Prof. Hsain-Lin Liu from National Taiwan Normal University
Prof. Hsain-Lin Liu of National Taiwan Normal University visited our laboratory for collaboration research on Jan. 23rd - 24th, 2023.

Yasuaki Kumamoto was promoted to an associate professor
On June 1st, Yasuaki Kumamoto was promoted to an associate professor of Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University. He will continue workign with us as a faculty fo Department of Applied Physics.

Dr. Anna Nowakowska from Jagiellonian University
Dr. Anna Nowakowska has stayed with us for research collaboration on live cell Raman imaging on 8-12 May.

Kazuki Bando won the award for best poster presentation
Kazuki Bando won the award for best poster presentation in 47th meeting of Japan Society for Laser Microscopy.

Prof. Thomas Bocklitz's visit from IPHT
Prof. Thomas Bocklitz from IPHT, Germany, visited our lab and gave a lecture about Raman informatics on 24 February and.

Kazuki Bando won the Global Entrepreneur award
Kazuki Bando won the Global Entrepreneur award in ResearchStudio 2022 B-Gear.

Jing Qiao joined nanophotonics lab as a research assistant
Jing Qiao joined Nanophotonics lab as a research assistant, from Nov. 16th, 2022.

Prof. Martin Booth and Dr. Qi Hu nanophotonics lab from University of Oxford
Prof. Martin Booth and Dr. Qi Hu visited us from 27th, Oct. to 1st, Nov. 2022 from University of Oxford. We had fruitful discussion and enjoyed sightseeing in Kyoto.

Toshiki Kubo won the award for Best Imaging (Evident award) in the 31st Annual Meeting of Bioimaging Society
Toshiki Kubo won the award for the Best Imaging (Evident award) in the 31st Annual Meeting of Bioimaging Society. The award title was 'Improvement of temporal and spatial resolution of visible-wavelemgth two-photon excitation microscopy'

International joint seminar with Prof.Mei-Ling Zheng lab in Chinese academy of sciences(CAS)
International joint seminar with Prof.Mei-Ling Zheng lab in Chinese Academy of Sciences was held on 17th, June. Students presented research progresses of their laboratory. Participants talk about their recent situation in harmonious atmosphere.

Atsushi Nakayama won the award for excellence the 19th JSAP Photo & Illustration Contest
Atsushi Nakayama won the award for excellence the 19th JSAP Photo & Illustration Contest.

Takumi Kunimoto received Osaka University Engneering Award 2021
Takumi Kunimoto received Osaka University Engineering Award for academic excellence in the department of Applied Physics in Osaka University.

Gunganist Kongklad from Mahidol University (Thailand)
Gunganist Kongklad joined Nanophotonics Laboratory on April 1, 2022 as an exchange student from Mahidol University (Thailand).

Personnel Change (April, 2021)

New members
Fumiya Nakamura (Graduate student)	Taiki Inoue (Undergraduate student)
Yuki Ushio (Undergraduate student)
Moving out
Rieko Oshima

Graduation (March, 2022)

Shuto Osaki (Ph. D.)	Kota Koike (Ph. D.)
Ryutaro Ohata (M.S.)
Rina Saratani (M.S.)	Yan Bangjie (M.S.)
Geng Junan (M.S.)

International joint seminar with Prof.Chu lab in National Taiwan University (NTU) and Smith Group in Osaka Uninersity
International joint seminar with Prof.Chu lab in National Taiwan University and Smith group in Osaka university was held on March 8th. We presented research progresses of our laboratories. Participants talk about their recent situation in harmonious atmosphere.

Kenta Temma stays in University of Oxford
Kenta Temma stays in University of Oxford.

Heqi Xi joined Nanophotonics lab as graduate student
Heqi Xi joined Nanophotonics lab as graduate student at Oct. 1st, 2021.

Matt Lindley joined Nanophotonics lab as doctoral scientist
Matt Lindley joined Nanophotonics lab as doctoral scientist, from Sep. 1st, 2021.

Personnel Change (April, 2021)

New members
Rieko Oshima (Research & Technical Assistant)	Yao Xiao (Graduate student)
Zu-Cheng Sheng (Graduate student)	Zhe Li (Graduate student)
Kakeru Kono (Undergraduate)	Takumi Kunimoto (Undergraduate)
Tomoaki Okumura (Undergraduate)	Wakana Miyamura (Undergraduate)

Graduation (March, 2021)

Ain Obara (M.S.)	Kohei Nagano (M.S.)
Yuga Okui (M.S.)	Hanae Hirano (M.S.)
Shumpei Yabuuchi (M.S.)	Hikaru Sato (M.S.)
Hao-Xiang Liao (M.S.)	Kosuke Tsuji (B.S.)
Masaki Irino (B.S.)	Tomoyuki Murashima (B.S.)
Kenta Mizushima (B.S.)

