Rate My Professor Masaya Ishino

Masaya Ishino serves as Professor and Director of the International Center for Elementary Particle Physics (ICEPP) within the School of Science at The University of Tokyo, a position he has held since April 2016. His academic journey began at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Keio University, followed by graduate studies in Physics and Astrophysics at Kyoto University's Graduate School of Science from April 1993 to September 2000, where he earned his Doctor of Science degree. Ishino's distinguished career trajectory includes roles as Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University (June 2011 to March 2016), Associate Professor in the ATLAS Group at the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) (June 2009 to May 2011), Assistant Professor at ICEPP, The University of Tokyo (May 2001 to July 2009), and COE Researcher at ICEPP (October 2000 to April 2001).

Professor Ishino's research specialization is experimental elementary particle physics, particularly utilizing energy frontier accelerators like the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). As a prominent member of the ATLAS collaboration, he has contributed significantly to the 2012 observation of the Higgs boson and ongoing searches for new particles, supersymmetry signatures, dark matter, and heavy resonances. His work encompasses development and large-scale operation of advanced experimental technologies, such as muon triggers and detectors for the High-Luminosity LHC. Under his directorship, ICEPP advances quantum computing and quantum sensor applications in particle physics. Key publications include “Measurement of Higgs boson production in the diphoton decay channel in pp collisions at center-of-mass energies of 7 and 8 TeV with the ATLAS detector” (2014), “Search for neutral Higgs bosons of the minimal supersymmetric standard model in pp collisions at √s=8 TeV with the ATLAS detector” (2014), “Search for Higgs bosons decaying into new spin-0 or spin-1 particles in four-lepton final states with the ATLAS detector with 139 fb⁻¹ of pp collision data at √s = 13 TeV” (2022), and “Search for pair production of scalar leptoquarks decaying into first- or second-generation leptons and top quarks in proton-proton collisions at √s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector” (2021). He leads JSPS grants like “Unified Understanding of Forces: Expansion to the Next Generation of Energy Frontiers and International Human Resource Development” (2024–2031).