CV

• Kohsaku Tobioka (Ph.D.)
• Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Florida State University
• Office: 506 in KEEN building (map)

See also the complete CV and full publication list （updated in October, 2026）

Education

• Ph.D., Physics, University of Tokyo, Kavli IPMU, Japan, March 2014
  • Dissertation: “Aspects of Supersymmetry after LHC Run I”
• M.Sc., Physics, University of Tokyo, Kavli IPMU, Japan, March 2011
  • Thesis: “Physics of the Minimal Universal Extra Dimension model at the LHC experiments”
• B.Sc., Physics, Tohoku University, Japan, March 2009

Education at other institutions

• Visiting Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, USA, September 2012–March 2013 and January–May 2012

• Exchange Student, major in Physics, University of California, San Diego, USA, September 2007–June 2008

Work experience

• August 2024–present: Associate Professor
  • Department of Physics, Florida State University, FL, USA
• June 2026–present: Visiting Scientist
  • Kavli IPMU, University of Tokyo, Japan
• December 2025–July 2026: Guest Scholar, and JSPS Invitational Fellow (from April 2026)
  • Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Japan
• September 2018–March 2026: Associate Researcher
  • KEK Theory Center, Japan
• August 2018–August 2024: Assistant Professor
  • Department of Physics, Florida State University, FL, USA
• July 2017–August 2018: Postdoctoral Associate
  • C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook University, USA
• October 2014–June 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow (joint appointment)
  • Tel Aviv University, Israel
  • Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
• April–September 2014: Postdoctoral Fellow
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan
• April 2012–March 2014: JSPS Doctoral Course Research Fellow (DC2)
  • University of Tokyo, Kavli IPMU, Japan

Grants

• Department of Energy, USA (DE-SC0026861), 2026–2029
  • As a Co-PI with Takemichi Okui (PI), project: “Theoretical Particle Physics Research at Florida State University”
  • Total award $135,000
• JSPS Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan (Long-term), FY2026
  • Hosted by Ryuichiro Kitano, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, April–July 2026
  • Project: “Exploring Unsolved Problems in Particle Physics through Advanced Technologies”
• FSU-CRC Summer Research Support, 2024
  • As a PI, project: “Mystery of Neutrinos After the Next Generation Experiments”
  • Total award $20,000
• Department of Energy DE-FOA-0002546, USA (DE-SC0010102), 2023
  • Supplemental funds for Okui and Tobioka
  • Total award $21,000
• Department of Energy DE-FOA-0002546, USA (DE-SC0010102), 2022–2025
  • As a Co-PI of FSU HEP-TH&EX group including 9 PIs, project: “Probing Testable New Physics at the Intensity and Energy Frontiers”
  • Total award $2,720,000
• JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan (No. 82118-041-15-0008), 2021–2024
  • As a Co-PI with Motoi Endo (PI), Ryuichiro Kitano (Co-PI), Takemichi Okui (Co-PI)
  • Project: “Exploring Quark and Lepton Structure via Light Particles”
  • Total award $119,000
• Department of Energy DE-FOA-0001961, USA (DE-SC0010102), 2019–2022
  • As a Co-PI of FSU HEP-TH&EX group including 8 PIs, project: “New Observables for New Physics at the Energy and Intensity Frontiers”
  • Total award $2,247,000
• FSU-CRC First Year Assistant Professor award, 2019
  • As a PI, project: “Diphoton Resonance of New Elementary Particle”
  • Total award $20,000
• Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan (No. 14J00179), 2014–2016
  • Project: “Beyond the Standard Model of Particle Physics at a TeV scale”
  • Total award 4,030,000 JPY (approximately $34,900)
• Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan (No. 12J09059), 2012–2014
  • Project: “Dark Matter and Electroweak Phase Transition at a TeV scale”
  • Total award 1,800,000 JPY (approximately $15,600)