Ryosuke Oketani moved to Kyushu University as assistant professor
Ryosuke Oketani move to Kyushu University, department of chemistry as assistant professor, from Apr. 1st, 2021. Photo-physical chemistry lab

Hiroyuki Yoshikawa moved to Hiroshima Institute of Technology as associate professor
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa moved to Hiroshima Institute of Technology, department of computer science as associate professor, from Apr., 1st, 2021.

Kentaro Nishida received 2021 IEEJ Electronics, Information and Systems Division Research Group Incentive Award
Kentaro Nishida received 2021 IEEJ Electronics, Information and Systems Division Research Group Incentive Award. The award title was "Super-resolution transmission microscopy utilizing saturated light absorption of dye molecules."

Hiroki Ide, Yuga Okui and Hikaru Sato are going to present their progresses in The 68th JSAP spring Meeting
Hiroki Ide, Yuga Okui and Hikaru Sato are going to present our researches at The 68th JSAP Spring Meeting online Congress Center.

Kentaro Nishida presented our research progresses in The IEE domestic council on optical and quantum devices
Kentaro Nishida presented our research progresses at The IEE domestic counsil on optical and quantum devices online.Congress Center.

International joint seminar with Prof.Chu lab in National Taiwan University(NTU)
International joint seminar with Prof.Chu lab in National Taiwan University was held on March 10th. Students presented research progresses of their laboratory. Participants talk about their recent situation in harmonious atmosphere.

Masahito Yamanaka joined Nanophotonics lab as specially appointed associate professor.
Masahito Yamanaka joined Nanophotonics lab as specially appointed associate professor, from Jan. 1st, 2021.

New members
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa (Assistant Professor)	Masato Saito (Assistant Professor)
Briones Jonathan Campos(Graduate)	Shuto Osaki(Graduate)
Hiroki Ide(Graduate)	Ain Obara(Graduate)
Kohei Nagano(Graduate)	Yuga Okui(Graduate)
Ryutaro Ohata(Graduate)	Rina Saratani(Graduate)
Yotaro Doi(Graduate)	Kosuke Tsuji(Undergraduate)
Masaki Irino(Undergraduate)	Tomoyuki Murashima(Undergraduate)
Kenta Mizushima(Undergraduate)

Graduation (March, 2020)

Shunsuke Maeda (M.S.)	Kenta Temma (M.S.)
Astushi Nakayama (M.S.)	Li Qiye (M.S.)
Takuma Shibata (B.S.)	Shunya Tanaka (B.S.)

Dr. Devineau Stephanie Helene Jacqueline stays in Nanophotonics lab
Dr. Devineau Stephanie Helene Jacqueline (Paris Diderot University) stays in Nanophotonics lab from Feb. 1st, 2020 to Jul. 31st, 2020.

Kota Koike stays in Columbia University
Kota Koike stays in Columbia University, from Oct. 19th, 2019 to Apr. 1st, 2020. This stay is supported by JST.

Junan Geng joined Nanophotonics lab as research student.
Junan Geng joined Nanophotonics lab as research student, from Sep. 19th, 2019.

Yasuaki Kumamoto joined Nanophotonics lab as assistant professor.
Yasuaki Kumamoto joined Nanophotonics lab as assistant professor, from Sep. 2nd, 2019.

Lasie Summer School, July 28 - 29th, 2019
We had summer school with lasie members in July 28- 29th 2019, at Kyoto. Students presented their research progresses through the oral and the poster presentations, and enjoyed the discussion.

Hung-Yu Chen stays in Nanophotonics lab
Hung-Yu Chen (National Taiwan University) stays in Nanophotonics lab for two months by JSPS core-to-core program.

Toshiki Kubo stays in University of Oxford
Toshiki Kubo stays in University of Oxford, from Apr. 13rd, 2019 to Oct. 1st, 2019. This stay is supported by JST.

New members
Takuma Shibata (Undergarduate)	Shunya Tanaka (Undergarduate)
Hikaru Sato (Graduate student)	Bangjie Yan (Research student)

Moving out

Atsushi Taguchi (Assistant Professor)

Kota Koike (M. S.)	Yuta Kaseyama (M.S.)
Masahiro Yagyu (M.S.)	Hanae Hirano (B.S.)
Shumpei Yabuuchi (B.S.)

