2025.05 ~ present Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Physics, School of Science, The University of Tokyo

2019.09 ~ 2025.04 Research Associate (Assistant Professor), Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

2019.04 ~ 2019.08 Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

2016.07 ~ 2019.03 Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research

2016.04 ~ 2019.03 JSPS Research Fellow,  Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University

2013.04 ~ 2016. 03 The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics

Ph.D. in Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Yoshi Iwasa)

2011.04 ~ 2013. 03 The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics

M.Sc. in Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Yoshi Iwasa)

2009.04 ~ 2011.03 The University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics

B.Sc. in Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Yoshi Iwasa)

2007.04 ~ 2009.03 The University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Science, Junior Division (Natural Science I)

1.  S. Kawasaki, K. Kinoshita, R. Moriya, M. Onodera, YJZ, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Sasagawa, T. Machida. “Minigap-induced Negative Differential Resistance in Multilayer MoS2-Based Tunnel Junctions” Phys. Rev. Research 6, 033011 (2024).

2. K. Kinoshita, R. Moriya, S. Okazaki, YJZ, S. Masubuchi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Sasagawa and T. Machida. “Polarity-dependent twist-controlled resonant tunnelling device based on few-layer WSe2” Phys. Rev. Research 5, 043292 (2023).

3. YJZ, K. Kamiya, T. Yamamoto, M. Sakano, X. Yang, S. Masubuchi, S. Okazaki, K. Shinokita, T. Chen, K. Aso, Y. Yamada-Takamura, Y. Oshima, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, K. Matsuda, T. Sasagawa, K. Ishizaka and T. Machida. “Symmetry Engineering in Twisted Bilayer WTe2” Nano Lett. 23, 9280-9286 (2023).

4. M. Onodera, Y. Wakafuji, T. Hashimoto, S. Masubuchi, R. Moriya, YJZ, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi and T. Machida. “All-dry flip-over stacking of van der Waals junctions of 2D crystal flakes based on polymer-to-polymer transfer using polyvinyl chloride” Sci. Rep. 12, 21963 (2022).

5. Y. Wakafuji, M. Onodera, S. Masubuchi, R. Moriya, YJZ, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi and T. Machida. “Evaluation of polyvinyl chloride adhesion to 2D crystal flakes” npj 2D Mater. Appl. 6, 44 (2022).

6. K. Kinoshita, R. Moriya, S. Okazaki, YJZ, S. Masubuchi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Sasagawa and T. Machida. “Resonant tunneling between quantized subbands in van der Waals double quantum well structure based on few-layer WSe2” Nano Letter. 22, 4640-4645 (2022).

7. Y. Seo, M. Satoru, M. Onodera, R. Moriya, YJZ, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi and T. Machida. “Defect-assisted tunneling spectroscopy of electronic band structure in twisted bilayer graphene/hexagonal boron nitride moiré superlattices” Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 203103 (2022).

8. Y. Seo, S. Masubuchi, M. Onodera, YJZ, R. Moriya, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi and T. Machida. “Subband-resolved momentum-conserved resonant tunnelling in monolayer graphene/h-BN/ABA-trilayer graphene small-twist-angle tunnelling device” Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 083102 (2022).

9. YJZ, D. Zhao, Q. Wang and J. H. Smet. “In-situ Raman spectroscopy across superconducting transition of liquid-gated MoS2” Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 053106 (2022).

10. YJZ, R. Taniguchi, S. Masubuchi, R. Moriya, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Sasagawa and T. Machida. “Switchable out-of-plane shift current in ferroelectric two-dimensional material CuInP2S6.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 013103 (2022).

11. K. Takeyama, R. Moriya, S. Okazaki, YJZ, S. Masubuchi, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, T. Sasagawa and T. Machida. “Resonant tunnelling due to van der Waals quantum-well states of few-layer WSe2 in WSe2/h-BN/p+-MoS2 junction” Nano Lett. 21, 3929-3934 (2021).

12. A. Ueda, YJZ, N. Sano, H. Imamura and Y. Iwasa. “Ambipolar device simulation based on the drift-diffusion model in ion-gated transition metal dichalcogenide transistors” npj Comput. Mater. 6, 24 (2020).

13. YJZ, T. Ideue, M. Onga, F. Qin, R. Suzuki, A. Zak, R. Tenne, J. H. Smet and Y. Iwasa. “Enhanced intrinsic photovoltaic effect in tungsten disulfide nanotubes” Nature 570, 349-353 (2019).

14. F. Qing, T. Ideue, W. Shi, YJZ, R. Suzuki, M. Yoshida, Y. Saito and Y. Iwasa. “Electric-field control of electronic states in WS2 nanodevices by electrolyte gating” J. Vis. Exp. 134, e56862 (2018).

15. YJZ, M. Onga, F. Qin, W. Shi, A. Zak, R. Tenne, J. H. Smet and Y. Iwasa. “Optoelectronic response of a WS2 tubular p-n junction” 2D Mater. 5, 035002 (2018).

