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Education

PhD in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2026
- Advisor: Liang Fu
ME in Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, 2022
- Advisor: Naoto Nagaosa
BE in Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, 2020
- Advisor: Takasada Shibauchi, Kenichiro Hashimoto

Appointments and research experience

2026-09 - Present: Leinweber Postdoctoral Fellow
- Stanford University
2025-08 - 2025-12: KITP Graduate Fellow
- Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Faculty mentor: Professor Leon Balents
2022-09 - 2026-07: PhD Student
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Advisor: Professor Liang Fu
2022-04 - 2022-09: Doctoral Student
- University of Tokyo
- Advisor: Professor Takahiro Morimoto
2020-04 - 2022-03: Master’s Student
- University of Tokyo
- Advisor: Professor Naoto Nagaosa
2019-04 - 2020-03: Undergraduate Student
- University of Tokyo
- Advisors: Professor Takasada Shibauchi, Professor Kenichiro Hashimoto

Honors and awards

Andrew M. Lockett III Memorial Fund Award (2025): Awarded by Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dean’s Award (2020): Awarded by School of Engineering, University of Tokyo

Fellowships and scholarships

2026-09 - 2029-08: Leinweber Fellowship, Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University
2025-08 - 2025-12: KITP Graduate Fellowship, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
2025-09 - 2026-07: JASSO Graduate Scholarship for Degree Seeking Students, Japan Student Services Organization
2022-09 - 2024-08: Funai Overseas Scholarship, Funai Foundation for Information Technology
2022-04 - 2022-09: JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2021-01 - 2022-09: MERIT-WINGS, University of Tokyo

Service and leadership

2023-09 - 2025-05: President, Japanese Association of MIT
2023-04 - 2026-03: Information-session contributor, Japanese Graduate Student Association in the United States

Publications

Theory of Seebeck Ratchet in a Noncentrosymmetric Electron-Phonon Coupled System

Yugo Onishi, Hiroki Isobe, Naoto Nagaosa, "Theory of Seebeck Ratchet in a Noncentrosymmetric Electron-Phonon Coupled System." Physical Review B, 2021.

High-Pressure Phase Diagrams of FeSe1-xTex: Correlation between Suppressed Nematicity and Enhanced Superconductivity

K. Mukasa, K. Matsuura, M. Qiu, M. Saito, Y. Sugimura, K. Ishida, M. Otani, Y. Onishi, Y. Mizukami, K. Hashimoto, J. Gouchi, R. Kumai, Y. Uwatoko, T. Shibauchi, "High-Pressure Phase Diagrams of FeSe1-xTex: Correlation between Suppressed Nematicity and Enhanced Superconductivity." Nature Communications, 2021.

Pure Nematic Quantum Critical Point Accompanied by a Superconducting Dome

Kousuke Ishida, Yugo Onishi, Masaya Tsujii, Kiyotaka Mukasa, Mingwei Qiu, Mikihiko Saito, Yuichi Sugimura, Kohei Matsuura, Yuta Mizukami, Kenichiro Hashimoto, Takasada Shibauchi, "Pure Nematic Quantum Critical Point Accompanied by a Superconducting Dome." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022.

Theory of Shift Heat Current and Its Application to Electron-Phonon Coupled Systems

Yugo Onishi, Takahiro Morimoto, Naoto Nagaosa, "Theory of Shift Heat Current and Its Application to Electron-Phonon Coupled Systems." Physical Review B, 2022.

Effects of Relaxation on the Photovoltaic Effect and Possibility for Photocurrent within the Transparent Region

Yugo Onishi, Hikaru Watanabe, Takahiro Morimoto, Naoto Nagaosa, "Effects of Relaxation on the Photovoltaic Effect and Possibility for Photocurrent within the Transparent Region." Physical Review B, 2022.

Quantum Metric Nonlinear Hall Effect in a Topological Antiferromagnetic Heterostructure

Anyuan Gao, Yu-Fei Liu, Jian-Xiang Qiu, Barun Ghosh, Tha{\'i}s V., Yugo Onishi, Chaowei Hu, Tiema Qian, Hung-Ju Tien, Shao-Wen Chen, Mengqi Huang, Damien B{\'e}rub{\'e}, Houchen Li, Christian Tzschaschel, Thao Dinh, Zhe Sun, Sheng-Chin Ho, Shang-Wei Lien, Bahadur Singh, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, David Bell, Hsin Lin, Tay-Rong Chang, Chunhui Du, Arun Bansil, Liang Fu, Ni Ni, Peter Orth, Qiong Ma, Su-Yang Xu, "Quantum Metric Nonlinear Hall Effect in a Topological Antiferromagnetic Heterostructure." Science, 2023.

Fundamental Bound on Topological Gap

Yugo Onishi, Liang Fu, "Fundamental Bound on Topological Gap." Physical Review X, 2024.

High-Efficiency Energy Harvesting Based on a Nonlinear Hall Rectifier

Yugo Onishi, Liang Fu, "High-Efficiency Energy Harvesting Based on a Nonlinear Hall Rectifier." Physical Review B, 2024.

An Antiferromagnetic Diode Effect in Even-Layered MnBi2Te4

Anyuan Gao, Shao-Wen Chen, Barun Ghosh, Jian-Xiang Qiu, Yu-Fei Liu, Yugo Onishi, Chaowei Hu, Tiema Qian, Damien B{\'e}rub{\'e}, Thao Dinh, Houchen Li, Christian Tzschaschel, Seunghyun Park, Tianye Huang, Shang-Wei Lien, Zhe Sun, Sheng-Chin Ho, Bahadur Singh, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, David Bell, Arun Bansil, Hsin Lin, Tay-Rong Chang, Amir Yacoby, Ni Ni, Liang Fu, Qiong Ma, Su-Yang Xu, "An Antiferromagnetic Diode Effect in Even-Layered MnBi2Te4." Nature Electronics, 2024.