RESEARCH

Since before the discovery of topological insulators, I have been interested in topological phases, in particular topological aspects of superconductors. Also, recently I have studied topological crystalline insulators and superconductors in order to reveal the relation between symmetry and topology.

In the previous topological project, I had known various aspects of topological quantum phenomena, through many discussions and collaborations. In this new topological project, by taking into account electron correlation effects as well, I would like to develop theories of topological materials, predict new topological phenomena, and collaborate with experimentalists.

EDUCATION

1996

Ph.D. (Physics), Kyoto University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1996-1997

Research Fellow, Yukawa Memorial Foundation

1997-1999

Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

1999-2007

Research Associate, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo

2007-2012

Assistant Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo

2012-Present

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University

HONORS AND AWARDS

2011

The University of Tokyo The Institute for Solid State Physics Science Encouraging Prize

2013

17th Superconductivity Science and Technology Award

SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS

"Majorana Fermions and Topology in Superconductors"
M. Sato, S Fujimoto
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 85, 072001-1-32 (Jun. 2016)
DOI: 10.7566/JPSJ.85.072001

"Topological superconductivity in Dirac semimetals"
S Kobayashi, M. Sato
Physical review letters 115, 187001-1-5 (Oct. 2015)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.187001

"Z₂ topology in nonsymmorphic crystalline insulators: Möbius twist in surface states"
K Shiozaki, M. Sato, K Gomi
Physical Review B 91, 155120-1-9 (Apr. 2015)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.155120

"Crossed surface flat bands of Weyl semimetal superconductors"
B Lu, K Yada, M. Sato, Y Tanaka
Physical review letters 114, 096804-1-5 (Mar. 2015)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.096804

"Topology of crystalline insulators and superconductors"
K Shiozaki, M. Sato
Physical Review B 90, 165114-1-41 (Oct. 2014)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.165114

"Symmetry-Protected Majorana Fermions in Topological Crystalline Superconductors: Theory and Application to Sr₂RuO₄"
Y Ueno, A Yamakage, Y Tanaka, M. Sato
Physical review letters 111, 087002-1-6 (Aug. 2013)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.087002

"Symmetry Protected Topological Order and Spin Susceptibility in Superfluid ³He−B"
T Mizushima, M. Sato, K Machida
Physical review letters 109, 165301-1-5 (Oct. 2012)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.165301

"Symmetry and Topology in Superconductors –Odd-Frequency Pairing and Edge States–"
Y Tanaka, M. Sato, N Nagaosa
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 81, 011013-1-34 (Dec. 2011)
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.81.011013

"Topology of Andreev bound states with flat dispersion"
M. Sato, Y Tanaka, K Yada, T Yokoyama
Physical Review B 83, 224511-1-22 (Jun. 2011)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.224511

"Topological Odd-parity Superconductors"
M. Sato,
Physical Review B 81, 220504(R)-1-4 (Jun. 2010).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.220504

"Non-Abelian Topological Order in s-wave Superfluids of Ultracold Fermionic Atoms"
M. Sato, Y. Takahashi, and S. Fujimoto,
Physical Review Letters 103, 020401-1-4 (Jul. 2009).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.020401

"Topological properties of spin-triplet superconductors and the Fermi surface topology in the normal states"
M. Sato,
Physical Review B 79, 214526-1-6 (Jun. 2009).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.214526

"Topological Phase of Noncentrosymmetric Superconductors: Edge States, Majorana Fermions, and Non-Abelian Statistics"
M. Sato, and S. Fujimoto,
Physical Review B 79, 094504-1-61 (Mar. 2009).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.094504

"Non-Abelian statistics of axion strings"
M. Sato
Physics Letters B 575, 126-130 (Nov. 2003)
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2003.09.047

"Topological formulation of effective vortex strings"
M. Sato and S.Yahikozawa,
Nuclear Physics B 436, 100-1-29 (Nov. 1995).
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