Prof. Sadamichi Maekawa





Awards
Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Zaragoza 2013 Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Zaragoza
IUPAP Magnetism Award and Neel Medal IUPAP Magnetism Award and Neel Medal (certificate) 2012 IUPAP Magnetism Award and Neel Medal
APS Fellow 2007 APS Fellow
MSJ Society Award 2003 MSJ Society Award
Humboldt Award 2001 Humboldt Award
Chartered Physicist 1999 Fellow of Institute of Physics (UK)

 


Awards:
December 2013: Honoris Cause Doctorate of University of Zaragoza, Spain
October 2012: Honorary Member of the Magnetic Society of Japan
July 2012: IUPAP Magnetism Award and Neel Medal
April 2008: the title of Distinguished Professor
November 2007: APS Fellow
April 2005: the title of Honda Professor
September 2003: Magnetics Society of Japan Award
March 2001: Humboldt Award (Germany)
April 1999: Fellow of Institute of Physics (UK)

Memberships:
Physical Society of Japan
Applied Physics Society of Japan
Japan Magnetics Society
Japan Institute of Metals
American Physical Society

Selected Academic Appointments:
2008-2011: Chairman of Magnetism Commission (C9), International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) (Chair of International Conference on Magnetism 2006)
2008-2011: Vice President, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
2008-present: Associate member of the Science Council of Japan
2005-2010: Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Emerging Materials and Strong Electron Correlations
2005-2008: Editorial Board of Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Elsevier Science, The Netherlands)
2001-2008: Vice-Chair of the Committee of Magnetism Division (C9) in International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) (Chair of International Conference on Magnetism 2006)
1999-2004: Chairman of the Research Project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan "Novel Quantum Phenomena in Transition Metal Oxides"
1996-1999: Divisional Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters (American Physical Society)
1988-2009: Editor of Physica C (Elsevier Science, The Netherlands)

Main Research Topics:
Solid State Theory:
Theory of electronic properties in strongly correlated electron systems,
Theory of transport in magnetic nanostructures