Kazuki Yamamoto

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Born in Ikeda, Osaka, Japan.
Moved to Germany → Okayama → Hokkaido → Kyoto → Tokyo

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Education

  • Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2023
    Doctor Course, Department of Physics, Kyoto University
    Supervisor: Prof. Norio Kawakami

  • Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2020
    Master Course, Department of Physics, Kyoto University
    Supervisor: Prof. Norio Kawakami

  • Apr. 2014 – Mar. 2018
    Bachelor, Department of Physics, Kyoto University

Employments

  • Oct. 2024 – Present
    Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Institute of Science Tokyo
    (Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tokyo Medical and Dental University merged to form the Institute of Science Tokyo.)

  • Apr. 2023 – Sep. 2024
    Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology

  • Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2023
    JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)

  • Sep. 2019 – Mar. 2023
    Research Fellow, WISE Program (MEXT), Kyoto University

  • May 2019 – Mar. 2023
    Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Kyoto University

(Declined offers)

  • Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2026
    Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR), RIKEN

  • Apr. 2023 – Mar. 2026
    JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Young Scientists (PD)

Awards

  • Mar. 19, 2025
    Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan (Division 1: Atomic and Molecular Physics, Quantum Electronics, Radiation), Physical Society of Japan (News)
    (Title: Theory of fermionic superfluidity and critical phenomena in ultracold atoms subject to dissipation)

  • Feb. 12, 2025
    Best Teacher Award in the Department of Physics, Institute of Science Tokyo (News)
    (For interactive teaching practices that significantly improved student attendance in theoretical physics exercises.)

  • Sep. 13, 2024
    The 23rd Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Award, Tokyo Institute of Technology (News)
    (Title: Theoretical study toward realizing measurement-induced phase transitions in ultracold atoms)

  • May 18, 2024
    23rd Funai Information Research Award for Young Researchers, Funai Foundation for Information Technology (News 1, News 2)
    (Title: Exploration of superconductivity and measurement-induced phase transitions in open quantum many-body systems)

  • Feb. 2, 2024
    40th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists, Inoue Foundation for Science (News 1, News 2)
    (Title: Nonequilibrium quantum many-body physics in ultracold atoms subject to dissipation)

  • Dec. 20, 2023
    Young Scientist Research Award, Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    (Title: Theory of dissipation-induced superconductivity in strongly correlated open quantum systems)

  • Oct. 24, 2022
    Student Presentation Award of the Physical Society of Japan (Division 1)
    (Title: Universal properties of dissipative Tomonaga–Luttinger liquids with SU(N) symmetry: an approach via non-Hermitian exactly solvable models)

  • Sep. 2021
    Best Poster Award, International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems 2020
    (Title: Theory of collective excitations and nonequilibrium phase transition in dissipative fermionic superfluids)

  • Mar. 2021 – Oct. 2023, Mar. 2024 – Jun. 2025
    Highly Cited Paper, Web of Science Core Collection
    (Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 123601 (2019))

  • Dec. 2019
    Poster Award Silver Prize, International Conference on Topological Materials Science 2019
    (Title: Theory of non-Hermitian fermionic superfluidity with dissipation)

  • Sep. 2019
    Best Poster Award, International Conference on Strongly Correlated Electron Systems 2019
    (Title: Phase transitions in fermionic superfluidity with dissipation)

  • Feb. 2019
    Best Poster Award, Topological Phases and Functionality of Correlated Electron Systems 2019
    (Title: Fate of loss-induced superconductivity studied by non-Hermitian mean-field theory)

Lectures

Conference Organizing and External Programs

Referee Activities

Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. X, PRX Quantum, Phys. Rev. A, Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. Research, Commun. Phys., SciPost Phys., Prog. Theor. Exp. Phys.

Long-term Research Stays

Others

Teaching Assistant (Kyoto University):
Mechanics, Research Practice Q11, Computational Physics II, Statistical Mechanics A, Statistical Mechanics II (Exercise), Quantum Mechanics I (Exercise), Electromagnetism I (Exercise)

Qualifications:
Ski License (SAJ): General Class 2, Junior Class 1

Hobbies:
Football (since elementary school; good at shooting and long-distance kicks)
Swimming (until age 12; breaststroke was faster than crawl at that time)
Badminton (club activity in junior high school)
Running (since high school; usually 10 km on weekends or at night)