Farewell message from Dr. Akira Matsumoto

Our colleague Akira Matsumoto will move to the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University as a Program-Specific Researcher from April 1st. We all will miss him and wish him the best of luck in his latest endeavor. Here is a message from Akira Matsumoto:

I have been a member of iTHEMS for almost one year, which is the first opportunity for me to work as a postdoc.
In spite of the difficult situation of COVID-19, I was able to enjoy research activity thanks to a good environment of iTHEMS and great effort by assistants.
It is interesting to join seminars and discussions freely with researchers from various fields.
I would like to thank all the iTHEMS members for giving me nice experiences.
I plan to be a visiting scientist of iTHEMS after leaving RIKEN.
I am very happy to keep in contact with iTHEMS members and looking forward to collaboration in the future.