Bio
Satoshi Okamoto is a condensed-matter theorist, working on strongly-correlated electron systems, such as unconventional superconductors, quantum magnets, and topological insulators. He uses a variety of theoretical techniques ranging from analytical ones, such as Hartree-Fock approximation, auxiliary-particle methods (slave boson, slave fermion and Schwinger boson), spin-wave expansion, bosonization, to numerical ones, such as density functional theory, dynamical mean field theory, and exact diagonalization methods. He is also working on transport phenomena, including fractional Chern insulators and spin-Hall effects.
Professional Experience
2006/12 — present: Research Staff, Materials Science & Technology Division, ORNL
2013/09: Visiting Scientist, Strong Correlation Physics Division, Center for Emergent Matter Science, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)
2010/09: Visiting Scientist, Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN
2003/04 — 2006/11: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Columbia University
2001/04 — 2003/03: Special Postdoctoral Researcher, RIKEN
1998/04 — 2001/03: Research Fellow, Tohoku University
Awards
2006: IUPAP Young Scientist Medal in the field of magnetism, for theoretical/computational work
2016: APS Fellow (Division of Condensed Matter Physics)
Education
2001: Ph. D. in Physics, Tohoku University
1998: M. Eng. in Applied Physics, Nagoya University
1996: B. Eng. in Applied Physics, Nagoya University
Professional Service
2016/11/27 — 12/02: Co-organizer of Symposium EM5—Materials and Mechanisms of Correlated Electronic Phenomena in Oxide Heterostructures, 2016 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts
2017/04/18 — 21: Co-organizer of Symposium ES10—Frontiers in Oxide Interface Spintronics—Magnetoelectrics, Multiferroics and Spin-Orbit Effects, 2017 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Phoenix, Arizona
2018/03/05 — 09: Co-organizer of Focus Session—10.1.3 Magnetic Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures, 2018 APS March Meeting, Los Angeles, California
Professional Affiliations
American Physical Society
Physical Society of Japan