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You can find information of each of the faculty members by clicking the names in the table below.
The faculty member with * can not be a principal supervisor.
- Chair of the program
- Optical and Infrared Astronomy
- Radio Astronomy
- General Astronomy and Astrophysics
Chair of the program
| FamilyName,FirstName | Position | Research Unit |
|---|---|---|
| SEKII, Takashi | Professor (Chair of the program/ Director of the Graduate Education Office/ Chair of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Graduate Education Office |
Optical and Infrared Astronomy
| FamilyName,FirstName | Position | Research Unit | Research Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| AOKI, Wako | Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
TMT Project | Stellar physics, Spectroscopy |
| GOUDA, Naoteru | Professor | JASMINE Project | Structure formations in the Universe, Dynamical structure of galaxies, Astrometry |
| HAYANO, Yutaka | Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Subaru Telescope | Near Infrared astronomy, Adaptive optics, Instrumentation |
| MIYAZAKI, Satoshi | Professor | Subaru Telescope | Observational cosmology and optical/IR instrumentation |
| MOTOHARA, Kentaro* | Professor | Advanced Technology Center | Infrared astronomy, Optical-infrared instrumentation, Galaxy formation and evolution |
| SAITO, Masao | Professor | TMT Project | Radio astronomy, Star formation, Outer galaxy |
| USUDA, Tomonori | Professor | TMT Project | Infrared astronomy, Observational astronomy, Development of telescopes and instruments |
| WATANABE, Junichi | Professor | Public Relations Center | Planetary sciences |
| YOSHIDA, Michitoshi | Professor | Subaru Telescope | Galactic astronomy |
| HAYASHI, Saeko [Saeko S. HAYASHI] |
Associate Professor | TMT Project | Observational approach in the understandings of the star and planet formation, Performance of the large telescope optics. |
| IONO, Daisuke | Associate Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
TMT Project | Colliding and merging galaxies, U/LIRGs, Submm galaxies, Radio astronomy |
| IZUMIURA, Hideyuki | Associate Professor | Subaru Telescope(Okayama branch office) | Cool stars, our Galaxy, Astronomical instruments, Exoplanet searches |
| KOTANI, Takayuki |
Associate Professor | Astrobiology Center | |
| KOYAMA, Yusei | Associate Professor | Subaru Telescope | Galaxy formation, Galaxy evolution, Galaxy clusters, Galaxy environment, Large-scale structure of the universe |
| MINOWA, Yosuke | Associate Professor | Subaru Telescope | Development of observational instruments |
| NOUMARU, Junichi | Associate Professor | TMT Project | Galactic astronomy, Telescope engineering, Development of telescopes and control systems |
| OYA, Shin | Associate Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Advanced Technology Center | Adaptive Optics, Near Infrared astronomy, Instrumentation, Large telescopes |
| SUGIMOTO, Masahiro | Associate Professor | TMT Project | Radio Astronomy |
| TANAKA, Masayuki | Associate Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Subaru Telescope | Galaxy formation and evolution, Observational cosmology, Citizen science |
| Ozaki, Shinobu | Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) |
Advanced Technology Center | Instrument development (especially Integral Field Unit), Observational study on active galactic nuclei |
| WADA, Takehiko | Associate Professor | JASMINE Project | Infrared Astronomy, Spaceborne Instrumentation |
| IMANISHI, Masatoshi | Assistant Professor | Subaru Telescope | Infrared luminous merging galaxies, Active galactic nuclei, high-redshift quasars, Infrared astronomy, radio astronomy, Subaru telescope, ALMA |
| ISHIGAKI, Miho | Assistant Professor | Subaru Telescope | Galactic astronomy, Spectroscopy |
| MORITANI, Yuki | Assistant Professor | Subaru Telescope | Optical-near-infrared instrumentation, observational research of binaries |
| NISHIKAWA, Jun | Assistant Professor | TMT Project | High-contrast imaging of exo-planets, Stellar coronagraph, Wavefront control, Optical interferometry |
