Hi! Welcome to my web site. I am Masahito YAMAZAKI, an associate professor of physics at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), the University of Tokyo.

Before coming to Kavli IPMU I was a postdoctoral fellow at Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University, and Kavli IPMU. As a graduate student I studied at University of Tokyo and California Institute of Technology. Here is my Curriculum Vitae.

Research Area

My research area is theoretical physics, in particular theoretical high energy physics. I have been working broadly on quantum field theories and on string theory, sometimes at the interface of neighboring areas such as mathematics, particle phenomenology, cosmology and statistical mechanics.

Professional Experience

• (2018/2-) Associate Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo
• (2013/6-8, 2014/8-2018/1) Project Assistant Professor, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo
• (2016/9-2017/3) Visiting Scholar, Center for Fundamental Laws of Nature, Harvard University
• (2015/10-2015/12) Visiting Professor, University of Oxford
• (2013/9-2016/8) Member, Institute for Advanced Study
• (2013/9-2014/8) Visiting Associate Scientist, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo
• (2010/9-2013/5) Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton Center for Theoretical Science (see the description of the center), Princeton University
• (2010/4-2010/8) JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo
• (2008/4-2010/3) JSPS Doctoral Fellowship (DC1), Department of Physics, University of Tokyo

Education

• (2008/9-2009/3, 2009/9-2010/3) Visiting student researcher, California Institute of Technology
• (2006/4-2010/3) Graduate studies at the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
• (2004/4-2006/3) Undergraduate studies at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
• (2002/4-2004/3) College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
• (1996/4-2002/3) Tokai Junior and Senior High School
• (1983/5) Born in Nagoya, Japan

Academic Degrees

• Ph.D.: University of Tokyo, March 2010
  adviser: Hirosi Ooguri (and Tsutomu Yanagida) [find me in the physics tree]
  thesis title: "Crystal Melting and Wall Crossing Phenomena"
• M.S.: University of Tokyo, March 2008
  adviser: Tohru Eguchi
  thesis title: "Brane Tilings and Their Applications"
• B.S.: University of Tokyo, March 2006

Academic Honors and Awards

• (2013/03) 7th Particle Physics Medal: Young Scientist Award in Theoretical Particle Physics
• (2012/12) 29th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists
• (2010/4-2010/8) JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)
• (2010/3) Kenkyu-Shorei Sho (Research Award for PhD Students), Department of Physics, University of Tokyo
• (2008/4-2010/3) JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1)
• (2008/3) Kenkyu-Shorei Sho (Research Award for Master Course Students), Department of Physics, University of Tokyo
• (2006/4-2008/3) Scholarship, Japan Student Services Organization
• (2004/4-2008/3) Scholarship, Shinnihon Scholarship Foundation
• (1996/4-2002/3) Fellowship, Tokai Junior and Senior High School

Address

Kavli Institute for Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo,
5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, 277-8583, Japan

Last modified on Wednesday, 13-Mar-2019 23:53:14 JST