Takenori Shimamura

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 743
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

tshimamur1@bnl.gov

Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards

Education

The University of Tokyo, Japan (Adivisor: Prof. H. Mimura)

Sep. 2023   Ph.D. in Precision Engineering 
Ph.D. thesis: Achromatic soft-X-ray nanoprobes formed by ultracompact Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror

Mar. 2020   M.Sc. in Precision Engineering
Master’s thesis: Development of soft-X-ray nano-focusing system with ultra-short Kirkpatrick-Baez mirrors

Mar. 2018   B.Sc. in Precision Engineering
Bachelor’s thesis: Simulated nano-focusing performance of small X-ray mirrors and development of its fabrication and measurement processes [in Japanese]

Professional Appointments

Oct. 2023 – Aug. 2025 Project Assistant Professor (PI: Prof. Y. Harada), Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Selected Publications

• Shimamura T, Takeo Y, Moriya F, et al (2024) Ultracompact mirror device for forming 20-nm achromatic soft-X-ray focus toward multimodal and multicolor nanoanalyses. Nature Communications 15:. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44269-w
• Shimamura T, Takeo Y, Kimura T, et al (2023) Soft-X-ray nanobeams formed by aberration-reduced elliptical mirrors with large numerical aperture. Optics Express 31:38132. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.502692
• Shimamura T, Takeo Y, Kimura T, et al (2023) Fabrication of ultrashort sub-meter-radius x-ray mirrors using dynamic stencil deposition with figure correction. Review of Scientific Instruments 94:. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0135367

Awards & Recognition

1. Feb. 2025    41st Inoue Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, Inoue Foundation for Science, Japan
2. Aug. 2024    Werner Meyer-Ilse Memorial award, 16th International Conference on X-Ray Microscopy, Sweden
3. Mar. 2024    Dean’s Award for Doctoral Students AY2023, The University of Tokyo, Japan
4. Nov. 2021    Winner of HIRAKU 3MT Competition 2021 English Division, HIRAKU (Home for Innovative Researchers and Academic Knowledge Users), Japan
5. Sep. 2021    JSPE Autumn Annual Meeting 2021 Advanced Best Presentation Award, JSPE (Japan Society of Precision Engineering), Japan
6. Jan. 2021    JSR2021 Student Best Presentation Award, JSRRR  (Japan Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research), Japan
7. Mar. 2020    Half exemption of repayment for Type 1 Student Loan, JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization), Japan
8. Mar. 2020    Dean’s Award for Master’s Students AY2019, The University of Tokyo, Japan
9. Mar. 2018    Dean’s Award for The Best Undergraduate Student AY2017,  The University of Tokyo, Japan
10. Sep. 2017    JSPE Autumn Annual Meeting 2017 Best Presentation Award, JSPE  (Japan Society of Precision Engineering), Japan