Group Members

Principal investigator

Atsufumi Hirohata

Professor in Nanoelectronics

Visiting Professor

Wei Li

Heusler alloy project

MSc student

Minkang Li

MSc student

Former Group Members

Summer internship and MSc student	Tiffany Sarfo	BEng student joined between June and July 2021, and MSc student between January 2022 and September 2023 .
Visiting student	Rebecca Wang	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2023.
Visiting student	Fred Kong	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2023.
BEng student	Harry Wickham	MEng project in 2022/23
BEng student	Joseph Dale	BEng project in 2022/23
BEng student	Rashed Dali	BEng project in 2022/23
BEng student	Scott Hall	BEng project in 2022/23
BEng student	Leon Preston	BEng project in 2022/23
Post-Doctoral Research Associate	David Lloyd	Successfully completed his JST CREST project and left in March 2023.
Visiting student	Zhiming Shen	PhD student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between February and March 2023.
Visiting student	Miu Sakamoto	Summer Internship from Toyota Technological Institute between August and September 2022.
Visiting student	Yiu On Leung	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2022.
BEng student	Yuan Ding	BEng project in 2021/22
BEng student	Zhenyu Zhou	BEng project in 2021/22
Visiting student	Ka Sing Chui	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2021.
Visiting student	Pak Laam To	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2021.
Visiting student	Yanlin Wu	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2021.
Visiting researcher	Mustafa Öztürk	Lecturer of Gebze Tech. Univ. between March and September 2020 (currently in Turkey due to the coronavirus pandemic).
Post-Doctoral Research Associate	Kelvin Elphick	Successfully completed his JST CREST project and moved to TSMC in October 2020.
PhD student & Post-Doctoral Research Associate	William Frost	Successfully completed his Seagate Heusler alloy project & EPSRC Core-to-Core project, and moved to Oxford Instruments in September 2020.
Natural Sciences student	Aaron Sims	Natural Science project in 2019/20.
PhD student	Edward Jackson	Successfully completed his SEM analysis project and moved to Oxford Instruments in November 2019.
Visiting researcher	Theodorus Wijaya	BEng student of Univ. of Tokyo between February and March 2020.
Visiting researcher	Kazumasa Yamada	Assistant professor of Kyushu Univ. between February 2019 and March 2020.
Visiting student	Yasutoshi Ito	BEng student of Toyohashi Univ. of Tech. between January and February 2020.
Visiting student	Michihiro Ohta	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between October 2019 and February 2020.
Visiting student	Ha Phuong Nam	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between October 2019 and February 2020.
Experimental Officer	Marjan Samiepour	Successfully completed her EPSRC e-beam project and moved to Seagate in September 2019.
Visiting student	Jiaqi Wu	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2019.
Visiting student	Bernardus Dimas Aditya	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2019.
Visiting student	Yuki Yoshihara	BEng student of Toyohashi Univ. of Tech. between January and July 2019.
PhD student	Yifan Wu	Moved to China in June 2019.
MEng student	Alex Fletcher	MEng project in 2018/19
BEng student	Sam Downs	BEng project in 2018/19
Visiting student	Takumi Koguchi	BEng student of Toyohashi Univ. of Tech. between January and February 2019.
Visiting researcher	Takahide Kubota	HARFIR project from Tohoku Univ. in March, October 2014, February & December 2016 March 2018 as well as February 2019.
Visiting student	Daichi Takano	Bandgap measurements from Tohoku Univ. in February 2019.
Visiting student	Hiroki Ishikawa	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between September 2018 and January 2019.
Visiting student	Takumi Yanamoto	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between September 2018 and January 2019.
PhD student	John Sinclair	Successfully completed his EU-JST HARFIR project and moved to Canada in October 2018.
Visiting student	Takahiro Ogasawara	MEng student of Tohoku Univ. between January 2018 and August 2018.
Visiting student	Yinhuan Wang	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between June and August 2018.
Visiting student	Fei Xue	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between June and August 2018.
Visiting student	Mei Sze Au-Yeung	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2018.
Visiting student	Fanghui Chu	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2018.
