Curriculum Vitae (CV)

(Last updated: April 14, 2024) [PDF for download]

Education

2001 Doctor of Philosophy in Science Degree (Tohoku University, September 19)
- Doctoral Thesis "The Pursuit of Non-Gaussian Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background", 129 pages [astro-ph/0206039].
- Supervisor: Toshifumi Futamase (Tohoku University)
- Co-Supervisor: David N. Spergel (Princeton University)
1999 Master of Science Degree (Tohoku University, March 31)
- Master Thesis "Cosmic Background Radiation" (in Japanese), 286 pages.
- Appendices "Gauge-invariant General-relativistic Perturbation Theory and Light Propagation" (in Japanese), 77 pages.
- Supervisor: Toshifumi Futamase (Tohoku University)
1997 Bachelor of Science Degree (Tohoku University, March 31)

Employment History

2012-present Director (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching)
2012-present Honorary Professor (Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich)
2012-2013 Adjunct Professor (The University of Texas at Austin)
2010-2012 Professor (The University of Texas at Austin)
2009-2012 Director, Texas Cosmology Center (The University of Texas at Austin)
2008-2010 Associate Professor (The University of Texas at Austin)
2003-2008 Assistant Professor (The University of Texas at Austin)
2001-2003 MAP Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Princeton University)
1997-1998 Teaching Assistant (Tohoku University)

Visiting Positions

2022-present Senior Fellow (Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo)
2020 UvA/VU Amsterdam Physics and Astronomy Visiting Professorship
2017-2022 Principal Investigator (Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo)
2010 Sophie and Tycho Brahe Visiting Professor (University of Copenhagen)
2010-2017 Visiting Senior Scientist (Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo)
2008-2010 Visiting Scientist (Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo)
2000-2001 Visiting Member (Institute for Advanced Study)
1999-2000 Visiting Student Research Collaborator (Princeton University)

Prizes/Awards/Honors

2022: Nishina Memorial Prize (for “Contribution to the standard cosmology based on the cosmic microwave background”) Citation(pdf), 受賞理由(pdf), 日本語, 仁科記念財団, 授賞式
2022: Ta-You Wu Distinguished Lecture, the University of Michigan Physics Department
2021: Inoue Prize for Science (for “Critical tests of theories of the early universe using the cosmic microwave background”) 受賞理由(pdf), 日本語, 井上科学振興財団
2020: The Van der Waals Professional Chair, Stichting Van der Waals Fonds, the Netherlands
2017: The 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (for Charles L. Bennett, Gary Hinshaw, Norman Jarosik, Lyman Page, Jr., David N. Spergel, and the WMAP Science Team; December 3) 日本語, 日本語2
2015: Fellow of American Physical Society (for “Pioneering use of the bispectrum to study the physics of the early universe and for playing a leading role in the analysis of WMAP data”) Citation(pdf), 日本語
2015: The Astronomical Society of Japan Chushiro Hayashi Prize (for “Precision Cosmology based on the Cosmic Microwave Background”; March 19) 受賞理由(pdf), 日本語
2013: The American Astronomical Society Lancelot M. Berkeley - New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy (for the WMAP 7-year cosmological interpretation paper; January 10) 日本語, photos
2012: Gruber Cosmology Prize (for Charles L. Bennett and the WMAP Science Team; August 21) 日本語
2010 Nishinomiya-Yukawa Memorial Prize (November 4) 日本語1, 日本語2
2008 The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) Young Physicist's Prize (December 10) 日本語
2007 NASA Group Achievement Award (for WMAP) (May 14)
2007 College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award (University of Texas at Austin, March 28)
2006 Morita Memorial Award (Tohoku University, October 28)
2005-2009 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow
2004 NASA Group Achievement Award (for WMAP) (August 24)
2004 The Astronomical Society of Japan Young Astronomer Award [an annual prize equivalent to Helen B. Warner Prize in the American Astronomical Society] (The Astronomical Society of Japan, March 22)
2000 Aoba Society for the Promotion of Science Prize [for outstanding graduate students] (Tohoku University, March 14)
1999-2001 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow (database)

External Funding (European Union)

10/1/21 - 9/30/25 (extended until 8/31/26): German PI, “CMB-INFLATE: Advanced methodologies for next generation large scale CMB polarization analysis” (PI: Guillaume Patanchon), Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2020), €73,500 [European Commission website]

External Funding (Germany)

1/1/19 - 12/31/25: Co-PI, “Excellence Cluster ORIGINS: From the Origin of the Universe to the First Building Blocks of Life” (Spokespersons: Andreas Burkert and Stephan Paul), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

External Funding (Japan)

