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List of International Visiting Professors

FY 2024
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
Prof.
HERBUT, Igor
Oct. 2024-Mar. 2025(planned) Interactions and phase transitions in semimetals Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University
(Canada)
Prof. OSHIKAWA, Masaki
Associate Prof.
LU, Yuan-Ming
Dec. 2024-Mar. 2025(planned) Theoretical study of topological phases with broken symmetries Ohio State University
(USA)
Prof. OSHIKAWA, Masaki
Prof.
ZHAO, Zhigang
Jan. 2025-Feb. 2025(planned) Laser development for Laser photoemission spectroscopy Shandong University
(China)
Prof. KOBAYASHI, Yohei
FY 2023
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
Prof.
MARCENAT, Christophe
Mar. 2024-May 2024(planned) Developments of thermal property measurement techniques and their applications to the reentrant superconductor UTe2 Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble (IRIG), Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
(France)
Assoc. Prof. KOHAMA, Yoshimitsu
Prof.
DRICHKO, Natalia
Jun. 2024-Jul.2024(planned) Exploring Novel Quantum Phenomena in Organic Mott Insulators Department of Physics and Astronomy,Johns Hopkins University
(USA)
Assoc. Prof. YAMASHITA, Minoru
Dr.
PORTUGALL, Oliver
Nov. 2023-Dec. 2023(planned)
Feb. 2024(planned)
Advanced development of megagauss-field-generation techniques using the singleturn coil method and its application to condensed matter physic Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses, Toulouse, CNRS
(France)
Prof. MATSUDA, Yasuhiro H.
FY 2022
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
Prof.
BOVENSIEPEN, Uwe
Oct. 2022- Mar. 2023 Electron-phonon coupling in transition metal dichalcogenides and related two-dimensional materials investigated by time- and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy University of Duisburg-Essen
(Germany)
Assoc. Prof. OKAZAKI, Kozo
Prof.
KIM, Yongmin
Sep. 2022- Feb. 2023 Phase transition behavior of VO2 and related crystals, and physical properties of two-dimensional materials under pulsed magnetic fields Dankook University
(Korea)
Prof. MATSUDA, Yasuhiro H.
FY 2021
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
Prof.
BATZILL, Matthias Marcus
Jun. 2022- Aug. 2022 Electronic and Magnetic properties of Nanostructures in monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides the University of South Florida
(USA)
Prof. HASEGAWA, Yukio
Deputy Director
PORTUGALL, Oliver
May 2022 - Nov. 2022 Advanced development of megagauss-field- generation techniques using the single-turn coil method and its application to condensed matter physics Laboratoire National des Champs Magne ́tiques Intenses, Toulouse
(France)
Prof. MATSUDA, Yasuhiro H
Prof.
HADDAD, Sonia
Jun. 2022-Mar. 2023 Theoretical study of electrical and thermal transport properties of topological materials: the case of twisted bilayer graphene and Weyl semimetals Université Tunis El Manar(Tunisia) Prof. OSADA, Toshihito
FY 2020
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
Associate Prof.
RIETVELD, Ivo B
Nov. 2020- Aug. 2021 Organic crystalline polymorphism in need of structural and energetic precision to improve understanding and control Université Paris
Descartes
(France)
Prof. YAMAMURO, Osamu
Prof.
CHEN, Shaoqiang
Dec. 2020- May. 2021 Ultrafast Lasing Dynamics and Exciton Effects in Single-Crystal Perovskite Microcavities East China Normal
University
(China)
Prof. AKIYAMA, Hidefumi
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
FY 2019
Prof. KANG, Woun Jul. 2019-Feb. 2020 Properties of Low-Dimensional Metallic Electrons under very High Magnetic Fields Department of Physics, Ewha Womans University (South Korea) Assoc. Prof. OSADA, Toshihiko
Dr. SINGH, Yogesh Nov. 2019 - May. 2020 Search for Heavy Fermion Superconductivity in the
Kondo Lattice Material Yb2Fe3Si5
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (India) Prof. SAKAKIBARA, Toshiro
FY2018
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
Prof. CHENG, Jinguang May 2019- Aug.2019 Development of the multianvil module for high-pressure measurements above 20 GPa and exploration of unconventional superconductivity near the pressure-induced quantum critical point Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) Prof. UWATOKO, Yoshiya
Assoc. Research Prof. DRICHKO, Natalia Sep.2018- Feb.2019 Investigation of magnetic properties of organic Mott insulators κ-(BEDT-TTF)2Hg(SCN)2X (X=Cl, Br) Johns Hopkins University (U.S.) Prof. NAKATSUJI, Satoru and Prof. MORI, Hatsumi
Assoc. Prof. TAKAHASHI, Susumu Sep.2018- Dec.2018 Investigation of surface spin properties using STM-based ESR spectroscopy University of Southern California (U.S.) Prof. HASEGAWA, Yukio
FY2017
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
Dr. HICKS, Clifford W. May 2018-Aug. 2018 Study of quantum transport of correlated electron systems under uniaxial pressure Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (Germany) Prof. NAKATSUJI, Satoru
Assoc. Prof. RAN, Ying Jan. 2018-Apr. 2018 Novel correlation-driven physics and photoinduced phenomena in quantum materials Boston College (U.S.) Prof. OSHIKAWA, Masaki
Dr. SALZMANN, Ingo Sep. 2017-Dec. 2017 Corelation of structure and electronic properties of organic semiconductor and charge transfer film and thin crystal Institute for Physik, Supramolecular Systems, Humboldt Univers itat zu Berlin (Germany) Prof. MORI, Hatsumi and Prof. YOSHINOBU, Jun
Assistant Prof. NOVAK, Mario Sep. 2017-Mar. 2018 Weyl semimetals and Murunskite Crystals as new routes in material investigation University of Zagreb (Croatia) Prof. HIROI, Zenji