Visiting student	Long Shan Sau	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2018.
Visiting student	Zerui Wang	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2018.
PhD student	Haokaifeng (Jason) Wu	Successfully completed his EU-JST HARFIR project and moved to Chinese Academy of Science in July 2018.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate	Jun-Young Kim	Successfully completed his EPSRC Core-to-Core project and moved to Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in June 2018.
BEng student	Nathaniel Tye	BEng project in 2017/18
PhD student	Chris Nga Tung Yu	Successfully completed her Heusler device project and moved back to Hong Kong in May 2018.
Visiting student	Tomoki Tsuchiya	HARFIR project from Tohoku Univ. in October 2014, between February and March 2016 & between November 2016 and January 2017 and GP-Spin project between January and February 2018.
Visiting student	Tomoyuki Takahashi	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between September 2017 and January 2018.
PhD student	Martin Kewenig	Successfully completed his stay for the Core-to-Core project between August and October 2017.
PhD student	Ioan Polenciuc	Successfully completed his racetrack memory project and moved to Draeger Safety UK in November 2017.
PhD student	Teodor Huminiuc	Successfully completed his EU-JST HARFIR project and moved to University of Southampton in September 2017.
Visiting student	Gengyin Liu	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2017.
Visiting student	Wenshuo Si	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2017.
Visiting student	Yee Lok Wong	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2017.
Visiting student	Ruihan Xu	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2017.
BEng student	Liam Hoban	BEng project in 2016/17
Visiting researcher	Yuri Mizukawa	JSPS fellow of Hiroshima Univ. in March 2016 & between July 2016 and February 2017.
Visiting student	Kazuki Nagao	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between October 2016 and February 2017.
Visiting researcher	Kanta Ono	HARFIR project from KEK in February, July 2014, January 2015, October 2016 & February 2017.
Visiting researcher	Nobuhito Inami	HARFIR project from KEK in February, July 2014, January 2015, October 2016 & February 2017.
Visiting student	Iori Sudoh	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. in October 2016.
PhD student	Ben Murphy	Successfully completed his JST nano-spin motor project and moved to Perkins Engines Company in September 2016.
Visiting student	Ching Yi To	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2016.
Visiting student	Ge Zou	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2016.
Visiting student	King Hei Chu	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2016.
Visiting student	Yue Guan	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2016.
Visiting researcher	Simon Greaves	JSPS Core-to-Core project from Tohoku Univ. in March 2016.
Visiting researcher	Masahito Tsujikawa	JSPS Core-to-Core project from Tohoku Univ. in March 2016.
Visiting student	Nozomi Takahashi	BEng student of Hokkaido Univ. between February and March 2016.
Visiting researcher	Atsushi Sugihara	JSPS Core-to-Core project from Tohoku Univ. between February and March 2016.
Visiting student	Genki Ohnishi	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between September 2015 and February 2016.
Visiting student	Yousuke Nagakubo	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between September 2015 and February 2016.
Visiting student	Yuji Baba	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between September 2015 and February 2016.
Visiting student	Kai Matsuda	Summer Internship from Toyota Technological Institute between July and September 2015.
Visiting student	Takayuki Tashiro	HARFIR project from Tohoku Univ. in August 2015.
Visiting student	Ho Mei Law	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2015.
Visiting student	Benny Ng	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2015.
Visiting student	Yunqi Yao	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2015.
Visiting student	Jian Xu	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2015.
PhD student	Tariq F. Alhuwaymel	Successfully completed his Royal Society Heusler project and moved to National Center for Nano Technology Research, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in August 2015.
Visiting student	Samik DuttaGupta	JSPS Core-to-Core project from Tohoku Univ. in June 2015.
