Rate My Professor Yusuke Yamauchi

Professor Yusuke Yamauchi is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Materials Process Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering and the School of Engineering at Nagoya University, a position he has held since April 2023, with the Distinguished Professor appointment extending through March 2029. He concurrently serves as Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering and Senior Group Leader at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at the University of Queensland. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in 2003, Master of Engineering in 2004, and Doctor of Engineering in 2007 from Waseda University. Following his doctorate, he joined the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan in 2007, where he advanced through roles including Independent Scientist and Group Leader until 2023, while also holding adjunct and visiting positions at Waseda University. He later served as Professor at the University of Wollongong from 2016 to 2017 before moving to the University of Queensland in 2017. He is also Research Director of the JST-ERATO Yamauchi Materials Space-Tectonics project.

His research focuses on the design and synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials with controlled nanospaces and architectures for applications in energy storage, catalysis, and related fields. He has authored more than 900 peer-reviewed papers, accumulating over 70,000 citations with an h-index exceeding 137 according to Google Scholar, and has been recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry for multiple years from 2016 onward and in Materials Science in several recent years. Notable honors include the Australian Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council, the Kao Scientific Award in 2024, the Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work in 2024, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award for Science and Technology in 2024, and earlier recognitions such as the CSJ Award for Young Chemists and MEXT Young Scientists’ Prize. He holds editorial roles with journals including the Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Chemical Engineering Journal.