Team Members
Members in JASMINE project
| Name | Job title | Team role | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryouhei Kano | Professor / Project Director (⁑,+,#) Visiting Professor, JAXA/ISAS (cross-appointment) |
Team member for the JAXA/ISAS pre-project candidate Detector and camera development |
Solar and stellar physics; development of flight observation instruments |
| Naoteru Gouda | Professor (*,+,#) | PI (Principal Investigator) Team member for the JAXA/ISAS pre-project candidate |
High-precision astrometry; galactic dynamics; cosmic structure formation |
| Kohei Hattori | Associate Professor (*,+,#) | Science case studies | Galactic dynamics; galactic archaeology; data science |
| Takehiko Wada | Associate Professor (*,#) | Team member for the JAXA/ISAS pre-project candidate Detector and camera development |
Infrared astronomy; observational instrument development |
| Akitoshi Ueda | Assistant Professor (*,#) | Detector development | Quantum electronics |
| Ryou Ohsawa | Assistant Professor (*,#) | Astrometric data analysis | Infrared astronomy; interstellar dust; small solar-system bodies; data science / Personal website |
| Takuji Tsujimoto | Assistant Professor (*,#) | Science case studies | Chemodynamical evolution of galaxies; origin and evolution of elements |
| Makoto Miyoshi | Assistant Professor (*,#) | Stellar image data analysis and outreach | Galactic center studies; black hole astronomy; radio astronomy |
| Taihei Yano | Assistant Professor (*,#) | Stellar image data analysis and optical design | High-precision astrometry; galactic dynamics; large-scale structure formation |
| Pau Ramos | Specially Appointed Researcher (Project Researcher) | Data analysis for astrometry in JASMINE | Galactic dynamics |
| Ko Hosokawa | Specially Appointed Researcher (Project Researcher) | Detector subsystem development | Experimental instrumentation; exoplanets |
Note
- * : Faculty member eligible to supervise SOKENDAI graduate students (concurrent SOKENDAI appointment) (→ For prospective students)
- ⁑ : Faculty member eligible to supervise graduate students in the University of Tokyo Astronomy Department (concurrent UTokyo appointment) (→ For prospective students)
- + : Faculty member eligible to supervise NAOJ Special Joint Research Fellows (affiliate graduate students) (→ Details)
- # : Faculty member eligible to host NAOJ Fellows, JSPS PD fellows, NAOJ general-project researchers, EACOA Fellows, etc. (→ NAOJ Careers)
Info
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Graduate Students
| Name | Status | Team role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yuji Sakamoto | 2nd-year master's student, Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo | Instrument development | Advisor: Ryouhei Kano |
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See also: Past research topics
Collaborators within NAOJ
| Name | Job title | Team role | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shin Utsunomiya | Special Advisor | Structural design | Spacecraft and structural engineering |
| Shingo Kashima | Special Advisor | Optical design and telescope design | Optical engineering |
| Ichiro Mase | Special Advisor | Telescope thermal control | Spacecraft and thermal control engineering |
| Yoshinori Suematsu | Advanced Technology Center, Senior Specialist | Optical design and telescope design | Solar physics; flight-system and instrument development |
| Toshihiro Tsuzuki | Advanced Technology Center, Research Engineer | Optical design and telescope design | |
| Naoki Kohara | Advanced Technology Center, Research Engineer | Optical design and telescope design | |
| Masayuki Hirabayashi | Advanced Technology Center, Director | Spacecraft and instrument development | Vibration engineering; cryogenic engineering |
| Kazuhisa Mitsuda | Advanced Technology Center, Senior Specialist | Spacecraft and instrument development | X-ray astronomy; X-ray detector development |
| Masanobu Ozaki | Advanced Technology Center, Professor | Spacecraft and instrument development | High-energy astrophysics with flight systems |
| Hidehiko Nakaya | Advanced Technology Center, Lecturer | Spacecraft and instrument development | Optical and infrared astronomy; development of astronomical instruments |
| Fumihiro Uraguchi | Advanced Technology Center, Senior Research Engineer | Spacecraft and instrument development | |
| Risa Shimizu | Advanced Technology Center, Technical Staff | Spacecraft and instrument development | |
| Bungo Ikenoue | Advanced Technology Center, Chief Technical Staff | Spacecraft and instrument development | |
| Masaki Morita | Advanced Technology Center, Specially Appointed Specialist | Spacecraft and instrument development | |
| Chihiro Tokoku | Advanced Technology Center, Research Engineer | Spacecraft and systems engineering | |
| Takayuki Kotani | Astrobiology Center, Associate Professor | Spacecraft and instrument development | Exoplanet exploration |
| Teruyuki Hirano | Astrobiology Center, Associate Professor | Lead, JASMINE Exoplanet Group Data Analysis Team | Exoplanet exploration |
