Rate My Professor Takeshi Seki

Takeshi Seki is a Professor at the Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, appointed in December 2023. He concurrently serves as Professor at the Center for Science and Innovation in Spintronics and the International Center for Synchrotron Radiation Innovation Smart at the same institution. Seki completed his B.Eng. from the Faculty of Metallurgy, Materials Science and Material Processing at Tohoku University in 2002, followed by an M.Eng. in 2003 and a Ph.D. in 2006 from the Department of Metallurgy, Materials Science and Material Processing, Graduate School of Engineering, with a thesis titled 'Current-Induced Magnetization Reversal in FePt Nanostructures.' His professional journey includes JSPS Research Fellowships as DC2 (2005-2006), PD (2006-2007), and SPD (2008-2010) at Tohoku University and Osaka University, a post-doctoral researcher role at Tohoku University (2007-2008), Assistant Professor at IMR (2010-2016), and Associate Professor (2016-2023). Additional roles encompass PRESTO Researcher at JST (2014-2018), Visiting Researcher at NIMS (2017-2021), and Invited Researcher at NIMS (2021-2024).

Seki's academic interests center on materials development for spintronics, spin transfer phenomena, magnetization dynamics, spin currents, magnetization reversal mechanisms, hard magnetic properties, ordered alloy systems, and metallic superlattices. Notable publications include 'Dynamical stability by spin transfer in nearly isotropic magnets' in Nature Materials (2026), 'Room temperature chirality switching and detection in a helimagnetic MnAu2 thin film' in Nature Communications (2024), 'Antisymmetric interlayer exchange coupling spontaneously built in synthetic antiferromagnetic structures using film growth' in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2025), 'Enhancement of spin-charge conversion efficiency for Co3Sn2S2 across transition from paramagnetic to ferromagnetic phase' in Physical Review Research (2023), and 'Spin-orbit torque in a Ni-Fe single layer' in Physical Review B (2021). He has secured major funding such as JSPS KAKENHI Scientific Research (A) grants (No. 20H00299, 23H00232), Challenging Research (Exploratory) (No. 22K18894), and support from Murata Science Foundation and Asahi Glass Foundation. His research has significantly influenced advancements in spintronic technologies and magnetic materials.