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Dr Shin-ichiro Yano

Shinichiro Yano
Dr Shin-ichiro Yano
Instrument Scientist

Role at ANSTO 

Dr. Shin-ichiro Yano joined the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC) and has been stationed at ANSTO, Sydney, Australia since November 2014. He is working with the cold-neutron triple-axis spectrometer SIKA and helps users to pursuit the use of neutrons for materials science. He has studied magnetic materials by using pair distribution function analysis (PDF) method, neutron inelastic scattering techniques, and neutron elastic scattering techniques with wide range of neutron spectrometers.     

Academic

  • 2006 B.S. Department of Physics, Aoyama-Gakuin University, Japan
  • 2008 M.S. Department of Physics, Aoyama-Gakuin University, Japan
  • 2012 Ph.D. in Science, Aoyama-Gakuin University, Japan (Supervisor: Professor Jun Akimitsu)
  • 2012 to 2014, Research Associate, University of Virginia, USA (Supervisor: Professor Despina Louca)
  • 2014 to Present, Triple-axis spectrometer instrument scientist of NSRRC, Taiwan stationed at ANSTO, Sydney, Australia.
  • 2021 to Present, Editorial board member of Material Futures
  • 2025 to Present, Associate Editor of Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Professional experience

  • 2008-2012 Research Assistant, Center of Advanced Technology in Aoyama Gakuin Univ., Japan
  • 2010-2011 DAQ (Data Acquisition) system and software environment at HRC (High Resolution Chopper) at J-PARC, Japan
  • More than 10 years’ experience of inelastic and elastic neutron scattering experiments using Chopper spectrometer, Triple axis spectrometer, 4 circle neutron diffractometer, and powder diffractometer.
  • The development of Chopper Spectrometer (HRC-High Resolution Chopper) in J-PARC under Prof. Shinichi Itoh at KEK, Japan
  • The neutron Pair distribution function (PDF) analysis studies  

Current research

  • Study on magnetic excitations in superconductors, multiferroics and frustrated magnetic materials
  • Local structure analysis by using Pair distribution function (PDF) method
  • Inelastic neutron scattering techniques
  • Polarized neutron scattering techniques
  • Development of new neutron scattering measurement methods, such as magnetic PDF, polarized neutron scattering, and hyperfine field excitations.    

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • The Physical Society of Japan
  • The Japanese Society for Neutron Science
  • American Physical Society
  • the Division of Condensed Matter Physics, Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies.
  • Australian institute of Physics