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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 |