About Me
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Short bio
I obtained my PhD from Kyoto University in 2010. In my PhD work, I studied grain charging and planetesimal formation with Prof. Hidekazu Tanaka (田中 秀和) at Hokkaido University (now at Tohoku University). In my Master's and undergraduate projects, I studied general relativity (一般相対論) and black hole physics under the supervision by Prof. Masa-aki Sakagami (阪上 雅昭).
After the PhD, I spent three years at Nagoya University as a JSPS Superlative Postdoctoral Fellow (学振SPD). With Prof. Shu-ichiro Inutsuka (犬塚 修一郎), I studied interesting aspects of protoplanetary disks as weakly ionized, dusty plasmas.
In 2013, I joined the faculty of Tokyo Tech (東京工業大学) as an assistant professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences (地球惑星科学). In 2015, I spent a sabbatical leave at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, where I worked with Dr. Neal Turner on the thermal structure of protoplanetary disks. While I was away on sabbatical, I was promoted to associate professor in my home institute.
I was raised in Hachioji (八王子), Tokyo.
Employment
September 2015 - present
Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
東京工業大学 准教授March 2013 - August 2015
Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
東京工業大学 助教April 2010 - February 2013
JSPS Research Fellow - SPD, Nagoya University
日本学術振興会特別研究員-SPD, 名古屋大学April 2008 - March 2010
JSPS Research Fellow - DC2, Kyoto University
日本学術振興会特別研究員-DC2, 京都大学
Education
March 2010
Ph.D. of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
京都大学 大学院人間・環境学研究科 博士課程修了
Dissertation (学位論文): "Theoretical Modeling of the Charging and Structure Evolution of Dust Aggregates in Protoplanetary Disks"March 2007
Master of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
京都大学 大学院人間・環境学研究科 修士課程修了March 2005
Bachelor of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University
京都大学 総合人間学部 卒業March 2001
Tokyo Metropolitan Kunitachi High School
東京都立国立高校 卒業
Awards
April 2018
Young Scientists’ Prize from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
科学技術分野の文部科学大臣表彰 若手科学者賞 (平成30年度)August 2016
Challenging Research Award from Tokyo Institute of Technology
東工大挑戦的研究賞・学長特別賞 (平成28年度)January 2016
Young Astronomer Award from The Astronomical Society of Japan
日本天文学会 研究奨励賞 (2015年度)December 2014
Young Scientist Award from Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
東京工業大学 理学系若手研究奨励賞 (平成26年度)April 2014
Outstanding Young Scientist Award from The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences
日本惑星科学会 最優秀研究者賞 (2013年度)