| OKAMOTO, Sakurako | Assistant Professor | Subaru Telescope | Galactic archaeology, Stellar population, Nearby galaxies, Galaxy formation, Galaxy evolution |
| OKITA, Hirofumi | Assistant Professor | Subaru Telescope | |
| ONODERA, Masato | Assistant Professor | Subaru Telescope | Evolution of the stars and gas in galaxies, Extragalactic astronomy, Optical and Infrared astronomy |
| PYO, Tae-Soo | Assistant Professor | Subaru Telescope | Star and planet formation, optical and infrared observational astronomy, jets/outflows from young stars |
| TSUJIMOTO, Takuji | Assistant Professor | JASMINE Project | Chemical evolution of galaxies Origin and evolution of the elements |
| YABE, Kiyoto | Assistant Professor | Subaru Telescope | Optical and Infrared Astronomy, Galaxy Formation and Evolution |
| YANO, Taihei | Assistant Professor | JASMINE Project | Astrometry |
Radio Astronomy
| FamilyName,FirstName | Position | Research Unit | Research Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| FUKAGAWA, Misato* | Professor | ALMA Project | Planet formation |
| GONZALEZ, Alvaro* | Professor | ALMA Project | Instrumentation and antennas for Radio astronomy |
| HONMA, Mareki* | Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory | Galactic structure, black holes, high resolution astronomy with VLBI |
| IGUCHI, Satoru | Professor | ALMA Project | Radio astronomy, Galaxy formation, Radio interferometry |
| KAMENO, Seiji | Professor | ALMA Project | Radio astronomy, Active galactic nuclei, System engineering |
| KOBAYASHI, Hideyuki | Professor (Vice-chair of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Mizusawa VLBI Observatory | Radio astronomy, Radio interferometer, VLBI |
| NAMIKI, Noriyuki | Professor (Vice-chair of the Program / Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
RISE Project | Planetary sciences |
| SAKAMOTO, Seiichi | Professor | ALMA Project | Radio Astronomy, Interstellar Physics |
| TATEMATSU, Ken'ichi | Professor | Nobeyama Radio Observatory | Radio astronomy |
| UZAWA, Yoshinori | Professor | Advanced Technology Center | Superconducting electronics, Terahertz technology |
| ASAKI, Yoshiharu | Associate Professor | ALMA Project | Radio astronomy |
| HATSUKADE, Bunyo | Associate Professor | ALMA Project | Radio Astronomy, Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Astronomical Transient Phenomena |
| HIROTA, Tomoya | Associate Professor | Mizusawa VLBI Observatory | Radio astronomy, Astrometry, Astrochemistry |
| ISHII, Shun | Associate Professor | ALMA Project | Radio astronomy, Star formation |
| KOSUGI, George | Associate Professor | Astronomy Data Center | Galactic physics, Gamma-Ray burst astronomy, Observational systems |
| MAKISE, Kazumasa | Associate Professor | Advanced Technology Center | Superconducting device fabrication process, Low dimensional superconducting physics |
| MATSUMOTO, Koji | Associate Professor | RISE Project | Planetary geodesy |
| MATSUO, Hiroshi | Associate Professor | Advanced Technology Center | Radio astronomy, Millimeter, Submillimeter and Terahertz instrumentations |
| MINAMIDANI, Tetsuhiro | Associate Professor | NAOJ Chile | Radio astronomy, Instruments for radio astronomy |
| NAGAI, Hiroshi | Associate Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
ALMA Project | Radio astronomy, High energy astrophysics |
| NAKANISHI, Kouichiro | Associate Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
ALMA Project | Galaxies, Radio interferometers |
| TAKAHASHI, Satoko | Associate Professor | ALMA Project | Millimeter and submillimeter astronomy, Radio interferometry, Star formation |
| HIRAMATSU, Masaaki | Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) |
Public Relations Center | Radio astronomy, Star formation |
| ARAKI, Hiroshi | Assistant Professor | RISE Project | Planetary science, Planetary geodesy |
| EZAWA, Hajime | Assistant Professor | ALMA Project | Radio astronomy, X-ray astronomy |
| HADA, Kazuhiro | Assistant Professor | Mizusawa VLBI Observatory | Radio astronomy, High energy astrophysics, Very-long-baseline-interferometer(VLBI), Active galactic nuclei, Relativistic jets |
