Profile

This page summarizes research fields, career, education, major research funding, external links, and choral activities.

Shingo Kazama

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, School of Science, Institute of Science Tokyo. His research focuses on direct dark matter searches using liquid xenon detectors, low-background measurement techniques, photosensor and detector development, and data analysis. He works on both analysis and detector development for the XENONnT experiment and the future XLZD experiment.

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Research Fields

Direct dark matter detection
Liquid xenon detectors
Low-background measurement techniques
Photosensor and detector development
Data analysis

Choral Activities

I have been singing with the Saitama-based ensemble scatola di voce for nearly twenty years. I sing second tenor and am mainly responsible for the selection of the ensemble’s repertoire.

Career

2026–Present　Associate Professor, Department of Physics, School of Science, Institute of Science Tokyo
2021–2026　Associate Professor, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute (KMI), Nagoya University
2018–2021　Assistant Professor, Institute for Advanced Research / YLC, Nagoya University
2016–2018　Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Zurich
2014–2016　Postdoctoral Researcher, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

Education

Mar. 2014　Ph.D. in Physics, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Mar. 2011　M.Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Mar. 2009　B.E. in Applied Physics, Waseda University

Research Funding (PI)

2024–2028　JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
Unveiling the nature of dark matter with a large liquid xenon detector
2024–2026　JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Exploring new possibilities of liquid xenon detectors using thin-film electrodes
2022–2028　JST FOREST
Exploring the Nature of Dark Matter with Ultra-low Background Techniques
2021–2022　JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A)
Search for dark matter interacting weakly with electrons using the XENONnT detector
2020–2022　JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Development of ultra-low-radioactivity technology for future direct dark matter experiments