Masahiro O. Takahashi (X: @MOT_phys)
Postdoctoral researcher at Computational Materials Science Research Team, RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS), Kobe
Email: masahiro.takahashi[at]riken.jp ([at] →@)
Keywords of interest: fractional systems, entanglement, out-of-equilibrium dynamics, topological order, 2D tensor-network, quantum simulation
I am interested in strongly correlated electron systems, particularly highly frustrated magnets such as quantum spin liquids (QSLs) where fractional excitations including Abelian and non-Abelian anyons are thought to emerge through spin fractionalization. During my Ph.D. course, I focused on lattice defects as accessible terminals for directly detecting and characterizing spin fractionalization to theoretically uncover new phenomena driven by exotic fractional particles in a QSL.
Education
Ph.D. in Department of Materials Engineering Science, Osaka University, 2025 [Supervisor: Professor Satoshi Fujimoto]
ME in Department of Materials Engineering Science, Osaka University, 2022 [Supervisor: Professor Satoshi Fujimoto]
BSc in Faculty of Science, Osaka City University, 2020 [Supervisor: Professor Akira Oguri]
Fellowship
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow (PD): April 2025 – March 2028
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellow (DC1): April 2022 – March 2025
Osaka University Doctoral Education Leading Program "Interactive Materials Science Cadet Program": April 2020 – March 2025
Awards
Poster prize of the frustrated quantum magnetism school: November 2024.
Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering Science Award: March 2022.
Innovative Educational Research Activity Award, Osaka University Doctoral Education Leading Program "Interactive Materials Science Cadet Program," 2021: May 2021.
Grants
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI No. JP25KJ0409: April 2025 – March 2028.
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI No. JP22J20066: April 2022 – March 2025.
Grant-in-Aid for Education and Research 2021(, which is intended to support the expenses of educational and research activities based on the free, creative, or ambitious ideas of doctoral students. This funding is obtained through competitions within the Leading Graduate School program.