Members

Email: bill.munro (at) oist.jp
Contact: +81 (0)98-966-8629

William John MUNRO received his D. Phil degree in Physics from the University of Waikato (NZ) in 1995 and has spent the majority of his career as an industrial scientist in both Hewlett Packard and NTT Basic Research Laboratories. Joining OIST in 2023, Bill’s research focus in Quantum Science ranges from foundational issues of quantum theory through to applications of quantum technology and designs for their practical realization.

Email: naomi.sato (at) oist.jp
Contact: +81 (0)98-966-8641

Naomi worked in a Tokyo-based International NPO for 11 years and worked in Vietnam, the Philippines, Nepal, Cote d'Ivoire, Tanzania and Kenya as an on-site coordinator/administrator, and local tour guide for company study tours. Naomi joined OIST in 2015 as an academic-industrial coordinator of OIST Innovation for 8 years, and has been working as RUA of the Quantum Engineering and Design Unit since July 1, 2023.

Email: seungbum.chin (at) oist.jp

Seungbeom Chin earned his Ph.D. in physics from Seoul National University. He worked as a researcher at SungKyunKwan University and ICTQT, focusing on quantum information theories. He is recently working on the development of a novel graph-based method for designing linear quantum networks that generate multipartite entanglement. He also loves jazz, museums, painting, Borges, Dostoyevski, and basketball.

Email: ivan.iakoupov (at) oist.jp

Ivan Iakoupov has a Ph.D. in quantum physics from the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. Ivan has worked on theoretical quantum optics, atomic physics, and circuit QED. Now, as a postdoc in OIST, Ivan is interested in applying advanced analytical and numerical techniques to find new applications for the diverse experimental platforms.

Email: heitor.peres (at) oist.jp

Heitor Casagrande received his Ph.D. degree in Physics from the Singapore University of Technology and Design in 2024, where he worked with quantum systems simulations and quantum complexity. Having joined OIST the same year, Heitor's interests range from renormalization group techniques with tensor networks and neural network quantum states to open quantum systems dynamics, as well as quantum chaos and complexity.

Email: oliver.bellwood (at) oist.jp

Oliver received his PhD from the University of Queensland in 2023. His background is in quantum spin chains and magnetic Raman spectroscopy. At OIST, he is researching the simulation of low-dimensional condensed matter systems in the context of quantum computation. Beyond research, Oliver divides his time between chess, bouldering, and, most often, eating as much local food as he can.

Email: p.li (at) oist.jp

Peizhe got his PhD degree at NII (National Institute of Informatics), where he worked on the design and evaluation of quantum repeater schemes based on continuous variable codes and cavity-QED under the supervision of Prof. Kae Nemoto, followed by the work started during his master’s study at University of Mainz advised by Prof. Peter van Loock. Peizhe joined OIST in October 2024 as a postdoc and his recent work focuses on the application of graph states and bosonic codes in quantum communication/repeater networks and potentially distributed quantum computing.

Email: hideaki.kawai (at) oist.jp
Aki acquired a Master's degree in Physics from the University of the Basque Country in Spain, where he studied adiabatic quantum computing and counterdiabatic driving. At OIST, he is expanding his interest into formal verification methods of quantum programming and aims to implement them in functional programming with dependent types. Aki is also into coffee and beer, and someday, he wants to start research on the communicational role of beverage-driven human interactions in modern society.

Email: kacper.nowak (at) oist.jp
Kacper received his MSc degree in Quantum Science and Technology from Trinity College Dublin, working on entanglement in spin chains in collaboration with the University of Malta. His interests include quantum systems simulations, condensed matter physics, and quantum computation. Beyond research, Kacper can often be found kickboxing, snorkeling, playing board games, or exploring Okinawa.