PhD student	Ranjdar Abdullah	Successfully completed his spin-current project and moved to University of Sulaimani in May 2015.
Visiting student	Akira Meguro	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between October 2014 and January 2015.
Visiting student	Taichi Yokoyama	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between October 2014 and January 2015.
Experimental Officer	Andrew Vick	EPSRC e-beam project and became a technical staff at Physics in November 2014.
PhD student	Oliver Whear	Transferred to a MSc course in April 2014 and completed in August 2014.
Visiting student	Wain Man (Ken) Chow	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2014.
Visiting student	Ho Chun (Ivan) Leung	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2014.
Visiting student	Koon Lam (Xavier) Li	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2014.
Visiting student	Ce (Donald) Tan	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2014.
Visiting student	Hiu Kwan (Kimberley) Tse	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2014.
Visiting student	Wumaier (Cherry) Xializhati	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2014.
Visiting researcher	Masaki Mizuguchi	HARFIR project from Tohoku Univ. in August 2014 & August 2015.
MEng student	Alejandro Carreras	MEng project in 2013/14
Visiting researcher	Takeshi Seki	HARFIR project from Tohoku Univ. in February 2014.
Visiting student	Ryo Arakawa	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between October 2013 and February 2014.
Visiting student	Yukio Kotaki	PhD student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between October 2013 and December 2013.
Visiting student	Nana Sato	MSc student of Keio Univ. in August 2013.
Summer internship	Ho Nam Wan	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2013.
Summer internship	Kaijian Li	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2013.
Visiting researcher	Koji Sekiguchi	Lecturer of Keio Univ. in August 2013.
PhD student	James Sagar	Successfully completed his EPSRC-JST Heusler project and moved to University College London in July 2013. He is now a strategic product manager at Oxford Instruments.
MEng student	Naree McNeill	MEng project in 2012/13
Visiting student	Keisuke Izumida	BEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between October 2012 and February 2013.
PhD student	Mathilde Hazenberg	Transferred to a teacher training course in December 2012.
PhD student	Magnus Rummey	Transferred to a MPhil course in December 2012.
Visiting student	Satoshi Ishizawa	MEng student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between October and December 2012.
Summer internship	Hongchao Liu	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between June and August 2012.
Summer internship	Hon Cheung Hui	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between June and August 2012.
Summer internship	Yu Zhang	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between May and August 2012.
PhD student	Luke R. Fleet	Successfully completed his EPSRC-JST spin-current/voltage generation project and moved to Imperial College London in March 2012. He is now a senior editor of Nature.
Visiting student	Kenji Fujiwara	PhD student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between March and April 2012.
Visiting student	Shinya Yamada	PhD student of Kyushu Univ. in November 2011.
Visiting student	Kenji Kasahara	PhD student of Kyushu Univ. in November 2011.
Summer internship	Xinyang Zhang	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between July and August 2011.
Summer internship	Hong Hing	Summer Internship from City Univ. of Hong Kong between July and August 2011.
Visiting researcher	Akinobu Yamaguchi	Assistant professor of Keio Univ. between June and September 2011. Now a researcher at AIST.
Visiting student	Yoshihisa Ohba	MSc student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between August 2010 and January 2011.
Visiting student	Tomoya Aoba	MSc student of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between August 2010 and January 2011.
Visiting researcher	Hiraku Endo	Associate professor of Nihon Univ. between March 2010 and March 2011 as well as in February 2012.
Visiting researcher	Tadachika Nakayama	Associate professor of Nagaoka Univ. of Tech. between August 2010 and January 2011.
MEng student	Iyad Nasrallah	MEng project in 2010/11
BEng student	Denis Lobanov	BEng project in 2010/11
MEng student	Jack McNeil	MEng project in 2009/10
MEng student	Gleb Cheglakov	MEng project in 2009/10
BEng student	Thomas Blakey	BEng project in 2009/10