Hi there!
Welcome to my personal and professional website. I am a research assistant professor at Rice University, working in the group of Prof. Junichiro Kono. My current research interests include light-matter interaction in the ultrastrong coupling regime and ultrafast spectroscopy of quantum materials.
Recent news
- Oct 2025 — What counts as a “chiral phonon”?
- Oct 2025 — Engineering Phonons for More Efficient Perovskites
- Aug 2025 — Our paper “Perspective on Quantum Vacuum in Matter” has been chosen for inclusion in Spotlight on Optics
- Jul 2025 — Quantum control at the edge: new frontiers without magnets or cryogenics
- Jun 2025 — Rice scientists harness vacuum fluctuations to engineer quantum materials
- Apr 2025 — New quantum breakthrough could transform computing and communication
- Apr 2025 — They built a crystal to trap light – and found a new kind of quantum link
- Apr 2025 — Rice scientists find that matter mediates ultrastrong coupling between photons
- Apr 2025 — Rice scientists uncover quantum surprise: Matter mediates ultrastrong coupling between light particles
- Jan 2024 — Electronic pathways identified as potential enhancer for collective atomic vibrations
- Dec 2023 — Electronic pathways may enhance collective atomic vibrations’ magnetism
- Dec 2023 — Electronic pathways may enhance collective atomic vibrations’ magnetism
- Dec 2023 — Magnetic twists in chiral phonons enhanced by electronic topology
- Feb 2022 — Strong magnets put new twist on phonons
- May 2021 — ‘Magic angle’ device can rotate terahertz polarization by 90° or more
- Aug 2020 — Rice’s RAMBO-II: A sequel better than the original
- Aug 2020 — Rice’s RAMBO-II spectrometer will have stronger magnets, wider range of lasers