| George Kosugi | Astronomy Data Center, Associate Professor | Data-analysis development environment; catalog construction support | Galactic astrophysics; observation control; data-analysis systems |
| Tadafumi Takada | Astronomy Data Center, Associate Professor | Data-analysis development environment; catalog construction support | Formation and evolution of galaxies and AGN; astronomical database development |
| Hisanori Furusawa | Astronomy Data Center, Director / Associate Professor | Data-analysis development environment; catalog construction support | Galactic astronomy; optical and infrared astronomy; observational cosmology |
| Yuji Shirasaki | Astronomy Data Center, Assistant Professor | Data-analysis development environment; catalog construction support | High-energy astronomy; cosmic-ray physics; database astronomy |
| Hideyuki Izumiura | Subaru Telescope Okayama Branch, Associate Professor | Data analysis | Stellar physics and exoplanet searches; Galactic astronomy; astronomical instrumentation |
| Kazunori Kohri | Division of Science, Professor | Astrometry science core team | Theory of particle, nuclear, cosmic-ray, and astrophysics |
Collaborators outside NAOJ
Members contributing to JASMINE science, satellite development, data analysis, operations, and catalog production.
| Name | Job title | Team role | Expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hirokazu Kataza | Associate Professor, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Lead, JAXA/ISAS pre-project candidate team Telescope control and satellite system design |
Infrared astronomy |
| Hajime Kawahara | Associate Professor, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Team member for the JAXA/ISAS pre-project candidate Head, JASMINE Exoplanet Group |
Exoplanets |
| Naoki Isobe | Assistant Professor, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Team member for the JAXA/ISAS pre-project candidate Satellite system development |
Infrared astronomy |
| Aoi Takahashi | Assistant Professor, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Telescope development | Instrumentation; exoplanets |
| Fumihiko Usui | Senior Research Engineer, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Team member for the JAXA/ISAS pre-project candidate Satellite project management |
Infrared astronomy |
| Iona Kondo | Research Engineer, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Team member for the JAXA/ISAS pre-project candidate Satellite system development |
Infrared astronomy |
| Kohei Miyakawa | Project Researcher, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Detector development and image analysis | Exoplanet exploration |
| Yui Kasagi | Project Researcher, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Data analysis and detector development | Exoplanet exploration |
| Shotaro Tada | Project Researcher, JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science | Spacecraft and instrument development | Exoplanet exploration |
| Yoshiyuki Yamada | Assistant Professor, Kyoto University | Team member for the JAXA/ISAS pre-project candidate Head, JASMINE Data Analysis Group |
Astrophysics |
| Daisuke Kawata | Professor, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London (Affiliated Professor, JASMINE Project Office) | JASMINE Project Scientist Astrometry science core team; data analysis |
Chemodynamical evolution of galaxies; astrometry; galaxy-formation simulations |
| Takanori Kodama | Associate Professor (Special Appointment), Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Tech | Lead, JASMINE Exoplanet Group Science Team | Exoplanet exploration |
| Takafumi Kamizuka | Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo Astronomy Center | Data analysis | Infrared astronomy |
| Yui Kawashima | Assistant Professor, Kyoto University | Exoplanet research | Exoplanet exploration; brown dwarfs |
| Kento Masuda | Associate Professor, Osaka University | Lead, JASMINE Exoplanet Group Observation Strategy Team | Exoplanet exploration |
| Akihiko Fukui | Project Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo | Lead, JASMINE Exoplanet Group Astrometry Team | Exoplanet exploration |
| Masataka Aizawa | Assistant Professor, Ibaraki University | Data analysis | Exoplanet exploration |
| Satoshi Yoshioka | Professor, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology | Data analysis | |
| Takayuki Tatekawa | Specially Appointed Professor, University of Shiga Prefecture | Data analysis | |
| Yutaka Komiyama | Professor, Hosei University | Detector thermal-structure development | Galactic archaeology; galactic astronomy; instrumentation |
| Shogo Nishiyama | Associate Professor, Miyagi University of Education | Lead, Astrometry Science Core Team | Galactic and optical/infrared astronomy |
| Noriyuki Matsunaga | Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo | Astrometry science core team | Galactic astronomy; variable stars; infrared astronomy |
| Norita Kawanaka | Specially Appointed Researcher, Tokyo Metropolitan University | Astrometry science core team | Gravitational lensing; astrometry; black holes; theoretical astrophysics |