Masafumi Horio  ――   Assistant professor, University of Tokyo
e-mail: mhorio[at]issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Research field

Photoemission and x-ray scattering study of strongly correlated electron systems

Education

• 03.2012   BSc, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo
• 03.2014   MSc, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo (Prof. Atsushi Fujimori's group)
Thesis: Angle-resolved photoemission study of the electron-doped cuprate superconductor Pr_1.3−xLa_0.7Ce_xCuO₄
• 03.2017   PhD, Department of Physics, University of Tokyo (Prof. Atsushi Fujimori's group)
Thesis: Photoemission studies of new electron-doped cuprate high-temperature superconductors
• 10.2012 ― 03.2017   Advanced Leading Graduate Course for Photon Science (ALPS) Fellowship
• 04.2014 ― 03.2017   Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1)

Professional experience

• 04.2017 ― 08.2020   Postdoc, Department of Physics, University of Zurich (Prof. Johan Chang's group)
• 01.2019 ― 06.2019   Forschungskredit Postdoc fellowship
• 09.2020 ― present   Assistant professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo (Prof. Iwao Matsuda's group)

Prizes, Awards

10. The Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research Incentive Award (January 2024).

9. The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science: Technical Award (November 2023).

8. High Temperature Superconductivity Forum Young Scientist Incentive Award (September 2019).

7. PhD thesis award: Department of physics, the University of Tokyo, (March 2017).

6. Best poster prize: Photon Factory symposium 2016, (Tsukuba, Japan, March 14-15, 2017).

5. Best poster prize: UVSOR symposium 2016, (Okazaki, Japan, October 29-30, 2016).

4. Best poster prize: International School “Multi-Condensates Superconductivity”, (Erice, Italy, July 20-24, 2014).

3. Best poster prize: Photon Factory symposium 2013, (Tsukuba, Japan, March 18-19, 2014).

2. Master thesis award: Department of physics, the University of Tokyo, (March 2014).

1. Best poster prize: 11th A3 Foresight Program Joint Research on Novel Properties of Complex Oxides, (Shanghai, China, October 29-31, 2012).

Memberships

• The Physical Society of Japan (JPS)
• The Japanese Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research (JSSRR)
• The Japan Society of Vacuum and Surface Science

Committee memberships

• JSSRR Public Relations Committee (October 2023 -)
• 14th JSSRR Young Researcher Workshop Organizing Committee (September 1-2, 2022)
• JPS Steering Committee (Division 5) (April 2022 - March 2023)
• 35th JSSRR annual meeting Organizing Committee (January 7-9, 2022)
• JSSRR Event Committee (October 2021 - September 2023)