Takuo Tanaka

Takuo Tanaka received the Ph.D. degree from Osaka University, in 1996. After that, he joined the Faculty of Engineering Science, Osaka University, as an Assistant Professor. In 2003, he moved to RIKEN as a Research Scientist with the Nanophotonics Laboratory. He was promoted to an Associate Chief Scientist, in 2008, and a Chief Scientist, in 2017. His research interests include three-dimensional microscopy, such as confocal microscope and two-photon microscope. Recently, he is studying about nanophotonics, plasmonics, and metamaterials fields with developing many new nanofabrication techniques. He has also experimental and theoretical experiences about high precision optical measurements and spectroscopy.