2019 - 2014 2013 - 2008   2007 - 2002

List of International Visiting Researchers

FY2023
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
Dr.
ZALIZNYAK, Igor
Sep. 2023-  Nov. 2023 
Mar.2024 (planned)
Study on Magnetism using Inverse Rowland Inelastic Spectrometer Brookhaven National Laboratory
(USA)
Assoc. Prof. MASUDA, Takatsugu
Readeer
SAHA, Kush
Jul. 2024- Aug. 2024 (planned) Emergent topological states in electron-phonon systems in external fields National Institute of Science Education and Research Bhubaneswar (India) Prof. OKA Takashi
FY2021
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
LI, Zhou Nov. 2021- Feb. 2022 Linear and nonlinear terahertz response in Weyl semimetal WTe2 Chinese Academy of Science Terahertz Center Assoc. Prof. MATSUNAGA Ryusuke
FY2018
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
WANG, Zhe Sep. 2018- Oct. 2018 Quantum criticality of an Ising-like spin-1/2 antiferromagnetic chain – a study by high-field magnetocaloric-effect and specific-heat measurements Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (Germany) Assoc. Prof. KOHAMA, Yoshimitsu
ZALIZNYAK, Igor Oct. 2019- Dec. 2019 Dimensional Cross-Over and Spinon Confinement in Sr2CuO3 Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S.) Assoc. Prof. MASUDA, Takatsugu
Hua Chen Nov. 2018- Dec. 2018 Study of novel interfacial and topological effect in Weyl magnets Colorado State University (U.S.) Prof. OTANI Yoshichika
FY2017
Name Period Research Affiliation Hosted by
ERNST, Arthur Jan.2018- Feb.2018 Electronic states and magnetism of ferromagnetic nitride monolayers with magnetic atoms Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes Kepler Universität (Austria) Prof. KOMORI, Fumio
NUGROHO, Agustinus Agung Dec. 2017- Jan. 2018 Exploration of Topological Properties in Correlated Electron Systems Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute Teknologi Bandung(Indonesia) Prof. NAKATSUJI, Satoru
CHANDARA, Premala Mar.2018- May 2018 Study of novel quantum phenomena in quadrupolar Kondo lattice Rutgers University (U.S.) Prof. SAKAKIBARA Toshiro and Prof. NAKATSUJI, Satoru

Joint Research by International Collaboration Program

FY2024
Name Research subject Affiliation Hosted by
WU, Yuh-Renn Student exchange program between The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo and College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Taiwan University (Taiwan) Prof. AKIYAMA, Hidefumi
FY2023
Name Research subject Affiliation Hosted by
SHAHI, Prashant Thermoelectric performance optimization of Pb1-xSnxSe topological materials via high-pressure D.D.U. Gorakhpur University (India) Prof. UWATOKO, Yoshiya
FY2019
Name Research subject Affiliation Hosted by
SHAHI, Prashant Study of ultrashort pulse laser system D.D.U. Gorakhpur University (India) Prof. UWATOKO, Yoshiya
KIM, Changyoung Ultrafast control of the work function Institute for Basic Science (IBS) of Korea Prof. KOBAYASHI, Yohei
ZHAO, Zhigang Study of ultrashort pulse laser system Shandong University (China) Prof. KOBAYASHI, Yohei
KUMAR, Jitender Search for Multiferroic Nature of Ludwigites at Low Temperatures and High Magnetic Fields Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (India) Assoc. Prof. TOKUNAGA Masashi
YAN, Binghai Surface electronic states of topological matter Wiseman Institute (Israel) Prof. KOMORI, Fumio
SEBASTIAN, Suchitara High-field Hall resistivity on YBCO University of Cambridge Assoc. Prof. KOHAMA, Yoshimitsu
FY2018
Name Research subject Affiliation Hosted by
BALAKIREV, Fedor Superconducting and Normal State Properties of High-Tc Cuprates in High Magnetic Fields Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S.) Assoc. Prof. KOHAMA, Yoshimitsu
PORTUGALL, Oliver Measurements of Magnetic-Field Induced Novel Quantum Phases in Multiferroic Materials in World Strongest Magnetic Fields CNRS-LNCMI (France) Prof. TAKEYAMA, Shojiro
KHODAPARAST, Giti Cyclotron Resonance in InAsP films Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) (U.S.) Assoc. Prof. MATSUDA, Iwao
FY2017
Name Research subject Affiliation Hosted by
GODDARD, Paul High-magnetic-field thermodynamics of quantum spin chainsvv University of Warwick (U.K.) Assoc. Prof. KOHAMA, Yoshimitsu
JI, Sungdae Pressure-Induced Quantum Phases in a Kitaev honeycomb magnet alpha-RuCl3 Max Planck POSTECH/HshinchuCenter for Complex Phase Materials (Germany) Assoc. Prof. MASUDA, Takatsugu