Rate My Professor Shota Yokoyama

Shota Yokoyama is a researcher in quantum optics and quantum information science, with a focus on continuous-variable quantum computation. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo in March 2015, following completion of his Master's course in the Department of Applied Physics in March 2012 and Bachelor's course in the same department in March 2010. Earlier, he studied at the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo from 2006 to 2008. Yokoyama joined the School of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra as a Visiting Fellow in June 2015, supported by a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad, a role he held until June 2017. He then advanced to Research Associate from June 2017 to December 2020, Lecturer from January 2021 to June 2022, and Senior Research Associate from June 2022 to July 2023. His research during this period centered on generating large-scale continuous-variable cluster states using time-domain multiplexing, quantum detector tomography, coherent feedback control, and measurement-based quantum operations, contributing to scalable optical quantum processors.