CV
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.