Kohki Uno

Research Positions

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Columbia University, New York, USA

  Nov. 2025 - present
  - Host: Prof. Kishalay De [HP]
  
  
  

Previous Positions

• Postdoctoral Researcher
  Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  Apr. 2025 - Oct. 2025
  
  
• JSPS Research Fellow - DC1
  Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025
  (JSPS = Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
  
  
• Visiting Scholar
  Columbia University, NY, USA

  Mar. 2024 - Jun. 2024
  - Host: Prof. Brian Metzger [HP]
  - Also staying at CCA / Flatiron Institute
  
  

Education

• Ph.D. in Astronomy
  Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  Apr. 2022 - Awarded Mar. 2025
  - Supervisor: Prof. Keiichi Maeda [HP]
  - PhD Thesis: "Diversity of Explosive Transients: Classical Supernovae to New Populations"
  
  
  
• M.Sc. in Astronomy
  Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  Apr. 2020 - Awarded Mar. 2022
  - Supervisor: Prof. Keiichi Maeda
  - Master Thesis: "Light-curve Modeling for Rapid-Evolving Transients"
  
  
  
• B.Sc. in Astronomy
  Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

  Apr. 2016 - Awarded Mar. 2020
  
  
• High School Diploma
  Hokkaido Sapporo Minami High School

  Graduated Mar. 2016
  
  

Publications

Presentaions

Fellowships, Grants, & Funding

• Keck Principal Investigator Data Award (KPDA) managed by NExScI for NASA
  
  - FY 2026
  - USD 12,250
  
  
  
• JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship
  
  - FY 2025-2027
  - No. 202560419
  - JPY ~16,000,000 (Maintenance allowance)
  
  
  
• JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers
  
  - FY 2023
  - No. 202380163
  - JPY 1,400,000
  
  
  
• Hayakawa Satio Fund awarded by the Astronomical Society of Japan
  
  - FY 2023
  - JPY 216,220
  
  
  
• DoGS Overseas Travel Support Program awarded by Kyoto University
  
  - FY 2022
  - JPY 400,000
  
  
  
• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists - DC1
  
  - FY 2022-2024
  - No. 22J22705 (FY 2022) / 22KJ1986 (FY 2023-2024)
  - JPY 3,400,000
  
  
  

Offer Diclined

• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists - PD
  
  - FY 2025-2027
  - No. 25KJ0011
  - JPY 5,460,000 [Direct Cost: JPY 4,200,000, Indirect Cost: JPY 1,260,000]
  
  
  

Allocated Telescope Time (PI)

1. Keck/LRIS, S26A-N194, 1.5 nights
2. Subaru/FOCAS, S25B-091, 2 nights (ToO)
3. Subaru/FOCAS, S25A-068, 2 nights (ToO)
4. Subaru/FOCAS, S24A-062, 2 nights (ToO)
5. Subaru/FOCAS, S23B-025, 1 night (ToO, postponed to S24B due to telescope troubles)
6. Subaru/FOCAS, S23A-052, 2 nights (ToO)

Memberships

• The Astronomical Society of Japan (日本天文学会)
  
• Group of Theoretical Astronomers and Astrophysics in Japan (理論天文学宇宙物理学懇談会/理論懇)
  
• Group of Optical and Infrared Astronomers in Japan (光学赤外線天文連絡会/光赤天連)
  

Services

Referee

• The Astrophysical Journal
• Astronomy and Astrophysics

Teaching Experience

Instructor

• Summer School: The landscape of astronomical transients (Flatiron Institute/CCA, 2025)
  Material is available online - here

Teaching Assistant

• Electromagnetics (Kyoto University, 2023)
  
• Theoretical Astronomy Seminar (Kyoto University, 2021)
  
• Theoretical Astronomy Seminar (Kyoto University, 2020)
  

Teaching License

• Japanese High School (Subject: Science)
  

Outreach

• 2024/11: Visiting Lecture at Salesian International School Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
  
• 2024/8: Lecture for High School Students at Kyoto University (ELCAS)
  
• 2023/12: Visiting Lecture at Akashi High School, Hyogo, Japan
  
• 2023/11: Visiting Lecture at Tomioka-nishi High School, Tokushima, Japan
  
• 2022/12: Visiting Lecture at Kawase High & Junior-high School, Shiga, Japan
  
• 2022/11: Lecture for High School Students at Kyoto University