Experience

• Apr. 2026 -  Present
  Postdoctoral fellow (JSPS Overseas Fellow)
  Quantum Matter and Quantum Information Theory Group, Group of Prof. Dr. Johannes Knolle
  TUM School of Natural Sciences, Technical University of Munich

Education

• Apr. 2023 -  Mar. 2026
  PhD candidate, Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University
  (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Masahito Mochizuki)

PhD thesis (FY2025):
"Intrinsic Excitations in Quantum Magnets: Symmetry, Topology, and Many-Body Effects"

• Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023
  MSc student, Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University
  (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Masahito Mochizuki)

MSc thesis (FY2022):
"Theory of low-energy excitations and photocontrol of topological spin textures in spin-charge coupled magnets"
Koizumi Award FY2022 (Master thesis award in Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University)

• Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2021
  BSc student, Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University
  (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Masahito Mochizuki)

BSc thesis (FY2020):
"Theoretical study on photoinduced dynamics of topological magnetic structures in metallic magnets irradiated by circularly polarized light"

• Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2017
  Kagoshima Daiichi High School [私立鹿児島第一高等学校]

Experience as a visitor

• May. 17, 2024 -  Nov. 13, 2024 (181 days)
  Alexander Mook Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
  ※Supported by JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers (報告書)

Awards

• Best Poster Presentation Award [ICMFS2024]

■Achievement eligible for the award
RE and Masahito Mochizuki,
"Spin-wave modes and real-space topology in the quadruple-Q magnetic hedgehog lattices"
25th International Colloquium on Magnetic Films and Surfaces (ICMFS2024), the Hotel Giò Conference Center, Perugia, Italy, Jul. 2024

• JPS Student Presentation Award [日本物理学会 学生優秀発表賞(領域3)]

■Achievement eligible for the award
RE and Masahito Mochizuki,
"4重波数磁気ヘッジホッグ格子におけるトポロジカルマグノン"
"Topological magnons in the quadruple-Q magnetic hedgehog lattices"
日本物理学会2023年年次大会/JPS annual meeting 2023, Tohoku University, Sep. 2023

• Azusa Ono Memorial Award FY2022  [小野梓記念(学術)賞]
  (The best honored academic award from Waseda University)

■Achievement eligible for the award
RE, Rico Pohle, and Masahito Mochizuki,
"Low-energy excitations of skyrmion crystals in a centrosymmetric Kondo-lattice magnet: Decoupled spin-charge excitations and nonreciprocity",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 017201 (2022).

• Koizumi Award FY2022  [小泉賞]
  (Master thesis award in Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University)

Funding

• May. 2024 - Nov. 2024
  JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers (日本学術振興会若手研究者海外挑戦プログラム)
  Project title: Theoretical study on optical detection and control of magnon band topology
  (Staying at Alexander Mook Group, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany)
  JPY1,400,000  (~EUR8,000)

• Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2026
  JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (日本学術振興会特別研究員DC1)
  Project title: Theoretical study on magnetic excitations and photoinduced phenomena in topological magnetisms
  Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (Project No. 23KJ2047)
  FY2025: JPY1,000,000  (~EUR6,000)
  FY2024: JPY1,000,000  (~EUR6,000)
  FY2023: JPY1,000,000  (~EUR6,000)