Research interest

• Pulsed laser deposition
• Oxide thin film synthesis
• Lithium ion batteries
• Energy devices

Academic

• 2011: Dr. Science, The University of Tokyo
• 2008: M. S. in Science, The University of Tokyo
• 2006: B. S. in Science, Tokyo University of Science

Professional Experience

• 2021.8 - present: Specially-appointed Associate Professor, Chemical Science and Engineering,
                          Tokyo Institute of Technology.
• 2017 - 2021.7: Specially-appointed Assistant Professor, Chemical Science and Engineering,
                          Tokyo Institute of Technology.
• 2016 - 2017: Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University.
• 2014 - 2016: Research Associate (PD), Stanford University.
• 2011 - 2014: Research Associate (PD), GREEN, National Institute for Materials Science.

Recognition

• 2012: NIMS-TOYOTA Materials Center Award
  

Recent Publications

• L.C. Seitz, C. F. Dickens, K. Nishio, Y. Hikita, J. Montoya, A. Doyle, C. Kirk, A. Vojvodic, H. Y. Hwang, J. K. Norskov, T. F. Jaramillo,
  "A Highly Active and Stable IrOx/SrIrO3 catalyst for the oxygen evolution reaction"
  Science 353, 1011 (2016).
• Y. Hikita, K. Nishio, L. C. Seitz, P. Chakthranont, T. Tachikawa, T. F. Jaramillo, H. Y. Hwang,
  "Band Edge Engineering of Oxide Photoanodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Integration of Subsurface Dipoles with Atomic-Scale Control"
  Adv. Energy Mater 6, 1502154 (2016).
• K. Nishio, H. Y. Hwang, and Y. Hikita,
  "Thermodynamic guiding principles in selective synthesis of strontium iridate Ruddlesden-Popper epitaxial films"
  APL Materials 4, 036102 (2016).
• K. Nishio, T. Ohnishi, K. Mitsuishi, N. Ohta, K. Watanabe, K. Takada,
  "Orientation alignment of epitaxial LiCoO2 thin films on vicinal SrTiO3 (100) substrates"
  J. Power Sources 325, 306 (2016).