Rikako YAMAMOTOCo-Principal Investigator
(PI: Claire Donnelly)

Max Planck Insitutute for Chemnical Physics of Solids
JSPS Fellow, Hiroshima University

ryama_at_hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Rikako Yamamoto is a researcher in condensed matter physics working on magnetic materials and spin phenomena using advanced X-ray imaging and spectroscopy techniques. Her research focuses on understanding how symmetry breaking, and local spin textures give rise to emergent macroscopic properties. By combining real-space magnetic imaging and in-situ measurements under external stimuli, she investigates the connection between microscopic magnetic degrees of freedom and functional responses in quantum materials. Her recent work particularly centers on magnetic materials, where complex domain structures and local symmetry play essential roles in determining transport and optical phenomena. More broadly, she is interested in developing cross-scale approaches to magnetism that bridge local magnetic order, electronic structure, and mesoscale functionalities, toward a deeper understanding of emergent magnetic matter.