Curriculum Vitae
政岡 凜太郎 · Rintaro Masaoka
Education and Positions
September 2026 - Present
Ph.D. in Physics
Watanabe Group, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
April 2026 - August 2026
Research Assistant
Watanabe Group, Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
April 2024 - March 2026
Master of Engineering in Applied Physics
Watanabe Group, Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
April 2020 - March 2024
Bachelor of Science in Physics
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
Awards & Honors
2026
Outstanding Presentation Award (Parallel Session I)
71st Condensed Matter Physics Summer School
2026
Dean's Award, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2026
Shoji Tanaka Award (Outstanding Master's Thesis in the Department of Applied Physics)
2025
Selected as a JSPS Research Fellow (DC1, FY2026; declined)
2024
Outstanding Presentation Award (Parallel Session, Statistical Mechanics)
69th Condensed Matter Physics Summer School
Fellowships and Funding
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS)
Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
2026 - 2029
Research Assistantship
WINGS Program "Forefront Physics and Mathematics Program to Drive Transformation" (FoPM)
October 2024 - February 2026