Graduate School of Science
Department of
Physics
The objective of the Department of Physics is to cultivate human resources who have advanced expertise and the ability to conduct research in the fields of physics and applied physics, based on a deep understanding and insight into natural science as well as a sense of ethics and an international perspective. The department also aims to foster researchers who possess creative research capabilities and abilities to guid research, based on broad knowledge in related academic fields, and educators who have a foundation in physics and applied physics.
List of Research Areas and Faculty Members
| Major | Name | Title | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary Particle Physics | SUZUKI Katsuhiko | Professor | Nuclear Theory |
| YAGYU Kei | Associate Professor | Particle Theory | |
| Condensed Matter Physics | SAKAI Kazumitsu | Professor | Mathematical Physics / Statistical Physics |
| SAKATA Hideaki | Professor | Ultralow Temperature Physics | |
| TOKUNAGA Eiji | Professor | Optical Physics | |
| NAGASHIMA Yasuyuki | Professor | Positron Annihilation / Positronium Physics | |
| NISHIO Taichiro | Professor | Superconductive Materials | |
| NIKUNI Tetsuro | Professor | Low Temperature Quantum Physics | |
| YAMAMOTO Takahiro | Professor | Condensed Matter Theory / Computational Materials Science | |
| NAGATA Yugo | Associate Professor | Atomic Spectroscopy / Atomic Collisions and Antimatter | |
| NISHIHARA Taishi | Associate Professor | Optical condensed matter physics | |
| Quantum Infomation Physics | TSAI JAW SHEN | Professor | Superconductivity / Quantum Information |
| YOSHIHARA Fumiki | Professor | Quantum Information | |
| Mark Paul Sadgrove | Associate Professor | Nano-optics / Laser cooled atom | |
| SANAKA Kaoru | Associate Professor | Quantum Optics / Quantum Information | |
| Earth and Planetary Physics | KIMURA Tomoki | Associate Professor | Planetary Physics / Space Plasma Physics |
| SATO Masahiko | Associate Professor | Earth and Planetary Magnetism | |
| Astrophysics | MATSUSHITA Kyoko | Professor | X-ray Astronomy |
| KASE Ryotaro | Associate Professor | Cosmology / Gravity Theory | |
| Biophysics | UMEMURA Kazuo | Professor | Biophysics |
| TOMO Tatsuya | Professor | Photo-biochemical Physics | |
| Visiting Faculty Members and Research Fields Based on the Joint Graduate School System | |||
| Condensed Matter Physics | Ogino Hiraku | Visiting Professor | Inorganic Solid-State Chemistry |
| IKEDA Shin-ichi | Visiting Professor | Materials Science | |
| TAKANO Yoshihiko | Visiting Professor | Superconductive Materials | |
| EISAKI Hiroshi | Visiting Professor | Superconductivity | |
| Quantum Infomation Physics | TARUCHA Seigo | Visiting Professor | Quantum Infomation Electronics |
| Applied Physics | KAWAKAMI Erika | Visiting Associate Professor | Quantum Information Science |
| WADA Tomoyuki | Visiting Professor | Photonics | |
| SAITO Shiro | Visiting Professor | Quantum Information Physics | |
| SHIMIZU Takahisa | Visiting Professor | Organic Electroluminescence | |
| Astrophysics | TAMAGAWA Toru | Visiting Professor | X-ray and γ-ray Astronomy |
| TANAKA Koji (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) |
Visiting Associate Professor | Space Energy Science and Engineering | |
| TACHIKAWA Sumitaka | Visiting Associate Professor | Thermal engineering | |
| MURAKAMI GO | Visiting Associate Professor | Earth and planetary physics | |
