Dr Yoshiharu Krockenberger

Yoshiharu Krockenberger received his PhD in 2006 summa cum laude in Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, on electron-tunneling spectroscopy experiments on cuprate superconductors and synthesizing novel superconducting thin films at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. He joined the correlated materials research group of Prof. Tokura and Prof. Kawasaki at RIKEN, Japan. Currently he is working as a distinguished senior research scientist at NTT Basic Research Laboratories where he develops methods and materials for the next generation of superconductors. Yoshiharu Krockenberger’s research engages molecular beam epitaxy for the synthesis of strongly correlated and superconducting complex transition metal oxides and nitrides. His research covers novel cuprate superconductors, strongly spin-orbit coupled materials and artificial superlattice compounds as well as novel ferromagnetic and multiferroic materials. Such novel materials are of high interest for superconducting fusion reactors, quantum computing, as well as energy transmission via superconducting cables.