Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology

We welcome motivated undergraduate and graduate students.

Members

Faculty

Fumiyuki Ishii

Fumiyuki Ishii (Professor)

Office: Room 321, Natural Science and Technology Hall 5
E-mail: ishii-at-cphys.s.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (replace "-at-" with "@")

Born in Okayama, Japan. Received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Physical Sciences from Hiroshima University.
After working as a JSPS Research Fellow (PD) and a researcher in the ERATO Tokura Spin Superstructure Project (JST), he joined Kanazawa University as Assistant Professor, later Associate Professor, and is currently Professor.

Visiting positions include AIST (2006–2008), Forschungszentrum Jülich (2008–2009), ISSP, The University of Tokyo (2018–2019), and RIKEN CEMS (2018–2023).

Research fields: Condensed matter theory, computational materials physics, first-principles electronic structure calculations (OpenMX, HiLAPW)
Materials studied include transition metal oxides, organic solids, and intermetallic compounds.

Students (updated October 1, 2026)

Doctoral Program (Ph.D.) (8)

Master’s Program (10)

Undergraduate Students (2)

Alumni

Ph.D. (21*)

*Two students were primarily supervised by Prof. Saito.

Main career destinations (in no particular order): universities and research institutes, as well as companies such as ENEOS, Toray Research Center, PKSHA Technology, and Kioxia.

Master’s / Bachelor’s (31)

Main career destinations (in no particular order): junior high and high school teachers, Sony, Canon, Toshiba, Hakuichi, Core Corporation, JR East Mechatronics, Ishikawa Computer Center, Hitachi Systems, Towa, I-O Data Device, Micron Memory Japan, etc.