Ahmad Jafar Arifi

Ahmad Jafar Arifi

Researcher

Curriculum Vitae

Bio

Dr. Ahmad Jafar Arifi earned his PhD from Osaka University, Japan, in 2020 and his Bachelor's degree from the University of Indonesia in 2015. He completed an internship at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and joined the Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP) in South Korea as a Young Scientist Fellow. Currently, he is engaged in research on Few-body Systems at RIKEN, Japan. His research primarily focuses on hadron spectroscopy and structure, utilizing various data-driven hadron models.

Education

  • Ph.D, Osaka University, Japan, Sept 2020
    Thesis: Study of heavy baryons from three-body decays
    Advisor: Prof. Atsushi Hosaka
  • M.Sc, Osaka University, Japan, Sept 2017
    Thesis: Pion emission decay of the charmed baryons for the study of their structure
    Advisor: Prof. Atsushi Hosaka
  • B.Sc, University of Indonesia, Indonesia, Aug 2015
    Thesis: Spin-3/2 nucleon resonances in kaon photoproduction
    Advisor: Prof. Terry Mart

Work experience

  • Few-body Systems in Physics Lab, RIKEN, Japan
    Apr 2023 - Present : Postdoc
  • Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP), Korea
    Mar 2021 - Feb 2023 : Postdoc
  • Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Japan
    Oct 2020 - Feb 2021: Postdoc
  • Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan
    Oct 2019 - Mar 2020: Intern

Awards

  • The 2nd best contributor, APFB2020 conference, Japan, 2021
  • The best presenter, SNP school, Japan, 2018
  • Doctor, Japanese government MEXT scholarship, 2017-2020
  • Master, Japanese government MEXT scholarship, 2015-2017
  • Gold Medalist, National Physics Olympiad, Indonesia, 2014
  • Bachelor, Tanoto Foundation scholarship, 2012-2015

Research Funding

  • Additional RIKEN SPDR grant, 2024
    The research grant is 500.000 JPY.

  • RIKEN SPDR grant, 2023-2026
    The research grant is 1.000.000 JPY (~8.000 USD)/year.

  • Young Scientist Training (YST) Fellowship grant, 2021-2023
    The research grant is 5.000.000 KRW (~4.000 USD)/year.

Student mentorship

  • 2 Master students
    1 student (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)
    1 student (University of Indonesia, Indonesia)

  • 1 Bachelor student
    1 student (University of Indonesia, Indonesia)

Leadership

  • Chair, International Workshop on Quark Structure of Hadron,
    RIKEN, Aug 2024
    Organizing an international workshop in RIKEN. (Details)
  • Supervisor, The 1st Indonesian Student Association Scientific Conference (ISASC),
    Osaka university, Oct 2017
    Making sure that the conference is sucessfully held. (Abstract book)
  • President, Indonesian student association in Osaka & Nara, 2016-2017
    Responsible for the activity of the association for one year. (Report)

Service

  • Host, APCTP seminar series
    Organizing and hosting online seminar in APCTP. (Details)

  • Referee, Physical Review D
    Peer-reviewing papers for journal publications. (Publons)

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