KUBO Wakana

Professional Career

2005-2007: Research fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2007-2010: Postdoctoral Researcher, Innovative patterning laboratory, RIKEN
2010-2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, Metamaterials laboratory, RIKEN
2011-2014: Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Metamaterials laboratory, RIKEN
2011-2015: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology researcher (PRESTO)
2015-2016: Researcher, Metamaterials Laboratory, RIKEN
2016-2022: Associate Professor, Division of Advanced Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)
2023-Present: Professor, Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT)

Academic Degrees

2003　Ms.C. in Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2006　Ph.D. in Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Research Interests

Optoelectronic devices, Metamaterials, Plasmonics, Functional materials, Microfabrication, Nanofabrication

Publications

• Simon Wredh, Mingjin Dai, Kenta Hamada, Md Abdur Rahman, Nur Qalishah Adanan, Golnoush Zamiri, Qing Yang Steve Wu, Wenhao Zhai, Nancy Wong Lai Mun, Zhaogang Dong, Wakana Kubo, Qi Jie Wang, Joel K.W. Yang, Robert E. Simpson, “Sb2Te3-Bi2Te3 Direct Photo-Thermoelectric Mid-Infrared Detection”, ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS, 2401450, 2024.
• S. Hirobe, S. Wredh, J. K. W. Yang, and W. Kubo*, “Metamaterial thermopile beyond optical diffraction limit”, APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING, 256, 124080, 2024.