• Postdoctoral Researcher, LANL, April 2011--present
• Ph.D. in Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, March 2011
• M.S. in Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, March 2008
• B.S. in Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, March 2006

Research Interests:

• Field-induced quantum phase transitions
• Equilibrium and out-of-equilibrium properties of frustrated spin systems
• Multiferroic behavior in frustrated quantum spin systems

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Y. Kamiya and C. D. Batista, Formation of Magnetic Microphases in Ca₃Co₂O₆, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 067204 (2012) [publisher, arXiv].
2. Y. Kamiya and C. D. Batista, Multiferroic Behavior in Trimerized Mott Insulators, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 097202 (2012) [publisher, arXiv].
3. Y. Kamiya, N. Kawashima, and C. D. Batista, Dimensional crossover in the quasi-two-dimensional Ising-O(3) model, Phys. Rev. B 84, 214429 (2011) [publisher, arXiv].
4. Y. Kamiya, N. Kawashima, and C. D. Batista, Crossover behavior from decoupled criticality, Phys. Rev. B 82, 054426 (2010) [publisher, arXiv].
5. Y. Kamiya, N. Kawashima, and C. D. Batista, Finite-Temperature Transition in the Spin-Dimer Antiferromagnet BaCuSi₂O₆, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 78, 094008 (2009) [publisher, arXiv].