Tomoya Naito (内藤 智也)

Societies, Communities

• The Chemical Society of Japan
• The Physical Society of Japan
• Particle Physics Group (Nuclear Theory Sub Group) (Voting rights holder)
• Nuclear Theory Group
• Astro Nuclear Physics Group
• Japan Society of Nuclear and Radiochemical Sciences
• FRIB Theory Alliance
• ECT* Associate

Education

Degrees

• Bachelor of Science (Waseda University)
  March 15, 2017
  "Research of the Wigner term in atomic mass formula by the cluster variational method" (in Japanese)
  (Supervisor: Prof. Masatoshi Takano)
• Master of Science (The University of Tokyo)
  March 25, 2019
  "Relativistic density functional theory with finite-light-speed correction" (in English)
  (Supervisor: Prof. Shinji Tsuneyuki)
  (Chair of committee: Prof. Shinji Tsuneyuki, Co-chair of committee: Prof. Synge Todo, Prof. Osamu Morimatsu)
• Doctor of Philosophy (The University of Tokyo)
  March 24, 2022
  "On isospin symmetry breaking in nuclear density functional theory" (in English)
  (Supervisor: Prof. Shinji Tsuneyuki)
  (Chair of committee: Prof. Nobuaki Imai, Co-chair of committee: Prof. Takumi Doi, Prof. Kenji Fukushima, Prof. Kentaro Yako, and Prof. Hideaki Yamaguchi)
  Institutional Repository doi:10.15083/0002008958

Employment

Visiting Position

Educational Experience

Facilitators

Awards

• 2010 Japan Physics Olympic: Prized
• 2011 Japan Physics Olympic: Silver Medal
• 2011 Japan Chemistry Olympic: Bronze Medal
• FY2018 Award of Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Master's course)
• 2020 CAEN Best Young Speaker Award at the conference "Vth Topical Workshop on Modern Aspects in Nuclear Structure" held in Bormio
• Letter for Appreciation by The RIKEN President (associated with "2020 CAEN Best Young Speaker Award")
• A3F-CNSSS20 Young Scientist Award at "the 19th A3F-CNS Summer School 2020 (CNSSS20)" held online
• Letter for Appreciation by The RIKEN President (associated with "A3F-CNSSS20 Young Scientist Award")
• FY2021 Award of Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (PhD course)
• 2022 RIBF Users Group Thesis Awards
• PCM2025 Jury Prize at "Single-particle and collective motions from nuclear many-body correlation (PCM2025)" held in Aizu-Wakamatsu

Grant (rincipal Investigator)

• Overseas Dispatch, Computational Science Alliance, The University of Tokyo
  Visiting to U. Milan (From Jan. 29, 2018 To Feb. 11, 2018)
• Overseas Dispatch, Computational Science Alliance, The University of Tokyo
  Visiting to U. Milan (From Feb. 23, 2019 To Mar. 05, 2019)
• Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellowship
  "Density Functional Theory for Relativistic Effects"
  (From Apr. 25, 2019 To Mar. 31, 2022, No. 19J20543)
  (Direct Cost FY2019: JPY1,100,000, FY2020: JPY1,000,000, FY2021: JPY1,000,000)
• Grant for RIKEN Special Postdoctoral Researcher "Study of nuclear short-range correlation by beyond mean-field theory"
  (From Apr. 1, 2022 To Mar. 31, 2025)
  (Direct Cost FY2022: JPY1,000,000, FY2023: JPY1,000,000, FY2024: JPY1,000,000)
• Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
  "Theoretical development towards systematic studies of nuclear short-range correlation"
  (From Aug. 31, 2022 To Mar. 31, 2024, No. 22K20372)
  (Direct Cost FY2022: JPY1,100,000, FY2023: JPY1,100,000)
• Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
  Foundation of "Machine Learning Physics"—Revolutionary Transformation of Fundamental Physics by A New Field Integrating Machine Learning and Physics: Publicly Offered Research
  "Multi-body wave functions using unsupervised deep neural networks"
  (From Apr. 1, 2023 To Mar. 31, 2025, No. 23H04526)
  (Direct Cost FY2023: JPY1,000,000, FY2024: JPY1,000,000)
• Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
  "Systematic study on isospin symmetry breaking based on nuclear density functional theory"
  (From Apr. 1, 2024 To Mar. 31, 2027, No. 24K17057)
  (Direct Cost FY2024: JPY1,000,000, FY2025: JPY1,300,000, FY2026: JPY1,300,000)
• Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
  Foundation of "Machine Learning Physics"—Revolutionary Transformation of Fundamental Physics by A New Field Integrating Machine Learning and Physics: Publicly Offered Research
  "First-principles quantum many-body calculation with the combination of machine learning and theoretical calculation"
  (From Apr. 1, 2025 To Mar. 31, 2027, No. 25H01558)
  (Direct Cost FY2025: JPY1,000,000, FY2026: JPY1,000,000)
• Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellowship
  "Development of density matrix functional theory towards nucleon correlation"
  (From Apr. 1, 2025 To Mar. 31, 2028, No. 25KJ0405)
  (Direct Cost FY2025: JPY900,000, FY2026: JPY900,000, FY2027: JPY900,000)

Grant (Non-PI)

