Who am I?

Hi! Welcome to my web site. I'm Masahito YAMAZAKI, a graduate student at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, the University of Tokyo. I'm also involved in the newly build institute of University of Tokyo, Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, and spending considerable time in California Institute of Technology. I'm majoring in theoretical physics, and in particular theoretical elementary particle physics.

I'm mainly engaged in research in string theory, but I'm also interested in related areas, such as particle phenomenology, cosmology and mathematics.

My recent reseach interest includes:

quiver gauge theories, brane tilings
AdS/CFT correspondence, Sasaki-Einstein manifolds
homological mirror symmetry, McKay correspondence
string phenomenology
flux compacitification and moduli stabilization
solitons in field theory and string theory
amoeba and tropical geometry
F-theory/Heterotic Duality
the theory on M2-branes
crystal melting, wall crossing phenomena and topological string theory
non-relativistic AdS/CFT correspondence

Education

(1983/5) Born in Nagoya, Japan
(1996/4-2002/3) Tokai Junior & Senior High School
(2002/4-2004/3) College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
(2004/4-2006/3) Undergraduate study at Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
(2006/4-2010/3) Graduate study at Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
(2008/9-2009/3, 2009/9-2010/3) Visiting student researcher at California Institute of Technology
(2010/3-) JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, University of Tokyo

Degrees

Ph.D.: University of Tokyo, March 2010
adviser: Hirosi Ooguri and Tsutomu Yanagida
thesis title: "Crystal Melting and Wall Crossing Phenomena"
M.S.: University of Tokyo, March 2008
adviser: Tohru Eguchi
thesis title: "Brane Tilings and Their Applications"
B.S.: University of Tokyo, March 2006

Academic Honors and Awards

(1996/4-2002/3) Fellowship, Tokai Junior and Senior High School
(2004/4-2008/3) Scholarship from Shinnihon Scholarship Foundation
Kenkyu-Shorei Sho (Research Award for Master Course Students), Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, March 2008
(2008/4-2010/3) JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1)
(2010/4-) JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)

Address

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
TEL: +81-3-5841-4137
FAX: +81-3-5841-4224 (secretary)

Address at Caltech

Mail Code 452-48, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Tel: +1-626-395-4420
Fax: +1-626-568-8473

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