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Personal Information

Name: Kohtaro Kato

Born: November 19, 1990

Nationality: Japanese (Citizenship in Japan)

Education and Research

2020-2021 Research-Associated Assistant Professor

Fujii group, Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology (QIQB), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

2017-2020 Postdoctoral Scholar

Brandao group, Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, Caltech, CA, USA

2014-2017 Ph.D in Physics. Supervisor: Mio Murao

Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Thesis: Correlations in quantum many-body systems and quantum information theoretic measures.

2012-2014 M.Sc. in Physics. Supervisor: Mio Murao

Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.

Master Thesis: Information theoretical analysis of entanglement in anyonic systems.

2008-2012 B.Sc. in Physics. Supervisor: Keiichi Kondo

The Center for Frontier Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.

Fellowship, Awards and Experience

2016-2018 Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

2015 Internship at Microsoft Research

The Quantum Architectures and Computation group (QuArC), Microsoft Research Redmond.

Mentor: Fernando G.S.L. Brandao

2012-2017 Advanced Leading Graduate Course for Photon Science (ALPS)

2008-2012 The Frontier Science Program

The Frontier Science Program is open to gifted students permitted to enter Chiba University without completing their final year of high school.