Shunsuke TAKANO

• Apr. 2025–current
• Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS PD) link
• Apr. 2023–Mar. 2026
• Major in Nanoscience and Nano Engineering, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda Univ. (PhD course)
• May 2024–Mar. 2025
• InternKNOTship, The International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (WPI-SKCM²), Hiroshima University. (Academic internship) link
• Apr. 2021–Mar. 2023
• Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda Univ. (Master of Engineering)

• Chiroptics in liquid crystals
• P- and T-symmetry in irreversible cross-correlated responses of chiral condensed phases

Transport Phenomena, Liquid Crystal, Chirality, Optics

• Chirality-assembled on-chip lasers. Shunsuke Takano, Toru Asahi, Ivan I. Smalyukh. Nature Photonics, 19(7), 659-661, (2025)
• Symmetry and thermodynamic bounds on cross-coupling transport in chiral liquid crystals. Shunsuke Takano, Takuya Nakanishi, Kenta Nakagawa, Toru Asahi. Physical Review E, 112(5), 055429, (2025)
• Heat-flux-driven Rotation of Cholesteric Droplets Dispersed in Glycerol. Shunsuke Takano, Shinji Bono, Yuka Tabe. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 92(2), 024601, (2023)

• ポスター優秀賞 — キラル液晶の非平衡エネルギー変換過程において棒状/円盤状の分子形状がカップリング係数に与える影響 シンポジウム モレキュラー・キラリティー 2025 (2025)
• 優秀ポスター発表賞/CSJ Poster Presentation Award 2024 for Excellent Research — シアノビフェニル液晶の熱駆動回転ダイナミクス 日本化学会秋季事業 第14回 CSJ化学フェスタ2024 (2024)
• 京都北山賞 — キラル液晶が示す熱駆動ダイナミクス 第60回熱測定討論会 (2024)
• 分科会 優秀発表賞（構造物性 光物性・メゾスコピック系 ソフトマター・生物物理・化学物理合同部門） — キラルで異方的な液晶相の 非平衡ダイナミクス 第69回 物性若手夏の学校（物性夏学2024） 2023年度 (2024)
• 第13期 アーリーバード 若手研究者奨励賞 早稲田大学 理工学術院総合研究所 (2024)
• 若手研究者の自由討論 最優秀賞 早稲田大学 理工学術院総合研究所 第13期アーリーバード成果報告会 (2024)
• ポスター賞 — キラル液晶が⽰す熱から運動への変換とトポロジーの役割 Molecular Chirality2023 (2023)
• 若葉賞 2021年日本液晶学会討論会 (2021)

• Posterキラル液晶の非平衡エネルギー変換過程において棒状/円盤状の分子形状がカップリング係数に与える影響. 高野俊輔, 中西卓也, 中川鉄馬, 朝日透. シンポジウム モレキュラー・キラリティー 2025 (名古屋大学 野依記念学術交流館) (2025)
• OralThermomechanical Coupling Influenced by Intertwined Skyrmions. Shunsuke Takano, Takuya Nakanishi, Kenta Nakagawa, Toru Asahi. The 21st Nano Bio info Chemistry (NaBIC) Symposium (Higashi-Hiroshima) (2024)
• Posterシアノビフェニル液晶の熱駆動回転ダイナミクス. 高野俊輔, 中西卓也, 中川鉄馬, 朝日透. 日本化学会秋季事業 第14回 CSJ化学フェスタ2024 (タワーホール船堀, 東京) (2024)
• Oralキラリティが誘起する熱と力学の交差輸送現象. ⾼野俊輔. キラル国際研究拠点(CResCent)・量子ビーム連携ミニワークショップ「機能性材料研究会」 (広島大学 東広島キャンパス) (2024)
• Posterキラル液晶が示す熱駆動ダイナミクス. 高野俊輔, 中西卓也, 中川鉄馬, 朝日透. 第60回熱測定討論会 (京都市) (2024)
• Oralキラル液晶における熱駆動回転と交差相関応答. 高野俊輔, 中西卓也, 時田桂吾, 中川鉄馬, 朝日透. 日本物理学会 第79回年次大会 (北大, 札幌) (2024)
• PosterDistorted Molecular Order and Reversal Dynamics in Frustrated Droplet. Shunsuke Takano, Takuya Nakanishi, Keigo Tokita, Kenta Nakagawa, Toru Asahi. 2024国際キラリティー連合会議 (Kyoto, Japan) (2024)
• PosterInversion in the Rotational Motion of Chiral Liquid Crystal Droplets with a Single Topological Defect Line. Shunsuke Takano, Takuya Nakanishi, Kenta Nakagawa, Toru Asahi. SKCM2 2023 Winter School (広島大学) (2024)
• PosterInversion in the Rotational Motion of Chiral Liquid Crystal Droplets with a Single Topological Defect Line. Shunsuke Takano, Takuya Nakanishi, Kenta Nakagawa, Toru Asahi. MRM2023/IUMRS-ICA2023 (Kyoto in Japan) (2023)
• OralChirality-Activated Vortex Flow and Its Reversal Mode in Liquid Crystals. Shunsuke Takano, Takuya Nakanishi, Kenta Nakagawa, Toru Asahi. The 20th International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2023) (Sendai in Japan) (2023)
• OralChirality-Activated Vortex Flow and Its Reversal Mode in Liquid Crystals. Shunsuke Takano, Takuya Nakanishi, Kenta Nakagawa, Toru Asahi. The 20th International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2023) (Sendai) (2023)
• PosterReversal of Rotational Motion in Chiral Liquid Crystal Droplets. Shunsuke Takano, Takuya Nakanishi, Kenta Nakagawa, Toru Asahi. 19th International Conference on Chiroptical Spectroscopy (CD2023) (Hiroshima in Japan) (2023)
• Posterキラル液晶が⽰す熱から運動への変換とトポロジーの役割. ⾼野俊輔, 朝⽇透. Molecular Chirality2023（北海道大学 フード&メディカルイノベーション国際拠点 （FMI）） (2023)