| HIROTA, Akihiko | Assistant Professor | ALMA Project | Radio astronomy |
| IZUMI, Takuma | Assistant Professor | ALMA Project | Radio astronomy, Active galactic nucleus |
| JIKE, Takaaki | Assistant Professor | Mizusawa VLBI Observatory | Space geodesy, Solid geo-science |
| KONO, Yusuke | Assistant Professor | Mizusawa VLBI Observatory | Radio astronomy, VLBI |
| MATSUDA, Yuichi | Assistant Professor | ALMA Project | Observational astronomy |
| MIYOSHI, Makoto | Assistant Professor | JASMINE Project | Galactic nucleus |
| NODA, Hirotomo | Assistant Professor | RISE Project | |
| OHSHIMA, Tai | Assistant Professor | Advanced Technology Center | X-ray astronomy, Radio astronomy, Instrumentation |
| SUNADA, Kazuyoshi | Assistant Professor | Mizusawa VLBI Observatory | Radio astronomy, Star & planet formation, Astrometry, Galactic astronomy, Receiver system |
| UEDA, Akitoshi | Assistant Professor | JASMINE Project | Quantum electronics |
| UMEMOTO, Tomofumi |
Assistant Professor | Public Relations Center | Radio astronomy, Interstellar physics, Planetary sciences |
General Astronomy and Astrophysics
| FamilyName,FirstName | Position | Research Unit | Research Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARA, Hirohisa | Professor | SOLAR-C Project | Solar physics, Astronomical instrumentation |
| IKOMA, Masahiro | Professor | Division of Science | Exoplanet, Planet formation, Exoplanetary atmosphere |
| KANO, Ryouhei* | Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
JASMINE Project | Space instrumentation, Observational astronomy（Sun and Stars） |
| KATSUKAWA, Yukio* | Professor | Solar Science Observatory | Solar physics |
| KOHRI, Kazunori | Professor | Division of Science | The Early Universe, Cosmology, Black Holes, Astro-Particle Physics |
| KOKUBO, Eiichiro* | Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Center for Computational Astrophysics | Formation of planetary systems |
| NOMURA, Hideko | Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Division of Science | Theoretical astronomy, Radio/infrared astronomy |
| OUCHI, Masami | Professor | Division of Science | Galaxy formation, Observational cosmology, Early universe, Optical near-infrared astronomy |
| OZAKI, Masanobu | Professor | Advanced Technology Center | Spacecraft-borne equipment development, X-ray astronomy |
| SEKII, Takashi | Professor (Chair of the program/ Director of the Graduate Education Office/ Chair of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Graduate Education Office | Helioseismology, Asteroseismology, Inverse theory |
| TOMARU, Takayuki* | Professor | Gravitational Wave Science Project | Gravitational-wave astronomy, Experimental physics |
| TOMINAGA, Nozomu |
Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Division of Science | Supernova, Nucleosynthesis, Time-domain astronomy, Multi-messenger astronomy |
| TSUNETA, Saku |
Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Director General, NAOJ | |
| ASO, Yoichi | Associate Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Gravitational Wave Science Project | Gravitational wave astronomy, Precision laser metrology, Quantum measurement |
| AGATA, Hidehiko | Associate Professor | Public Relations Center | Science education, Science communication |
| FUJII, Yuka | Associate Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Division of Science | Exoplanets |
| FURUSAWA, Hisanori | Associate Professor | Astronomy Data Center | Galaxy formation and evolution, Observational cosmology |
| HANAOKA, Yoichiro | Associate Professor | Solar Science Observatory | Solar physics |
| HIRANO, Teruyuki | Associate Professor | Astrobiology Center | Extrasolar planets, Optical and near-infrared astronomy, Data science |
| ICHIKAWA, Shinichi |
Associate Professor | Astronomy Data Center | Galactic astronomy, Astronomical database |
| ISHIKAWA, Ryoko |
Associate Professor | Solar Science Observatory | Solar physics, Development of observational instruments |
| KOJIMA, Takafumi | Associate Professor |