16. Z. Chi, X. Chen, F. Yen, F. Peng, Y. Zhou, J. Zhu, YJZ, X. Liu, C. Lin, S. Chu, Y. Li, J. Zhao, T. Kagayama, Y. Ma and Z. Yang. “Superconductivity in pristine 2Ha-MoS2 at ultrahigh pressure” Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 037002 (2018).

17. YJZ, R. Suzuki and Y. Iwasa. “Potential profile of stabilized field-induced lateral p-n junction in transition-metal dichalcogenides” ACS Nano 11, 12583-12590 (2017).

18. M. Onga, YJZ, T. Ideue and Y. Iwasa. “Exciton Hall effect in monolayer MoS2” Nature Mater. 12, 1193-1197 (2017).

19. M. Yoshida, J. T. Ye, YJZ, Y. Imai, S. Kimura, A. Fujiwara, T. Nishizaki, N. Kobayashi, M. Nakano and Y. Iwasa “Extended polymorphism of two-dimensional material” Nano Lett. 17, 5567-5571 (2017).

20. YJZ, W. Shi, J. T. Ye, R. Suzuki and Y. Iwasa. “Robustly protected carrier spin relaxation in electrostatically doped transition-metal dichalcogenides” Phys. Rev. B 95, 205302 (2017).

21. M. Onga, YJZ, R. Suzuki and Y. Iwasa. “High circular polarization in electroluminescence from MoSe2” Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 073107 (2016).

22. M. Yoshida, T. Iizuka, Y. Saito, M. Onga, R. Suzuki, YJZ, Y. Iwasa and S. Shimizu. “Gate-optimized thermoelectric power factor in ultrathin WSe2 single crystals” Nano Lett. 16, 2061-2065 (2016).

23. W. Shi, J. T. Ye, YJZ, R. Suzuki, M. Yoshida, J. Miyazaki, N. Inoue, Y. Saito and Y. Iwasa. “Superconductivity series in transition metal dichalcogenides by ionic gating” Sci. Rep. 8, 12534 (2015).

24. M. Yoshida, R. Suzuki, YJZ, M. Nakano and Y. Iwasa. “Memristive phase switching in two-dimensional 1T-TaS2 crystals” Sci. Adv. 1, e1500606 (2015).

25. M. Yoshida, YJZ, J. T. Ye, R. Suzuki, Y. Imai, S. Kimura, A. Fujiwara and Y. Iwasa. “Controlling charge-density-wave states in nano-thick crystals of 1T-TaS2” Sci. Rep. 4, 7302 (2014).

26. R. Suzuki, M. Sakano, YJZ, R. Akashi, D. Morikawa, A. Hawasawa, K. Yaji, K. Kuroda, K. Miyamoto, T. Okuda, K. Ishizaka, R. Arita and Y. Iwasa. “Valley-dependent spin polarization in bulk MoS2 with broken inversion symmetry” Nature Nanotechnol. 9, 611-617 (2014).

27. YJZ, T. Oka, R. Suzuki, J. T. Ye and Y. Iwasa. “Electrically switchable chiral light-emitting transistor” Science 344, 725-728 (2014).

28. YJZ, J. T. Ye, Y. Yomogida, T. Takenobu and Y. Iwasa. “Formation of a stable p-n junction in a liquid-gated MoS2 ambipolar transistor” Nano Lett. 13, 3023-3028 (2013).

29. J. Pu, YJZ, Y. Wada, J. Wang, L. Li, Y. Iwasa and T. Takenobu. “Fabrication of stretchable MoS2 thin-film transistors using elastic ion-gel gate dielectrics” Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 23505 (2013).

30. J. T. Ye, YJZ, Y. Kasahara and Y. Iwasa. “Interface transport properties in ion-gated nano-sheet” Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 222, 1185-1201 (2013).

31. J. T. Ye, YJZ, R. Akashi, M. S. Bahramy, R. Arita and Y. Iwasa. “Superconducting dome in a gate-tuned band insulator” Science 338, 1193-1196 (2012).

32. J. T. Ye, YJZ, Y. Matsuhashi, M. F. Cracium, S. Russo, Y. Kasahara, A. F. Morpurgo and Y. Iwasa. “Gate-induced superconductivity in layered-material-based electric double layer transistors” J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 400, 022139 (2012).

33. YJZ, J. T. Ye, Y. Matsuhashi and Y. Iwasa. “Ambipolar MoS2 thin flake transistors” Nano Lett. 12, 1136-1140 (2012).

1. (Japanese) YJZ, “Bulk photovoltaic effect in transition metal dichalcogenide nanotube” Membership Journal of The Physical Society of Japan 91, 91-95 (2022).

2. (Japanese) T. Ideue, YJZ, F. Qin, and Y. Iwasa. “Novel quantum transport in transition metal dichalcogenides nanotube” Solid State Physics 56, 23-32 (2021).

3. YJZ, M. Yoshida, R. Suzuki and Y. Iwasa. “2D crystals of transition metal dichalcogenide and their iontronic functionalities” 2D Mater. 2, 044004 (2015).

4. (Japanese) YJZ & Y. Iwasa. “Two-Dimensional Crystals of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides –From Superconductivity to Circularly Polarized Light Source–“ Membership Journal of The Physical Society of Japan 69, 771-776 (2014).