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