proposal and Performance Improvement of Brillouin Optical Correlation-Domain Reflectometry”
(Supervisor: Prof. Kazuo Hotate) PDF

Work Experience

2007 – 2010JSPS Research Fellow, DC1
2010 – 2012JSPS Research Fellow, PD
2010 – 2012Post-Doctoral Fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2011Visiting Research Fellow, BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
2012 – 2016Assistant Professor, Precision and Intelligence Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2016 – 2020Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2020 – to dateAssociate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University

Awards

2005Outstanding Graduation Thesis Award 2004, University of Tokyo
2008Fuji-Television Award, Vice Grand Prix of the 22nd Advanced Technology Award
2009Outstanding Performance Award 2008, Global COE Debrief, University of Tokyo
2009Outstanding Student Award 2008, Opto-Electronics Conference
2010OCS Young Researchers Award 2010, IEICE Communication Society
2011Funai Research Award 2010, Funai Foundation for Information Technology
2012Mazak Research Paper Award 2011, Mazak Foundation
2012Ando Incentive Prize for the Study of Electronics 2011, Foundation of Ando Laboratory
2013NF Foundation R&D Encouragement Award 2012, NF Foundation
2013Kenjiro Nakamura Prize 2012, Tejima Seiichi Commemorative Foundation
2013Challenging Research Award 2013, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2015Konica Minolta Imaging Science Encouragement Award 2014, Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation
2016Young Scientist Presentation Award 2015, Japan Society of Applied Physics
2016ESPEC Prize for the Encouragement of Environmental Studies 2016, ESPEC Foundation
2016Outstanding Reviewer Award 2016, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology
2017New Chemical Technology Research Encouragement Award 2017, Japan Association for Chemical Innovation
2017Optics Paper Award 2017, Optical Society of Japan
2017Outstanding Reviewer Award 2017, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology
2018Funai Information Technology Award 2017, Funai Foundation for Information Technology
2018Nippon Foundation Ocean Engineering Award 2018, Leave a Nest Co. Ltd.
2018Optics Design Award 2018, Optical Society of Japan
2019Telecom System Award 2018, Telecommunications Advancement Foundation
2019Outstanding Paper Award 2018, Light: Science & Applications
2019Suematsu Digital Technology Award 2019, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2021Young Scientist’s Award 2021, Commendation for Science and Technology, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
2021ELEX Best Paper Award 2020, IEICE Electronics Society
2022Konica Minolta Imaging Science Encouragement Award (Collaborative) 2021, Konica Minolta Science and Technology Foundation
2022Young Researcher Award 2021, Yokohama National University