Advanced Technology Center | High frequency and superconducting electronics for radio astronomy |
| MACHIDA, Mami | Associate Professor | Division of Science | Accretion disks, MHD simulation |
| NAKAMURA, Fumitaka* | Associate Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Division of Science | Star formation, Star cluster formation, Stellar feedback, Magnetic fields of ISM |
| SHIMOJO, Masumi | Associate Professor | ALMA Project | Solar physics |
| SHAN, Wenlei | Associate Professor | Advanced Technology Center | Superconducting electronics for radio astronomical observation |
| TAKATA, Tadafumi | Associate Professor | Astronomy Data Center | Optical and infrared astronomy, Galactic astronomy (Formation and evolution of galaxies and AGN), Astronomical database |
| TAKIWAKI, Tomoya | Associate Professor (Member of the Graduate Education Committee) |
Center for Computational Astrophysics | Supernovae, High energy astrophysics |
| YAMAOKA, Hitoshi | Associate Professor | Public Relations Center | Supernova (theoretical and observational), Data mining observation of space debris |
| ITO, Takashi | Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) |
Center for Computational Astrophysics | Small solar system bodies |
| OE, Msafumi | Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) |
IT Security Office | Information network, Network security, Satellite communication |
| AKUTSU, Tomotada | Assistant Professor | Gravitational Wave Science Project | Gravitational-wave astronomy |
| ARZOUMANIAN, Doris | Assistant Professor | Division of Science | Physics of the interstellar medium, Formation and evolution of filamentary molecular clouds, Early stages of star formation. |
| BENOMAR, Othman | Assistant Professor | Solar Science Observatory | Asteroseismology |
| DAINOTTI, Maria Giovanna | Assistant Professor | Division of Science | High energy astrophysics |
| HAMANA, Takashi | Assistant Professor | Division of Science | Observational cosmology, Astrophysics |
| HASHIMOTO, Jun | Assistant Professor | Astrobiology Center | |
| HARADA, Nanase | Assistant Professor | Division of Science | Nearby galaxies, Astrochemistry |
| HORI, Yasunori | Assistant Professor | Astrobiology Center | Planetary sciences, Exoplanets, Astrobiology |
| IWASAKI, Kazunari | Assistant Professor | Center for Computational Astrophysics | Astrophysics |
| KATAOKA, Akimasa | Assistant Professor | Division of Science | Planet formation theory and observation |
| KAWABATA, Yusuke | Assistant Professor | SOLAR-C Project | Solar physics, Development of solar observational instruments |
| KUBO, Masahito | Assistant Professor | SOLAR-C Project | Solar physics |
| LIVINGSTON, John | Assistant Professor | Astrobiology Center | Exoplanets, Transit photometry, Radial velocities, Speckle imaging, Bayesian statistics |
| MORIYA, Takashi | Assistant Professor | Division of Science | Supernovae |
| NAKAJIMA, Kimihiko | Assistant Professor | Division of Science | Galaxy formation and evolution, Cosmic reionization |
| NARUKAGE, Noriyuki | Assistant Professor | Solar Science Observatory | Solar physics |
| OHSAWA, Ryou | Assistant Professor | JASMINE Project | Optical and infrared astronomy, Physics of interstellar medium, Planetary Science |
| OKAMOTO, Joten | Assistant Professor | SOLAR-C Project | Solar physics |
| SANHUEZA, Patricio | Assistant Professor | ALMA Project | Early stages of high-mass star formation, Infrared dark clouds, Clump fragmentation and chemistry, Disks in massive young stellar objects, Polarization observations and magnetic fields, Radio telescopes and interferometers |
| SHIRASAKI, Yuji | Assistant Professor | Astronomy Data Center | High energy astrophysics, cosmic-ray physics, database astronomy |
| TAKAHASHI, Ryutaro | Assistant Professor | Gravitational Wave Science Project | Detection of gravitational waves |
| TAKAHASHI, Koh | Assistant Professor | Division of Science | Stellar physics |
| TATSUMI, Daisuke | Assistant Professor | JASMINE Project | Gravitational-wave astronomy, Precise measurements using laser interferometer |