Lab trip, March 28 - 29th, 2019
We went Lab trip on March 28- 29th, 2019 at Awaji-shima. We had poster session, research introduction and BBQ. We enjoyed the discussions among everyone in the lab.

The 14th Osamu Nakamura (ON) Conference, March 29 - 30th, 2018
The 14th Osamu Nakamura (ON) Conference has been held on March 29 - 30th, 2019 at Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center. We discussed recent advances in photonics, nanophotonics and plasmonics research as well as future perspectives. We enjoyed the discussions across various fields of science.

Pang-Han Wu and Yu-Feng Chien stayed in Nanophotonics lab
Pang-Han Wu and Yu-Feng Chien (National Taiwan University) stayed in Nanophotonics lab from Mar. 11st, 2019 to Mar. 26th, 2019.

Prof. Chunxian Tao stays in Nanophotonics lab
Prof. Chunxian Tao (University of Shanghai for Science and Technology) stays in Nanophotonics lab from Mar. 5th, 2019 to Mar. 4th, 2020.

Kazuki Bando was awarded at Technical Meeting on Optical and Quantum Devices
Kazuki Bando was awarded by Tohoku-Hokkaido Branch of Laser Society of Japan at Technical Meeting on Optical and Quantum Devices. Recsearch title was "Synthesize of functionalized metallic nanoparticles and intracellular SERS imaging"

Kentaro Nishida stayed Prof.Chu lab in National Taiwan UniversityTU
Kentaro Nishida stayed in Prof. Shi-Wei Chu lab, National Taiwan University, from Oct. 15th to Jan. 7th, 2019. This stay is supported by JSPS Core to Core program.

Shunsuke Maeda was awarded at The International Symposium for Materials Scientists “Inspiration for Innovation by Interaction” (ISMS III)
Shunsuke Maeda was awarded best poster present award at The International Symposium for Materials Scientists “Inspiration for Innovation by Interaction” (ISMS III). The research title was "High-Speed Raman Imaging by Using Multi-line Illumination".

Katsumasa Fujita promoted as Professor of Appplied Physics
Katsumasa Fujita was promoted as Professor of Applied Physics, Osaka University, on October 16, 2018.

Vaibhav Bansode joined in Nanophotonics lab
Vaibhav Bansode has joined in Nanophotonics lab as a research student from Oct. 1st, 2018.

Maximilian Obst stays in Nanophotonics lab
Maximilian Obst (Dresden University of Technology) stays in Nanophotonics lab from Oct. 1st, 2018 to Mar. 31st, 2019.

Kenta Temma and Atsushi Nakayama are going to present their progresses in The 79th JSAP Autumn Meeting
Kenta Temma and Atsushi Nakayama are going to present their researches at The 79th JSAP Autumn Meeting in Nagoya Congress Center.

Our research is going to be displayed at Innovation Japan 2018
We are going to display our research at Innovation Japan 2018 in Tokyo Big Site, Aug. 30th and 31st.

Steven Meyer Demers stays Nanophotonics lab
Steven Meyer Demers (Rice University) stays in Nanophotonics lab from Jun. 19th to Aug. 21st, 2018. This stay is supported by JSPS Summer Program 2018.

Kentaro Mochizuki was awarded with Young Scientist Poster Award of The Spectroscopical Society of Japan
Kentaro Mochizuki was awarded with the Young Scientist Poster Award at annual meeting/The Spectroscopical Society of Japan (2018/5/22-5/25).

Yahya Bougdid stays Nanophotonics lab
Yahya Bougdid (MAScIR) stays in Nanophotonics lab from May. 10th to Jun. 1st, 2018.

Katelyn Miyasaki has awarded Honorable Mentions by 2018 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Katelyn Miyasaki, who stayed our lab for through the NanoJapan Program , has awarded Honorable Mentions by 2018 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Ryosuke Oketani, postdoc in our lab, is also mentioned as her mentorship.

New members
Hanae Hirano (undergarduate)	Shunpei Yabuuchi (undergarduate)
Hao-Xiang Liao (research student)

Moving out
Kota Saito	Yu Jun
Zhiqiang Zhang

Natsuo Taguchi (Ph. D.)	Sho Nitta (M.S.)
Daigo Oue (M.S.)	Toshiki Kubo (M.S.)
Kentaro Nishida (M.S.)	Shunsuke Maeda (B.S.)
Atsushi Nakayama (B.S.)	Kenta Temma (B.S.)