種村 拓夫

Takuo Tanemura received the B.E., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering, all from the University of Tokyo, Japan, in 2001, 2003, and 2006, respectively. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems (EEIS), Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo.

In 2006, he joined the Department of Electronic Engineering, the University of Tokyo and moved to the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo in 2007 as a Lecturer. From March 2010 to February 2012, he was a Visiting Scholar at Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University. In April 2012, he moved back to the Department of Electronic Engineering, the University of Tokyo, as an Associate Professor, and became a full professor in April 2024.

His current research interest includes semiconductor photonic integrated circuits, nanophotonic and nanometallic devices, and their applications to optical communication, interconnects, imaging, and computing systems. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 papers published in refereed international journals and conferences. Dr. Tanemura is a member of IEEE, Optica, Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP), and the Laser Society of Japan (LSJ).