Running total (PI): 92,950,000 JPY

11/19/20 - 3/31/25: PI, “Dark Matter Search Using the Cosmic Microwave Background”, as a sub-group (B06) of the bigger proposal entitled “What is Dark Matter? - Comprehensive Study of the Huge Discovery Space in Dark Matter” (PI: Hitoshi Murayama), Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A), 55.25M JPY [KAKEN page]
6/29/15 - 3/31/20: PI, “Ultimate Physics Analysis”, as a sub-group (D01) of the bigger proposal on studying Cosmic Acceleration (PI: Hitoshi Murayama), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, 37.7M JPY [KAKEN page]

External Funding (USA; 2005–2012)

Running total: $1,343,207 (PI: $938,918)

7/1/11 - 8/31/12: PI, "Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect in the WMAP 9-year Data," NASA/Astrophysics Data Analysis, $56,240
8/10/10 - 8/9/12: Sub-contract, "WMAP P.I. and Data Analysis Activities Based on the 2010 NASA Astrophysics Senior Review," Johns Hopkins University, $79,216 [PI: Charles L. Bennett]
10/15/08 - 9/30/11: PI, "The Physics of Inflation: Non-Gaussianity, Reheating and Preheating," NSF/Theoretical Physics, $90,000
9/15/08 - 8/31/11: PI, "Theory of Large-Scale Structure: Understanding Non-linearities, Bias, and Systematics in the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations as a Probe of Dark Energy," NSF/Astronomy and Astrophysics, $327,918
6/1/08 - 5/31/11: PI, "Modeling the Power Spectrum in High-Redshift Surveys," NASA/Astrophysics Theory and Fundamental Physics, $344,761 [Co-Is: Volker Bromm and Avi Loeb]
11/12/08 - 11/11/10: Sub-contract, "Analysis of the Temperature and Polarization Data from the Wilkinson Anisotropy Probe (WMAP)," Johns Hopkins University, $94,298 [PI: Charles L. Bennett]
6/1/08 - 4/15/09: Sub-contract, "Inflation Studies with One- and a Two-Channel Cosmic Inflation Probe," Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, $146,326 [PI: Gary Melnick]
10/1/07 - 9/30/08: PI, "Anisotropy in the Cosmic Near Infrared Background: Simulations vs Observations," Spitzer Cycle 4 Theoretical Research Proposal, California Institute of Technology, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, $74,999 [Co-Is: Elizabeth R. Fernandez and Paul R. Shapiro]
6/1/07 - 5/31/08: Sub-contract, "Mission Operations Oversight, Data Analysis, Systematic Error Analysis, Foreground Analysis, and Other Principal Investigtor Functions for the Wilkinson Anisotropy Probe," Johns Hopkins University, $51,379 [PI: Charles L. Bennett]
6/1/06 - 5/31/07: Sub-contract, "Mission Operations Oversight, Data Analysis, Systematic Error Analysis, Foreground Analysis, and Other Principal Investigtor Functions for the Wilkinson Anisotropy Probe," Johns Hopkins University, $33,066 [PI: Charles L. Bennett]
9/16/05 - 9/15/09: "Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship," Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation, $45,000

Memberships

Professional Service

External Advisory Committee, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Trieste
External Advisory Committee, Simons Observatory
External Evaluation Committee, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
RIKEN Committee, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
Scientific Advisory Council, arXiv
Scientific Advisory Committee, Leung Center for Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics (LeCosPA), Taipei
Selection Committee for the Shaw Prize
Senior Committee, European Space Agency (ESA) "Voyage 2050"
Editor, Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Editor, Journal of Cosmology and Astro-particle Physics
Editor, International Journal of Modern Physics D
Referee, Advances in Astronomy
Referee, Astrophysical Journal
Referee, Astrophysical Journal Letters
Referee, Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Referee, Astronomy & Astrophysics
Referee, Europhysics Letters
Referee, Journal of Cosmology and Astro-particle Physics
Referee, Journal of High Energy Physics
Referee, Modern Physics Letters A
Referee, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Referee, Nature
Referee, Physical Review D
Referee, Physical Review Letters
Referee, Science
Review Panel, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)
Review Panel, ESA’s Planck mission
Review Panel, NASA Astrophysics Theory Grant
Review Panel, NASA Einstein Fellowship
Peer Review, NSERC Discovery Grant
Peer Review, NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Grant
Peer Review, NSF CAREER Award
Peer Review, NSF Physics Frontier Center
Peer Review, NSF Advanced Technologies & Instrumentation
Peer Review, Grant Proposal, French Research Agency (ANR)
Peer Review, Grant Proposal, Grants-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Peer Review, Astronomy Rolling Grants, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Peer Review, ERC Advanced Grant, European Research Council
Peer Review, ERC Consolidator Grant, European Research Council
Peer Review, ERC Starting Grant, European Research Council
Peer Review, NASA Postdoctoral Program, Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Peer Review, Postdoctoral FONDECYT Competition
Peer Review, SNSF Consolidator Grants, Swiss National Science Foundation
Peer Review, UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships

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