Katsuki Aoki (青木 勝輝)
Program-Specific Assistant Professor at Center for Gravitational Physics and Quantum Information, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
Personal
Date of birth: 2 January, 1991
Nationality: Japanese
Language skills: Japanese (mother tongue), English (fluent)
Education
Sep. 2014 - Mar. 2017: Ph.D. Physics, Waseda University
Dissertation: Cosmological and astrophysical aspects of massive spin-2 field
Supervisor: Prof. Kei-ichi Maeda
Apr. 2013 - Sep. 2014: M.S. Physics, Waseda University
Master's Thesis: Cosmological applications of bigravity theory
Supervisor: Prof. Kei-ichi Maeda
Apr. 2009 - Mar. 2013: B.S. Physics, Waseda University
Employment
Main Position
Jul. 2022 - Present: Program-Specific Assistant Professor, YITP, Kyoto University
Apr. 2022 - Jun. 2022: Research Assistant Professor, YITP, Kyoto University
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2022: JSPS Research Fellow/Research Assistant Professor, YITP, Kyoto University
Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019: Assistant Professor, Waseda University
Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018: JSPS Research Fellow, Waseda University
Concurrent Position
Sep. 2024 - Mar. 2025: Part-time Lecturer, Waseda University
Sep. 2020 - Mar. 2023: Part-time Lecturer, Konan University
Funding Information
Sep. 2024 - Aug. 2026: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS International Research Fellow, Gravitational waves and scattering amplitudes, Collaborator: Andrea Cristofoli
Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2028: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Study on gravity and cosmology with EFT and S-matrix methods
Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2024: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Exploring fundamental variables of gravity through early universe observations
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2022: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow, Extended theories of gravity from fundamental physics and their observational tests
Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow, Theoretical study and observational validity of bigravity theory
Teaching Experience
Dec. 2024 - Jan. 2025: Advanced Particle Astrophysics (intensive lectures), Waseda University
Oct. 2023: Modern physics (omnibus lectures), Kyoto University
Sep. 2020 - Mar. 2023: Exercise on quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics, Konan University
Apr. 2018 - Sep. 2018: Classical mechanics, Waseda University
Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019: Exercise on quantum mechanics, Waseda University
Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019: Basic experiments in Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Awards and Honours
The paper “PTEP 2023 (2023) 7, 072E01” was selected as JPS Hot Topics, The Physical Society of Japan, 2023
Distinguished EPJ referees, The European Physical Journal, 2020
Early Graduation of Doctoral Degree, Waseda University, 2017
2015 Outstanding Presentation Award Gold Prize, JGRG25, 2015
Master’s Thesis Award in Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Waseda University, 2014
Early Graduation of Master's Degree, Waseda University, 2014
Academic Societies
Oct. 2024 - Sep. 2025: Executive Director of Rironkon
2019 - Present: Rironkon (Japan Theoretical Astronomy and Astrophysics Forum)
2016 - Present: Japan Particle and Nuclear Theory Forum
2013 - Present: The Physical Society of Japan