Associate Professor, Kyushu University

Research areas: Photophysics, Material science, Laser spectroscopy, Molecular Science, Optoelectronics

Award Citation: The AYSF Committee acknowledges Kiyoshi Miyata's contribution to the understanding of the photo-excited carrier dynamics in hybrid perovskites and would like to support his exploration in the direction of ultrafast spectroscopy for chemical reactions.

Bio: Kiyoshi Miyata earned his Ph.D. in Science from Kyoto University in 2015 and was a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University (2015–2018) before joining Kyushu University. His research spans physical chemistry, molecular science, photochemistry, solid-state physics, and ultrafast carrier dynamics in molecular and hybrid semiconductors, with a focus on elucidating the microscopic origins of photophysical phenomena in emerging functional materials ―discovering large polaron formation and carrier stabilization in hybrid lead halide perovskites, understanding of thermally activated delayed fluorescence and room-temperature phosphorescence in purely organic emitters, and explored quantum coherence and spin-polarized excited states in advanced materials. With over 5,500 citations and an h-index of 27 (Google Scholar, Aug 2025), he has received the Young Researcher’s Prize from the Japanese Society for Molecular Science (2022) and the MEXT Young Scientists’ Prize (2020).

Personal Web: https://researchmap.jp/kiyoshimiyata?lang=en