Members
- Associate Professor
- Assistant Professor
- Postdoctoral Researchers
- Students
- Hikaru Sakakibara (榊原光)
- Xun Liu (刘汛)
- Yixin Guo (郭一昕)
- Tingyu Zhang (张庭宇)
- Zhaozhan Zhang (张朝展)
- Minglong Li (李铭龙)
- Previous Members
- Undergraduate Research Intern
Associate Professor
Haozhao Liang (梁豪兆)

- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- Guest Associate Professor (Until April 2020)
- Associate Professor (Since May 2020)
- RIKEN
- Senior Research Scientist, Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center (Until April 2020)
- Visiting Research Scientist, Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center (May 2020–March 2022)
- Visiting Research Scientist, Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS), RIKEN (Since April 2022)
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Physics (Peking University, China), July 2005
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Doctor of Science in Physics (Peking University, China and University of Paris Sud, France), July 2010
Thesis title: "Nuclear charge-exchange excitations in a self-consistent covariant approach" - Award
- IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Nuclear Physics, 2016 (September 2016)
- Top Reviewer Award, 2021 (Chinese Physics C) (November 2021)
- Research Topics
- Nuclear many-body problems
- General ideas of density functional theory
- Databases
- haozhao.liang [at] phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Assistant Professor
Hiroyuki Tajima (田島裕之)

- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- Assistant Professor (Since April 2021)
- RIKEN
- Visiting Scientist, Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center (Since October 2019)
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Science (Keio University, Japan), March 2012
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Master of Science (Keio University, Japan), March 2014
Thesis title: "Spin-Gap Phenomenon in the BCS-BEC Crossover Regime of An Ultracold Fermi Gas" -
Doctor of Science (Keio University, Japan), March 2017
Thesis title: "Thermodynamic properties of an ultracold Fermi gas in the BCS-BEC crossover region" - Awards
- Third Prize at 34th East-Japan Weightlifting Championship (56kg) (September 2010)
- Fujiwara Prize at Keio University (March 2017)
- Award on Public Relations at Kochi University (October 2021)
- 17th Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan (Division 1)
- Research Topics
- Quantum Many-body Theory
- Cold Atom/Nuclear Matter/Superconductivity and Superfluidity
- Databases
- hiroyuki.tajima [at] phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
- Personal Webpage
- Youtube Channel (Hiroyuki Tajima)
- Youtube Channel (Dr. タージー)
Postdoctoral Researchers
Zuxing Yang (杨祖星)

- RIKEN
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Radioactive Isotope Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center (Since September 2021)
- Degrees
- Bachelor in Physics (Northwest University, China), June 2016
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PhD in Theoretical Nuclear Physics (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China), June 2021
Thesis title: "Research on the density and momentum profile of atomic nuclei" - Research Topics
- Neural Network
- Heavy-ion Collision
- Databases
- zuxing.yang [at] riken.jp
Tomoya Naito (内藤智也)

- RIKEN
- Student Trainee, Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center (June 2017&nash;March 2022)
- Special Postdoctoral Researcher, Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS) (Since April 2022)
- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- Master's Course Student (Tsuneyuki research group, April 2017–March 2019)
- PhD Course Student (Tsuneyuki research group, April 2019–March 2022)
- Visiting Scientist
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Science (Waseda University, Japan), March 2017
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Master of Science (The University of Tokyo, Japan), March 2019
Thesis title: "Relativistic density functional theory with finite-light-speed correction" -
Doctor of Philosophy (The University of Tokyo, Japan), March 2022
Thesis title: "On isospin symmetry breaking in nuclear density functional theory" - Awards
- FY2018 Award of Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (March 2019)
- 2020 CAEN Best Young Speaker Award (February 2020)
- CNSSS Young Scientist Awards in 2020 (August 2020)
- FY2021 Award of Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (March 2022)
- 2022 RIBF Users Group Thesis Award (September 2022)
- Research Topics
- General ideas of density functional theory
- Coulomb functionals in nuclear density functional theory
- Electronic structures of super-heavy elements
- Application of many-body physics to fundamental physics
- Databases
- tnaito [at] ribf.riken.jp
- Personal webpage
Students
Hikaru Sakakibara (榊原光)

- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- Master's Course Student (April 2018–March 2020)
- PhD Course Student (Since April 2020)
- RIKEN
- Student Trainee, Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center (June 2018–March 2020)
- RIKEN Junior research associate, RIKEN iTHEMS Program (Since April 2020)
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Science (Osaka University, Japan), March 2018
-
Master of Science (The University of Tokyo, Japan), March 2020
Thesis title: "Development of functional renormalization group and its application in one-dimensional nucleon systems" - Research Topics
- Functional renormalization group
- hikaru.sakakibara [at] riken.jp
Xun Liu (刘汛)

- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- Master's Course Student (April 2019–March 2021)
- PhD Course Student (Since April 2021)
- RIKEN
- Student Trainee, Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center (April 2019&nash;March 2022)
- Student Trainee, Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS), RIKEN (Since April 2022)
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Science in Physics (Nanjing University, China), June 2017
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Master of Science (The University of Tokyo, Japan), March 2021
Thesis title: "Studies on 2-Dimensional Conformal Field Theory through Sine-Square Deformation" - Research Topics
- Conformal field theory
- Databases
- xun.liu [at] tnp.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Yixin Guo (郭一昕)

- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- Master's Course Student (October 2019–September 2021)
- PhD Course Student (Since October 2021)
- RIKEN
- Student Trainee, Quantum Hadron Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Nishina Center (October 2019–September 2021)
- RIKEN Junior research associate, RIKEN iTHEMS Program (Since October 2021)
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Natural Science in Physics (University of Science and Technology of China, China), June 2019
-
Master of Science (The University of Tokyo, Japan), September 2021
Thesis title: "Non-relativistic expansion of Dirac equation with spherical scalar and vector potentials" - Award
- Research Topics
- Many-body correlation on quantum many-body clusters
- The connection between the relativistic and non-relativistic density functional theories
- Accelerator physics
- Databases
- guoyixin1997 [at] g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
- Personal Webpage
Tingyu Zhang (张庭宇)

- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- Master's Course Student (October 2020–September 2022)
- PhD Course Student (Since October 2022)
- RIKEN
- RIKEN Junior research associate, RIKEN iTHEMS Program (Since April 2023)
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Natural Science in Physics (University of Science and Technology of China, China), June 2020
-
Master of Science (The University of Tokyo, Japan), September 2021
Thesis title: "Study of Andreev reflection realized by nonlinear radio-frequency transport in an ultracold Fermi gas" - Research Topics
- Quantum many-body problems
- Cold atoms
- Superfluidity and superconductivity
- Database
- zhangty [at] g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Zhaozhan Zhang (张朝展)

- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- PhD Course Student (Since October 2022)
- Degrees
- Bachelor in Nuclear Engineering and Technology (Sun Yat-Sen University, China), June 2020
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Master in Energy and Power (Sun Yat-Sen University, China), July 2022
Thesis title: "Theoretical study on the two-proton emission of exotic nuclei in the R-matrix framework" - Research Topics
- Quantum many-body problems
- Density functional theory
- Database
- ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6751-846X
- Scopus ID: 57225080337
Minglong Li (李铭龙)

- Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo
- Master's Course Student (Since October 2022)
- Degrees
- Bachelor of Applied Physics (Beihang University, China), June 2020
- Research Topics
- Quantum many-body problems
- minglong.li [at] tnp.phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Previous Members
Name | Period | Position in our group | Current position | |||
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Asahi Chikaoka | (近岡旭) | April 2017 | – | March 2022 | Master/PhD course student (U. Tokyo, Japan) | Private company |
Daisuke Ohashi | (大橋大介) | April 2017 | – | March 2019 | Master's course student (U. Tokyo, Japan) | Private company |
Zhiheng Wang | (王之恒) | March 2017 | – | January 2019 | PhD course student (Lanzhou U., China) | Lanzhou U., China |
Zhongming Niu | (牛中明) | September 2016 | – | August 2017 | Long-term visitor (RIKEN iTHES Researcher) | Anhui U., China |
Min Shi | (仕敏) | September 2016 | – | March 2017 | PhD course student (Anhui U., China) | Anhui Jianzhu U., China |
Shihang Shen | (申时行) | September 2015 | – | February 2016 | PhD course student (Peking U., China) | Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany |
Undergraduate Research Intern
Name | Period | Position in our group | Current position | |||
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Zi-Ting Sun | (孙子庭) | July 2019 | – | August 2019 | Undergraduate student (U. Sci. and Tech. of China, China) | U. Sci. and Tech. of China, China |
Zhenyu Wang | (王振宇) | July 2019 | – | August 2019 | Undergraduate student (Nankai U., China) | Nankai U., China |
Yixin Guo | (郭一昕) | March 2019 | – | April 2019 | Undergraduate student (U. Sci. and Tech. of China, China) | U. Tokyo, Japan |
Yixin Guo | (郭一昕) | July 2018 | – | September 2018 | Undergraduate student (U. Sci. and Tech. of China, China) | U. Tokyo, Japan |
Chang Ma | (马畅) | August 2017 | – | October 2017 | Undergraduate student (Anhui U., China) | Shanghai Jiao-Tong U., China |
Tomoya Naito | (内藤智也) | October 2016 | – | March 2017 | Undergraduate student (Waseda U., Japan) | U. Tokyo, Japan |