Members
The Watanabe Group studies theoretical condensed matter physics with an emphasis on symmetry-related universal phenomena in quantum many-body systems. We welcome inquiries from prospective students and visitors — please see the Admissions page for postgraduate admissions information, or contact Prof. Watanabe directly.
Principal Investigator
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Haruki Watanabe — Professor of Physics, IAS Professor
hwatanabe at ust.hk
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Weiguang Cao — CMT Center Fellow
weiguang at ust.hk -
Zhi-Feng Zhang — IAS Postdoctoral Fellow
zfzhang at ust.hk
PhD Students
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Hu Yaozong (3rd year, University of Tokyo)
yzhu at g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp -
Sena Watanabe (2nd year, MERIT-WINGS Program, University of Tokyo)
watanabe-sena397 at g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp -
Rintaro Masaoka (1st year, HKUST)
rmasaoka at ust.hk -
Shunsuke Sengoku (1st year, HKUST)
ssengoku at connect.ust.hk
Alumni
| Apr 2019 – Mar 2026 | Yohei Fuji → Lecturer, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University |
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| Apr 2021 – Mar 2026 | Hisanori Oshima (Master's, Mar 2023; PhD, Mar 2026) → Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Warwick |
| Oct 2022 – Sep 2025 | Changgeun Oh (PhD, Sep 2025) → Postdoctoral Researcher (in Japan) |
| Apr 2020 – Mar 2025 | Hirokazu Kobayashi (Master's, Mar 2022; PhD, Mar 2025) → Industry |
| Apr 2022 – Mar 2024 | Kohei Yajima (Master's, Mar 2024) → Industry |
| Apr 2022 – Mar 2024 | Soutaro Honda (Master's, Mar 2024) → Industry |
| Sep 2022 – Sep 2023 | Zijian Xiong (visiting researcher) → Lecturer, Chongqing Normal University |
| Apr 2020 – Mar 2023 | Seishiro Ono (PhD, Mar 2023) → Assistant Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo |
| Sep 2019 – Mar 2022 | Yankang Liu (Master's, Mar 2022) → Graduate study at UC Riverside |
| Apr 2018 – Mar 2021 | Akishi Matsugatani (PhD, Aug 2021) → Industry |
| Apr 2016 – Mar 2018 | Yuri Ishiguro (Master's, Mar 2018) → Industry |