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The Watanabe Group studies theoretical condensed matter physics with an emphasis on symmetry-related universal phenomena in quantum many-body systems. We welcome inquiries from prospective students and visitors — please see the Home page for postgraduate admissions information, or contact Prof. Watanabe directly.

Principal Investigator

  • Haruki Watanabe — Professor of Physics & IAS Professor
    Email: hwatanabe [at] ust.hk

Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Weiguang Cao (曹 偉光) — CMT Center Fellow
    Email: weiguang [at] ust.hk

PhD Students

  • Hu Yaozong (3rd year)
    Email: yzhu [at] g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • Sena Watanabe (2nd year, MERIT-WINGS Program, University of Tokyo)
    Email: watanabe-sena397 [at] g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
  • Rintaro Masaoka (1st year, Research Assistant)
    Email: rmasaoka [at] ust.hk

MPhil Students

  • Shunsuke Sengoku (2nd year)
    Email: ssengoku [at] connect.ust.hk

Alumni

Period Name Current Position
Apr 2019 – Mar 2026 Yohei Fuji Lecturer, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University
Apr 2021 – Mar 2026 Hisanori Oshima Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Warwick
Oct 2022 – Sep 2025 Changgeun Oh Postdoctoral Researcher (in Japan)
Apr 2020 – Mar 2025 Hirokazu Kobayashi Industry
Apr 2022 – Mar 2024 Kohei Yajima Industry
Apr 2022 – Mar 2024 Soutaro Honda Industry
Sep 2022 – Sep 2023 Zijian Xiong (visiting researcher) Lecturer, Chongqing Normal University
Apr 2020 – Mar 2023 Seishiro Ono Assistant Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
Oct 2019 – Mar 2022 Yankang Liu Graduate study at UC Riverside