Name: YAKUBO Kousuke
Title: Professor
Affiliation: Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics,
Division of Applied Physics,
Graduate School of Engineering,
Hokkaido University
Room: Fac. of Eng., A2-18
Extension: 6621
Direct Phone: +81-11-706-6621
E-mail: yakubo@eng.hokudai.ac.jp

Research Fields: Theory of Condensed Matter Physics, Physics in Random System,
Dynamics of Fractals, Two-dimensional Electron Systems
Key Words: Random, Fracton, Percolation, Mesoscopic, Scaling theory, Metal-insulator transition
Education: 1980-1984   Bachelor, Dept. of Phys., Hokkaido Univ.
1984-1987   Master, Dept. of Appl. Phys., Hokkaido Univ.
1992            Ph.D., "Fracton Dynamics in Percolating Networks"(Hokkaido Univ.)
Career: 1987-1992   Research Associate, Hokkaido Univ.
1992-1993   Lecturer, Hokkaido Univ.
1993-          Associate Professor, Hokkaido Univ. (Grad. Sch. of Eng.)
2008-          Professor, Hokkaido Univ. (Grad. Sch. of Eng.)
Visiting Scientist: 1994           Dept. of Phys., Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Books: 1.   Fractal Concepts in Condensed Matter Physics (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, 2003)
Key Articles: 1.   The forced oscillator method: Eigenvalue analysis and computing linear response functions, Physics Reports, .349, 239-299(2001)
2.   Dynamical properties of fractal networks, Reviews of Modern Physics, 66, 381-444(1994)
3.   Fracton dynamics of percolating networks-energy spectrum and localized nature, Phys. Rev. B40, 517-523(1989)
4.   Absence of the hump in the density of states of percolating clusters, Phys. Rev. B36, 8933-8936(1987)
5.   Analysis of a new method for finding eigenmodes of very large lattice systems, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 60, 3249-3259(1991)