is a Japanese material scientist. He is a fellow and the Director of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). He is also a former President of the High Pressure Science Society of Japan.
Taniguchi is an expert in crystal growth and has published numerous co-authored papers with Kenji Watanabe and others. Their laboratory is the primary source of high-quality hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) crystals,The One Source of Perfect CrystalsThe Crystal KingsThe Go-To Guy for Ultra-Pure hBN Crystals used widely as a substrate for various two-dimensional materials, such as graphene and transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers. He was featured in Nature as one of the “most prolific researchers.”.ノーベル賞受賞者も絶賛 日本生まれの小さな結晶が集める大きな注目 朝日新聞デジタル2021年10月5日Nature ダイジェスト Vol. 16 No. 11
Early life and education Taniguchi was born in Tokyo.＜ブレークスルー 2023＞世界注目、高純度結晶を生成 物質・材料研究機構 フェロー・谷口尚さん 東京新聞2023年5月21日 He graduated from the Department of Industrial Chemistry at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 1982.学術賞高純度窒化ホウ素単結晶の創製と光・電子材料への応用研究 セラミックス 54(2019)No. 4 He obtained a master's degree in materials science in 1984 and a Doctor of Engineering degree in 1987, both from Tokyo Tech (now the Institute of Science Tokyo).シリーズ 「発掘！東工大の研究と社会貢献」 第 6 回 ダイヤモンドと東工大 ダイヤモンドに新しい輝きを添えた研究者たち 東京工業大学博物館
Career In 1987, Taniguchi began his research career as a Research Associate at the Research Laboratory of Engineering Materials at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). In the same year, he was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Inorganic Materials at Tokyo Tech.
In 1989, he became Senior Research Officer at the Ultra-High Pressure Station of the National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials (NIRIM), formerly under the Science and Technology Agency.プロフィール 物質・材料研究機構 In 1994, he served as a visiting researcher at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of London.
He served as President of the High Pressure Science Society of Japan in 2015, and as Vice President of the International Association for the Advancement of High Pressure Science and Technology (AIRAPT) in 2019.アバター 谷口 尚 タニグチ タカシ (Takashi Taniguchi) researchmap
He has also served as an Affiliated Professor at the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University,谷口 尚 タニグチ タカシ (Takashi Taniguchi) and as a visiting professor at the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo. 客員教授 谷口 尚 東京大学
National Institute for Materials Science In 2001, he was appointed Senior Researcher at the Ultra-High Pressure Station of the Materials Research Institute at the National Institute for Materials Science. In 2006, he became Group Leader of the Ultra-High Pressure Group in the Nano Materials Laboratory at NIMS.
In 2020, he was appointed Fellow of NIMS. In 2021, he became Director of the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics at NIMS. In 2022, he served as Special Advisor to the President of NIMS, and in 2023, he was appointed Director of NIMS.2018.04.10 谷口尚氏が物質・材料研究機構のフェローに就任 東京工業大学
Awards and honors 2016 – Thomson Reuters Research Front Award 2017 – Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Commendation for Science and Technology (Research Category) 2017 – Highly cited researcher Clarivate Analysis 2018 – Highly cited researcher Clarivate Analysis 2018 – High Pressure Science Society of Japan Award 2019 – Ceramic Society of Japan Award 2022 – Clarivate Citation Laureates 2023 – James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials 2023 – Ichimura Academic Award第55回概要 2023 – Ibaraki Prefecture Special Meritorious Service Award 2024 – Asahi Prize 2024 – Tsukuba Prize 2025 – Medal with Purple Ribbon, from the Government of Japan 2026 – GLOBAL GRAPHENE & 2D CARBON LAUREATE • 2026
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External links 谷口 尚 | 研究者総覧SAMURAI - 物質・材料研究機構 (NIMS)