Rate My Professor Shunya Sakane

Shunya Sakane is a Lecturer in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering at Ibaraki University, affiliated with the College of Engineering Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering. He earned a PhD in Engineering from Osaka University in 2020 and a Master’s degree in Engineering from the same institution in 2017, following his undergraduate studies in the School of Engineering Science there from 2011 to 2015. Prior to his current role, which began in April 2026 after serving as Assistant Professor from 2023, Sakane held an Assistant Professor position at Chuo University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering from 2020 to 2023 and was a JSPS Special Research Fellow (DC1) from 2017 to 2020.

His research centers on nanotechnology and materials science, with emphases on thin-film surfaces and interfaces, nanostructure chemistry, and nanostructure physics. Key interests include thin films, nanoparticles, nanostructures, thermoelectrics, and plasmonics. Sakane has received multiple honors, including the 2025 Electrical Society Industrial Applications Division Activity Achievement Award, the 2024 Japan Society of Applied Physics Spring Meeting Lecture Encouragement Award, the 2019 Young Scientist Award at the Asia-Pacific Conference on Semiconducting Silicides and Related Materials, and the 2017 Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering Science Master’s Thesis Excellent Presentation Award. He serves on committees such as the Program Editing Committee of the Japan Society of Applied Physics since 2024 and has contributed to editorial and organizational roles in applied physics and electrical engineering societies. Sakane maintains an active publication record in peer-reviewed journals on topics such as epitaxial thin films for thermoelectric and optoelectronic applications.