Curriculum Vitae

Masaomi Tanaka

Professor
Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University
6-3 Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan
masaomi.tanaka -at- astr.tohoku.ac.jp

Position

• 2024 April - present:
  Professor, Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University
  
• 2018 April - 2024 March:
  Associate professor, Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University
  
• 2018 April - present:
  Visiting scientist, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), University of Tokyo
• 2015 April - 2018 March:
  Visiting associate scientist, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU), University of Tokyo
• 2011 December - 2018 March:
  Assistant professor, Division of Theoretical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  
• 2010 April - 2011 November:
  Project researcher, Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU), University of Tokyo
  
• 2009 October - 2010 March:
  JSPS Research Fellow (PD)
  (Research Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science)
  
• 2007 April - 2009 September:
  JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
  (Research Fellow of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science)
  

Education

• 2009 September: Ph. D. (astronomy) University of Tokyo
• 2007 March: M. Sc. (astronomy) University of Tokyo
• 2005 March: B. Sc. (astronomy) University of Tokyo
• 2001 March: Graduated from Handa High-School

Publication

• see Publication

Presentation

• see Presentation
• see also News and press release

Academic Honors

• 2021 March:
  Yoshihide Kozai award (Foundation for Promotion of Astronomy)
  
• 2020 December:
  JSPS Prize (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
  
• 2020 March:
  The PASJ Excellent Paper Award (The Astronomical Society of Japan)
  
• 2019 April:
  Prizes for Science and Technology, The Commendation for Science and Technology (MEXT)
  
• 2017 October:
  NCU-DELTA Young Astronomer Lectureship Award (National Central University, Taiwan)
  
• 2017 February:
  Inoue Research Award (Inoue Foundation for Science)
  
• 2016 April:
  The Young Scientists’ Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology (MEXT)
  
• 2016 March:
  The ASJ Young Astronomer Award (The Astronomical Society of Japan)
  
• 2012 February:
  Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (Inoue Foundation for Science)
  
• 2010 March:
  University of Tokyo, President's Prize
  (Univ. of Tokyo)
• 2010 March:
  Research Prize for PhD Thesis
  (Graduate School of Science, Univ. of Tokyo)
• 2007 March:
  Research Prize for Master Thesis
  (Graduate School of Science, Univ. of Tokyo)

Research grant

• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (A) Core Project A03 (PI)
  FY2023-2027
  Multi-messenger Astrophysics
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (PI)
  FY2023-2026
  
  
• JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Project (PI)
  FY2023-2024, Joint research with Lithuania/RCL
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (coI, PI: Mamoru Doi)
  FY2023-2027
  
  
• National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) General Collaboration Project (PI)
  FY2022, 2023
  
  
• JST FOREST Program (PI)
  FY2022-2024
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (coI, PI: Michitoshi Yoshida)
  FY2021-2025
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (coI, PI: Masaru Shibata)
  FY2020-2023
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (coI, PI: Nozomu Tominaga)
  FY2020-2023
  
  
• JST AIP Acceleration Research (coI, PI: Naoki Yoshida)
  FY2020-2022
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (PI)
  FY2019-2022
  
  
• NAOJ Grant for University Support (PI)
  FY2019
  3,158,000 JPY
  
  
• JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Project (PI)
  FY2018-2019, Joint research with Lithuania/RCL
  5,000,000 JPY
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (coI, PI: Michitoshi Yoshida)
  FY2017-2021
  Gravitational wave physics and astronomy: Genesis
  
  
  
• NINS program for cross-disciplinary study (PI)
  FY2016-2017
  10,580,000 JPY
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (coI, PI: Masaru Shibata)
  FY2016-2019
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (PI)
  FY2015-2018
  29,000,000 JPY
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas subscription research (PI)
  FY2015-2016
  3,500,000 JPY
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas subscription research (PI)
  FY2013-2014
  3,800,000 JPY
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (PI)
  FY2012-2014
  2,800,000 JPY
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up) (PI)
  FY2010-2011
  2,400,000 JPY
  
  
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (PI)
  FY2007-2009
  2,800,000 JPY