• Apr. 2025–Mar. 2027
• JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists, Principal Investigator. link
• Apr. 2023–Mar. 2025
• JST SPRING; Waseda Univ. Open Innovation Ecosystem Program for Pioneering Research (W-SPRING), Principal Investigator.
• Jun. 2023–Feb. 2024
• Early Bird Program, Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Principal Investigator. link
• Aug. 2024, Dec. 2023, Sep. 2023
• Overseas Research Travel Grant Program for Upper-level Undergraduate and Graduate Students, Waseda Univ.
• 2023
• Scholarship for Fostering Researchers in Doctoral Programs, Waseda Univ.
• 2023
• Subsidies for miscellaneous costs related to research activities, Waseda Univ.

• [10] S. Takano, T. Asahi, and I. I. Smalyukh, Chirality-assembled on-chip lasers, Nat. Photon. 19, 659–661 (2025). [News & Views] SharedIt: https://rdcu.be/euGzR
• [9] S. Takano，材料科学連続セミナー（ソフトマター第1シリーズ）「受講修了証」—Materials Science Consecutive Seminars (Soft Matter Series 1) "Certificate of Attendance", Waseda University ZAIKEN, Joint Research Center for Environmentally Conscious Technologies in Materials and Science (2054/03/28).
• [8] Y. Yuan, J. Lee, A. Kumari, S. Takano, and J. Tay, Knotty topology, chirality, and sustainability: interdisciplinary learning at WPI-SKCM² schools in Japan, Liq. Cryst. Today 33, 24 (2024).［Conference Report］
• [7] S. Takano, キラリティが誘起する熱と力学の交差輸送現象—Cross-Correlated Transport Phenomena Activated by Chirality, Joint Mini-Workshop on Functional Materials, HU CResCent ＆ Quantum Beam (Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan, 2024/10/13). [Invited Lecture] link.
• [6] MicroMBA—Certification of Completion, Institute for Business and Finance, Waseda University; Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego (2024/04).
• [5] データ科学認定制度「上級」–Certification Program in Data Science "Advanced level", Waseda University Center for Data Science (2024/03/13).
• [4] SKCM2 2023 WINTER SCHOOL—Certification of Completion, International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (WPI-SKCM2), Hiroshima University (2024/01/12).
• [3] 社会文化領域履修モデル認定制度「ドイツの文化と社会」—Certification Program for the Model Courses in Division of Socio-Cultural Studies "German Culture and Society", Division of Socio-Cultural Studies, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University (2021/06).
• [2] 国家試験 毒物及劇物取扱者試験（一般）合格—Passed the National Examinations: the Examinations for Handlers of Poisonous Substances and Deleterious Substances (General) (2012).
• [1] 漢検3級—The Japan Kanji Aptitude Test Grade 3, The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation (2009).