NTT appoints Tetsuomi Sogawas as PHI Lab Director

NTT (NTTYY) Research announced Dr. Tetsuomi Sogawa as the new director of its Physics & Informatics Lab. Sogawa will assume his new role on May 1 and continue the mission of his predecessor, Dr. Yoshihisa Yamamoto, to deepen the lab’s study of linear and nonlinear photonic devices while increasing collaboration with NTT’s global R&D network to advance the lab’s fundamental research into real-world applications. Sogawa joined NTT Basic Research Laboratories in 1991, where he began his research on the precise fabrication of semiconductor quantum nanostructures by combining crystal growth and microfabrication techniques. He was appointed Director of NTT-BRL in 2013 and was subsequently appointed Director of the NTT Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group, its parent organization, in 2018. Sogawa, who continues to serve as a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Industrial Science, also serves as the program director for the 3rd Cross-ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program led by the Cabinet Office of Japan, where he spearheads efforts to translate academic research outcomes into real-world innovation.