• JSPS-NSCF Bilateral Program for Joint Research Project on Nuclear mass and life for unraveling mysteries of the r-process (From Apr. 1, 2017 To Dec. 31, 2019, PI: Takashi Nakatsukasa and Shan-Gui Zhou)
• JSPS Bilateral Program for Joint Research Project on Fundamental physics with laser cooled heavy elements
  (From Aug. 1, 2018 To Jul. 31, 2020, PI: Yasuhiro Sakemi and Klaus Jungmann)
• RIKEN–Kyushu U. Science and Technology Hub Collaboration Program "Mathematical study of analytical methods for neutron-rich nuclear many-body systems" (From Jun. 30, 2022 To Mar. 31, 2023, PI: Takeru Yokota and Yukimi Goto)
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
  "Understanding anti-spin-relaxation coatings for gaseous atoms from the inside of the coatings"
  (From Apr. 1, 2023 To Mar. 31, 2026, No. 23H01845/23K26538, PI: Atsushi Hatakeyama)
  (Direct Cost FY2023: JPY14,750,000, FY2024: JPY2,750,000, FY2025: JPY2,500,000)
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
  "Theoretical predictions of particle yields after muon capture reactions for evaluations of soft-error upsets in memory devices"
  (From Apr. 1, 2023 To Mar. 31, 2026, No. 23K03426, PI: Futoshi Minato)
  (Direct Cost FY2023: JPY1,200,000, FY2024: JPY800,000, FY2025: JPY100,000)
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S)
  "Unraveling the Mysteries of Heavy Element Synthesis through Systematic Collinear Resonant Laser Ionization Spectroscopy"
  (From Apr. 1, 2025 To Mar. 31, 2030, No. 25H00402/25K24695, PI: Yoshikazu Hirayama)
  
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
  "Elucidation of nuclear decay of U-235m depending on chemical state—A path to comprehensive theoretical calculation of nuclear and electronic states"
  (From Apr. 1, 2025 To Mar. 31, 2029, No. 25K01003, PI: Yoshitaka Kasamatsu)
  (Direct Cost FY2025: JPY6,600,000, FY2026: JPY3,300,000, FY2027: JPY2,400,000, FY2028: JPY2,200,000)

Grant (Others) and Member of Consortium

• Top-Tier Premier International Research Consortium, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea
  "Establishment of an International Cooperation Platform for Extreme Rare Isotope Science"
  (July 01, 2024–June 30, 2033)
  Team member of Theoretical Group
• "RIKEN Quantum"
  Participating researcher (April 01, 2025–September 30, 2025), Collaborating researcher (October 01, 2025–)
• JST COI-NEXT
  "Center of Innovation for Sustainable Quantum AI (SQAI)"
  (October 01, 2022–March 31, 2032, No. JPMJPF2221, PI: Synge Todo)
  Project Assistant Professor (October 1, 2025–) of Quantum Simulation Team (PI: Takeshi Sato)

Organizers

1. "International forum for graduate students and young physicists on nuclear physics"
   (2019-11-23–2019-11-24, School of Physics, Peking University, China)
2. "Physics of RI: Recent progress and perspectives"
   (2022-05-30–2022-06-02, RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan)
3. "RCNP Workshop 'Neutron Star From Low-energy Nuclear Physics and High-energy Astrophysics'" (Contact Person)
   (2022-08-03–2022-08-05, Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Japan)
4. "RIBF Mini-Workshop 'Combining Nuclear Theory and Machine Learning for Fundamental Studies and Applications'"
   (2022-11-29–2022-11-30, RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan)
5. "YITP Domestic Molecule-Type Workshop 'Fundamentals in density functional theory (DFT2022)'" (Contact Person)
   (2022-12-07–2022-12-20, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan)
6. "RIKEN Symposium 'Second Workshop on Fundamentals in Density Functional Theory (DFT2024)'" (Contact Person)
   (2024-02-20–2024-02-22, Integrated Innovation Building, RIKEN Kobe Campus, Japan)
7. "RIBF Mini-Workshop 'How can laser spectroscopy at KISS contribute valuable insights to nuclear models?'"
   (2024-05-16, RIKEN Nishina Center, Japan)
8. "YITP Workshop 'Nucleosynthesis and Evolution of Neutron Stars (XRB2025)'" (Co-Chair)
   (2025-01-27–2025-01-30, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan)
9. "iTHEMS-RCNP Workshop 'Third Workshop on Density Functional Theory: Fundamentals, Developments, and Applications (DFT2025)'" (Contact Person)
   (2025-03-25–2025-03-27, Integrated Innovation Building, RIKEN Kobe Campus, Japan)
10. "XIIIth International Symposium on Nuclear Symmetry Energy (NuSym25)" (Scientific Secretary)
    (2025-09-08–2025-09-12, Integrated Innovation Building, RIKEN Kobe Campus, Japan)
11. "Workshop on recent developments from QCD to nuclear matter"
    (2025-12-17–2025-12-20, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
12. "RCNP Workshop 'Fourth Workshop on Density Functional Theory: Fundamentals, Developments, and Applications (DFT2026)'" (Scientific Secretary)
    (2026-01-28–2026-01-30, Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Japan)
13. "Quantum Computing for Nuclear Physics (QC-NP 2026)" (Scientific Secretary)
    (2026-10-13–2026-10-20, Koshiba Hall, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
14. "The 18th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies (OMEG18)"
    (2026-10-20–2026-10-23, The Large Conference Room, RIKEN Wako Campus, Japan)

Short-term Visitor

Only overseas stays (including before/after workshop) and domestic stays longer than one week are shown.