Department of Astronomy Faculty Members
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- Professors
- Shin Mineshige
: Astrophysics (black holes, accretion disks)
- Kouji Ohta
: Galactic astronomy (galaxy formation and evolution, surveys of QSOs/AGNs), Multimessenger astronomy
- Associate Professors
- Fumihide Iwamuro
: Astrophysics (AGN, instrumentation etc.)
- Yoshihiro Ueda
: Astrophysics (Muiti-Wavelength)
- Mikio Kurita
: Astrophysics (star forming region/interstellar dust, instrumentation)
- Daisaku Nogami
: Stellar Astrophysics (cataclysmic variable, X-ray binary, gamma-ray burst, stellar flare)
- Keiichi Maeda
: Astrophysics (supernovae, transient objects, stellar evolution)
- Junior Associate Professor
- Shiu-Hang Lee
: Astrophysics (supernova remnants, multi-wavelength modeling, cosmic-ray acceleration)
- Assistant Professors
- Taichi Kato
: Stellar astrophysics (observational investigations of accretion phenomena in compact objects)
- Takanori Sasaki
: Planetary Science
Our Department closely collaborates with Astronomical Observatory of Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University.
The faculty members at these observatories are: