Setsuhisa TANABE

Professor, Dr.
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Division of Materials Function, Kyoto University
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, JAPAN
Phone: +81-75-753-6832
Fax: +81-75-753-6694
Email: tanabe.setsuhisa.4v(α)kyoto-u.ac.jp
Birth: June, 1963, in Nagoya
Major Roles in Academic Societies
- AGSLOP2025 (Prague, May.26-28, 2025) Committee
- The International Symposium on Non-Oxide and New Optical Glasses (ISNOG) (Hangzhou, Oct20-23,2024) Int'l Advisory Committee
- 10th International Conference on Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials and Applications (ICOOPMA) (Pardubice, Jun 23-28, 2024) International Program Committee
- 10th international workshops on Photoluminescence in Rare Earths: Photonic Materials and Devices (PRE'24) (Torento, May.13-15, 2024) PRE Steering Committee
- DURAN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM On Sustainable Glass Processing and Applications (Panama, Nov.27-Dec.1, 2023) Co-chair
- The International Commission on Glass Annual Meeting 2023 (Hangzhou, Nov.12-15, 2023) Scientific Committee
- 20th International Conference on Luminescence (Paris, Aug.27-Sep.1, 2023) Int'l Advisory Committee
- International Year of Glasses 2022 (2021〜2022) Steering Committee
- International Year of Glasses 2022 Japan (2020〜2023) Chair
- The American Ceramic Society Fellow (ACerS, 2021〜)
- International Commission on Glass(ICG), Technical committee 20, (TC20; Optoelectronics Glass),
Member: 2002〜Present (Chair: 2002〜2011, Steering Committee: 2013〜2020) - SPIE(the international society for optics and photonics ) Fellow (2020〜)
- Journal of Luminescence, Editor (2020~), (Associate Editor; 2014〜2020)
- Section Editor of "Optics and Lasers" in Applied Science journal (2018〜)
- 9th Forum on New Materials, CIMTEC 2021
"Advances in Inorganic Luminescent Materials and Applications" (Montecatini, June 21-30, 2021) Advisory Board - International Conference on Luminescence 2021(ICL2020) (Changchun, June 26-30, 2021) Advisory Board
- 15th Laser Ceramic Symposium (LCS15) (Zakopane, Sept. 13-15, 2019) Int'l Program Committee
- 8th Int'l Symposium on Optical Materials (IS-OM8) (Wroclaw, June 9-14, 2019) Int'l Advisory Committee
- Int'l Conference on Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures (ICSON'19) (Barcelona, Aug.19-20, 2019) Honorary Committee
- Int'l Conference on Excited States of Transitions Elements 2019 (ESTE 2019) (Kudowa, Sept. 8-13, 2019) Int'l Advisory Committee
- 8th Int'l Workshop on Photoluminscence in Rare Earths: Photonic Materials and Devices (PRE'19) (Nice, Sept.4-6, 2019) Steering Committee
- The American Ceramic Society, Glass & Optical Material Division 2018 Meeting (Rare-earth and Transition metal doped glasses and Ceramics) (San Antonio, May 20-25, 2018) Symposium Organizer
- Photonics West, SPIE's Int'l Symposium on Optoelectronics 2010, "Optical Components and Materials", Program committee (San Francisco, 2021, 2004〜)
- Int'l Sympo. on Non-Oxide Glasses and New Optical Glasses, Advisory Board (2002~)
- The 5th International Conference on the Physics of Optical Materials and Devices (ICOM2018) (Igalo, Montenegro, Aug. 27-31, 2018) Scientific Advisory Board
- Annual Meeting International Commission on Glass 2018 (ICG2018) (Yokohama, Sept.24-26, 2018) International Advisory Board & Scientific Committee
- Optical Material Express誌 Guest Editor, Feature Issue "Persistent and Photo-stimurable Phosphors"
Opt. Mater. Express 6[4], (2016) DOI:10.1364/OME.6.001414 - J. Luminescence, Guest Editor, Special Issue "Light, Energy and Life: 2015 International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL2015)" J. Lumin. 170 (2016) DOI:10.1016/j.jlumin.2015.11.038
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1st CerSJ-GOMD Joint Symposium on Glass Science and Technologies
co-located with The 57th Division Meeting on Glass and Photonic Materials & The 12th Symposium of Glass Industry Conferences of Japan (Kyoto, Nov.13-15, 2016) Co-chair - Rare Earths'16, Session Organizer-in-chief "Luminescence" (Sapporo, June 5-10, 2016)
- International Conf. on Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials and Applications (ICOOPMA2016) (Montreal, June12-17, 2016)
Steering Committee - 6th International Conference on Excited States of Transitions Elements (ESTE2016)(Poland, August 21-26, 2016)International Committee
- Int'l Sympo. on Non-Oxide Glasses and New Optical Glasses 2016 (ISNOG2016) (Nizhny Novgorod, August 21-26, 2016)International Board
- \6th Workshop on PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN RARE EARTHS: PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES (PRE'16)
(Greenville, June 6-10, 2016) PRE Executive Committee - International Conf. on Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials and Applications (ICOOPMA2016)(Montreal, June12-17, 2016)
Steering Committee - 15th International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting (LS15), (Kyoto, May 22-27, 2016) Local Organizing Committee
- 24th International Congress on Glass (ICG2016) (Shanghai, April 7-11, 2016)
Scientific Committee - International Workshop on Luminescent Materials(LumiMat'15) (Kyoto Dec.12-13, 2015) Co-chair
- The 4th International Conference on the Physics of Optical Materials and Devices(ICOM) (Budva, Montenegro, Aug. 31-Sep. 4, 2015) International Scientific advisory committee
- 5th Workshop on PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN RARE EARTHS: PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES (PRE'14)
(San Sebastian, May 14-16, 2014) Chair of Scientific Committee - International Workshop on Luminescent Materials(LumiMat'13) (Kyoto Nov.14-15, 2013)
Chair - 4th International Workshop on PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN RARE EARTHS: PHOTONIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES (PRE'12 Kyoto) (Kyoto, March 28-30, 2012) Chair( 2010 〜 2012 )
- International Symposium on Non-Oxide and New Optical Glasses (ISNOG 2014) (Jeju, August 24-28, 2014) Committee & Scientific Advisory Board
- 13th International Conferences on Modern Materials and Technologies (CIMTEC 2014) (Montecatini, June 8-13, 2014) International Advisory Board.
