Takenori Shimamura

Brookhaven National Laboratory

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

(631) 344-3070
tshimamur1@bnl.gov

Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards

Research Activities

Funding / Grants

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Apr. 2025 – Mar. 2027  Development of X-ray focusing mirrors using metal deposition and annealing for achieving steeply curved and atomic-scale smooth surfaces, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Grant Number 25K17960, 3 years)

Aug. 2024 – Mar. 2026  Development of analysis method for quantitatively analyzing cell morphology and elemental concentration distribution using multicolor soft-X-ray nanoprobe, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (Grant Number 24K23029, 2 years)

Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2023  1-nm-wide X-ray beams by developing millimeter-scale ultra-precision reflective optics, Grant-inAid for JSPS Fellows (Grant Number 20J21562, 3 years)

Others

Jan. 2024 – Mar. 2025  Development of quantitative elemental mapping method for analyzing whole cells using multicolor soft-X-ray nanoprobes, Precise Measurement Technology Promotion Foundation, Japan (1.5 years)

Education

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

Sep. 2023   Ph.D. in Precision Engineering with Dean's Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Research
Ph.D. thesis: Achromatic soft-X-ray nanoprobes formed by ultracompact Kirkpatrick-Baez mirror

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

Mar. 2018   B.Sc. in Precision Engineering with Dean's Award for the Best Student
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. Jan. 2026    FY2025 Young Scholar Award, The Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research, Japan
2. Feb. 2025    FY2025 Inoue Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, Inoue Foundation for Science, Japan
3. Aug. 2024    Werner Meyer-Ilse Memorial award, 16th International Conference on X-Ray Microscopy, Sweden
4. Mar. 2024    Dean’s Award for Doctoral Students AY2023, The University of Tokyo, Japan
5. Nov. 2021    Winner of HIRAKU Three Minute Thesis Competition 2021 English Division, HIRAKU (Home for Innovative Researchers and Academic Knowledge Users), Japan
6. Sep. 2021    JSPE Autumn Annual Meeting 2021 Advanced Best Presentation Award, JSPE (Japan Society of Precision Engineering), Japan
7. Jan. 2021    JSR2021 Student Best Presentation Award, JSRRR  (Japan Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research), Japan
8. Mar. 2020    Half exemption of repayment for Type 1 Student Loan, JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization), Japan
9. Mar. 2020    Dean’s Award for Master’s Students AY2019, The University of Tokyo, Japan
10. Mar. 2018    Dean’s Award for The Best Undergraduate Student AY2017,  The University of Tokyo, Japan
11. Sep. 2017    JSPE Autumn Annual Meeting 2017 Best Presentation Award, JSPE  (Japan Society of Precision Engineering), Japan