Talk title: Hydrogen Visualization by Atom Probe Tomography for Hydrogen Embrittlement Studies

Biography

Taisuke Sasaki is the Group Leader of the Microstructural Analysis Group at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). He also serves as a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Subprogram of University of Tsukuba–NIMS Joint Graduate Program. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 2008. Following postdoctoral appointments at NIMS and the University of Alabama, USA, he began his career as a tenured researcher at NIMS in 2011.

His research focuses on microstructural analysis of metallic materials using state-of-the-art characterization techniques such as electron microscopy and atom probe tomography, as well as the development of high-performance metallic materials. His work also addresses the visualization of trace hydrogen using atom probe tomography and the development of microstructure design guidelines to mitigate hydrogen embrittlement in high-strength metallic alloys, such as steels and Ni-based superalloys.