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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 Researchers

  • Weiguang Cao (曹 偉光) — CMT Center Fellow
    Email: weiguang [at] ust.hk
  • Zhi-Feng Zhang (张 志锋) — IAS Postdoctoral Fellow
    Email: zfzhang [at] ust.hk

PhD Students

  • Hu Yaozong (3rd year, University of Tokyo)
    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, HKUST)
    Email: rmasaoka [at] ust.hk
  • Shunsuke Sengoku (1st year, HKUST)
    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 (Master's, Mar 2023; PhD, Mar 2026) Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Warwick
Oct 2022 – Sep 2025 Changgeun Oh (PhD, Sep 2025) Postdoctoral Researcher (in Japan)
Apr 2020 – Mar 2025 Hirokazu Kobayashi (Master's, Mar 2022; PhD, Mar 2025) Industry
Apr 2022 – Mar 2024 Kohei Yajima (Master's, Mar 2024) Industry
Apr 2022 – Mar 2024 Soutaro Honda (Master's, Mar 2024) Industry
Sep 2022 – Sep 2023 Zijian Xiong (visiting researcher) Lecturer, Chongqing Normal University
Apr 2020 – Mar 2023 Seishiro Ono (PhD, Mar 2023) Assistant Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
Sep 2019 – Mar 2022 Yankang Liu (Master's, Mar 2022) Graduate study at UC Riverside
Apr 2018 – Mar 2021 Akishi Matsugatani (PhD, Aug 2021) Industry
Apr 2016 – Mar 2018 Yuri Ishiguro (Master's, Mar 2018) Industry