Research in Professor Momose’s group is focused on the spectroscopy and dynamics of cold molecules, atoms, and exotic particles in both ultra-high vacuum and cryogenic environments. His group’s research spans a wide range of interdisciplinary fields in chemistry and physics. Their interests lie in the understanding of quantum processes of atoms and molecules specific to very low temperatures, where pronounced quantum effects emerge from thermal averages, especially those related to astrochemistry and atmospheric chemistry.
Takamasa MomosePrincipal Investigator |
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Pavle DjuricaninTechnical Staff |
Colin NoortTechnical Staff |
Tony MittertreinerTechnical Staff |
Eric Miller
Research Associate
TUCAN
Brendan Moore
Postdoctoral Fellow
Parahydrogen
Jiahong Hu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Zeeman
Chris Ye
Graduate Student
TUCAN
Charles Mao
Graduate Student
TUCAN
Qianqian Zhang
Graduate Student
ALPHA, HAICU
Amirhossein Rashidi
Graduate Student
Stark
Linda Zeng
Graduate Student
Parahydrogen
Sam McGrath
Graduate Student
Parahydrogen
Chie Nakayama
Graduate Student
HENDI, Dualcomb
Weiming Song
Graduate Student
Imaging
Dingchen Wei
Graduate Student
ALPHA, HAICU
Sunny Zhao
Volunteer
Parahydrogen
Aina Saitoh
Undergraduate Student
HENDI
Kenzo Kennedy
Undergraduate Student
Parahydrogen
Group Culture
- Number of grad students per project: 1 (some 2)
- Scheduled project meetings: weekly
- Lab visit by supervisor: daily
- Group gatherings: 3-5 times per term
- Social character: peaceful, respectful, friendly
CGSS Pumpkin carving (2025 winner!) |
Group dinner |
FIFA watch party + group lunch |
Collaboration with the University of Freiburg (2015-2025)
(RTG DynCAM, funded by the DFG German Research Foundation)
The annual convention is held every year in Canada/Germany to present the progress of projects and for social networking. Through the collaboration, PhDs are offered dual supervision by researchers from both UBC and the University of Freiburg, access to regular seminars on related research, summer school, and exchange visit opportunities.
 Annual Convention 2023 (Excursion) in Vancouver, Canada. |
 Summer School 2024 (Special lecture) in Spetses, Greece. |
Conferences
Pacifichem 2025, Honolulu
- “Recent Advances and Future Developments in Solid Matrix Isolated Species” session
- “Isolation of Transient Species in Superfluid Helium Droplets” session
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 View from Diamond Head summit |
 Waikiki Beach |
 Stargazing tour on Mauna Kea |
Alumni & Former Members
| Graduate Students | Fumika Suzuki (PhD 2017) |
| Haruka Goto | Manish Vashishta (PhD 2020) |
| Shiori Watanabe | Colton Carlson (MSc 2021) |
| Yuki Miyamoto | Brendan Moore (PhD 2023) |
| Hiroko Nakahara | Hatsuki Otani (PhD 2024) |
| Eric Vyskocil | Reza Akbari (Postdoctoral Fellow) |
| Susumu Kuma | Yidan (Chloe) Yan (MSc 2025) |
| Wei Zhong (MSc 2013) | Jiahong Hu (PhD 2026) |
| Sida Zhou (PhD 2014) | |
| Omid Nourbakhsh (PhD 2015) | |
| Cindy Toh (MSc 2016) | |
| Thomas Prescott (MSc 2016) |
| Undergraduate Students | ||
| Termeh Bashiri | Urvi Mukherjee | Xiang Li |
| Alexandra McKinnon | Adam De Paolis | Mika Nalbandian |
| Dentii Deng | Aditya-Dhariwal | Kenzo Kennedy |
| Janice Zeng | Renee Hui | William Murray |
| Vicky Xie | Chuqiao Liu | Sahara Majeed |
| Jordan Dang | Sharon Lam | Krish Shankar |
| Jenny Park | Felix Chan | Chloe McDonald |
| Jenny Shim | Jack Zhang | Chenyang (Sunny) Zhao |
| Andrea Majic | Prajna Kumar | |
| Ahmad Mohammed Kamal | Carolyn Xu | |
| Alistair Pavlik | Hugh Gao |