- International Conf. on Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials and Applications (ICOOPMA2014) (Leeds, Jul.27- Aug.1, 2014) International Organizing & Steering Committee (2007〜)
- SPIE Photonics West 2014 OPTO OE103 Optical Components and Materials XI (San Francisco, February 1-6, 2014)
Program Committee - 8th International Conference on f‐Elements (ICFE‐8) (Udine, Italy, Aug.26-31, 2012) Symposium Organizer(Optical Materials)
- The 2nd International Workshop on Persistent and Photostimulable Phosphors, (Guangzhou, Nov.17-24, 2013) International Advisory Committee
- 23rd International Congress on Glass (ICG2013) (Prague, Czech Republic, July 1-5, 2013) Internatinal Advisory Board
- 10th International Symposium on Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications (10th CMCEE) (Dresden, May 20-23, 2012) Symposium organizing committee: Transparent Ceramics
- International Conf. Smart Materials, Structures and Systems, (Montecanti, June 10-14, 2012), Internatinal Advisory Board (2008 〜 )
- International Conf. on Optical, Optoelectronic and Photonic Materials and Applications (ICOOPMA2012) (Nara, June 2012) Co-chair(2012), International Organizing & Advisory Committee (2007 〜 )
- Int'l Sympo. on Non-Oxide Glasses and New Optical Glasses 2012 (St.Malo, July 2-6, 2012)Advisory Board (2002 〜 )
- Core Member, The Chemical Society of Japan, Kinki Branch (2011)
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Basic Research Programs PRESTO member(2009〜2014)
- 3rd International Congress on Ceramics (ICC2010), (Osaka, Nov.14-18, 2010) Optical Ceramics Session Co-organizer
- International Society of Optical Science & Engineering, Photonics West, SPIE's Int'l Symposium on Optoelectronics 2010, "Optical Components and Materials", Program committee.(San Francisco, Jan.2011, 2004 〜 )
- The 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology(PACRIM 8), (Vancouver, June 2009) Symposium 25: Glasses for Optoelectronics and Optical Applications, Symposium chair
- The 8th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/Pacific Rim 2009) (Shanghai, Aug.30-Sept.3, 2009) Program Sub-Committee of Lasers and Electro-Optical Materials
Education and carrer
1982-1986 | Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, |
Kyoto University, Received B.S.degree. | |
1986-1990 | Division of Industrial Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, |
Kyoto University, 1988 M.S. degree. 1993 Ph.D. | |
1990-2001 | Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Integrated Studies, |
Kyoto University, Assistant Professor | |
1996-1997 | Visiting scientist, Rutgers University, Department of Ceramics, |
Fiber Optic Materials Research Program | |
2001-2008 | Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, |
Kyoto University, Associate Professor | |
2008-Present | Kyoto University, Professor |
2010 | Visiting Professor, University of Rennes |
2016 | Visiting Professor, Chimie Paris Tech CNRS |
2019 | Visiting Professor, University of Gdansk |
Awards
1988 | Material Research Society, International Congress on Advanced Materials: Young Scientists and Engineers Awards. "Effect of mode of formation on the state of Fe3+ ions in glass". |
1990 | Treatise Award for Advanced Technology of Nihon Industrial Newspaper, from Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Japan. "Design of glass materials desired for the next photonic technology". |
1993 | The Chemical Society of Japan, Special Lecture Award for Young Scientists. "Analysis of upconversion mechanisms in rare earth containing glasses and design for highly efficient materials". |
1994 | Research Award of Inoue Foundation for Science. "Optical properties and structure of rare earth containing glasses." |
1995 | Research Award by Research Foundation for Opto-Science and Technology. "Design of rare earth containing glass materials for infrared-to-visible upconversion utilizing 4f electronic transitions" |
1996 | Young Scientists Award, The Ceramic Society of Japan. "Studies on local structure and optical properties of rare earth containing glasses" |
1998 | Young Scientists Award, The Chemical Society of Japan. "Design of optical functions and ligand field analyses of rare earth laser glasses" |
2002 | G.Adachi Award, The Rare Earth Society of Japan, "Control of 4f-electronic transition probability in optical amplifiers for WDM telecommunication and develpment of broad-band materials" |
2003 | Marubun Research Award "Design of Rare Earth Doped Glasses for Optical Amplifiers enabling Broad-band Telecommunication" |
2009 | Academic Award, The Ceramic Society of Japan "Development of Rare-Earth Doped Novel Luminescent Materials by Structural Control of Glass and Ceramics" |
2012 | 2011 JCerS Best Paper Award, The Ceramic Society of Japan |
2012 | W.E.S. Turner Award, International Commission on Glass (ICG) |
2018 | 2017 Best Paper Award of J. American Ceramic Society, The American Ceramic Society |
2018 | Varshneya Frontier of Glass Science Lecture Award, The American Ceramic Society |
2020 | SPIE Fellow, The International Society for Optics and Photonics. |
2021 | ACerS Fellow, The American Ceramic Society |
2024 | Otto Schott Research Award, E.Abbe&C.Zeiss |