Curriculum Vitae

Akio Kawasaki

Address: Tsukuba Central 3

1-1-1 Umezono

Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki 305-8563, Japan

E-mail address: akio．kawasaki＠aist．go．jp

Professional Experience

2023/10- Senior Researcher, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technoogy (AIST)

04/2021-2023/09 Researcher, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

02/2021 Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

02/2018-01/2021  William M. and Jane D. Fairbank Postdoctoral Fellow, W. W. Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory and Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

08/2017-01/2018 Postdoctoral scholar, Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Education

09/2010-08/2017 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA

  Ph.D. in physics

04/2010-08/2010 the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  Temporarily belonged to the master course at Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science

04/2006-03/2010 the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Bachelor of Science, Physics

Research Grants

The conversion rate between US dollar (USD) and Japanese Yen (JPY) is 1 USD = 155.78 JPY as of May 10, 2024.

2022/4-2029/3 Japan Science and Technology Agency FOREST Grant: 49,950,000 JPY

  “Improving the precision of spectroscopies with quantum measurements and its applications”

2022/4-2025/3 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B): 13,600,000 JPY

  “Dark matter search with precision spectroscopies of ytterbium”

2022/01-2023/12 Research Foundation for Opto-Science and Technology: 600,000 JPY

  “Search for a narrow-linewidth transition at 431 nm in ytterbium towards a search for dark matter”

2021/10-2023/3 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up: 2,400,000 JPY

  “Search for a narrow-linewidth transition at 431 nm in ytterbium”

Teaching Experience

02/2014-05/2014 Teaching Assistant of 8.421 Atomic and Optical Physics I class at MIT

  Assisted making an online homework system, held recitations and office hours, and graded midterm exam and term papers.

04/2010-07/2010 Teaching Assistant of Junior Experiment Class at the University of Tokyo

  Taught at a junior experiment class on the gamma ray detection by scintillation counters.

Prize and Awards
02/2018-01/2021 William M. and Jane D. Fairbank Postdoctoral Fellowship

04/2013 Open House Poster Session Prize First Prize

03/2009 Elite Science Students Visit Abroad Program Dean's Award

03/2006 Nezu Prize (a prize for 2 highest-achieving students at the graduation of my high school)

07/2005 37th International Chemistry Olympiad Silver Medal

11/2004 High School Chemistry Grand Prix 2004 (domestic chemistry Olympiad) Highest Award

07/2004 36th International Chemistry Olympiad Gold Medal

11/2003 High School Chemistry Grand Prix 2003 Silver Award

Last update: May 11, 2024