Prof. Satoshi Hamaguchi

Satoshi Hamaguchi, Ph.D., has been Professor of Engineering at the Center for Atomic and Molecular Technologies, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan, since 2004. He has been working on analyses of plasma surface interactions for semiconductor etching and deposition processes and surface modification of biomaterials and medical devices, using modeling, numerical simulations, and beam and plasma experiments. His interest also includes plasma medicine, and nuclear fusion, application of data science to plasma applications.  

Prior to joining Osaka University, Dr. Hamaguchi was Associate Professor of Energy Science, Graduate School of Energy Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, from 1998 to 2004, Research Staff Member of T. J. Watson Research Center, IBM Research Division, IBM Co. at Yorktown Heights, New York, USA, from 1990 to 1998, and Research Fellow at the Institute of Fusion Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, from 1988 to 1990. 

Dr. Hamaguchi received his M. Sci and Ph.D. degrees in mathematics from Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Mathematics, New York University, New York, USA, in 1986 and 1988, B. Sc. an M. Sci in physics from the Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1982 and 1984. He also holds a Ph. D. in physics from the University of Tokyo. He is a Fellow of American Vacuum Society and American Physical Society.