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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)

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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

Info

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