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Appointments
December 2021 - present
JSPS Research Fellow (CPD), Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame
October 2021 - present
JSPS Research Fellow (CPD), Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University
November 2023
JSPS-ERC Fellow, Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva
April 2021 - March 2022
Visiting Scientist, Particle Simulator Research Team, RIKEN Center for Computational Science
April 2021 - September 2021
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University
April 2018-March 2021
Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR), Particle Simulator Research Team, RIKEN Center for Computational Science
April 2018-September 2020
Part-time Lecturer,
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Konan University
April 2015-March 2018
JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Education
March 2018
Ph.D. in Astronomy
The University of Tokyo
March 2015
M. Sc. in Astronomy
The University of Tokyo
March 2013
B. Sc. in Physics
Waseda University
Academic Honors
April 2018
Springer Theses
July 2015
Oral Presentation Award in Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics for Young Astronomers
July 2014
Oral Presentation Award in Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics for Young Astronomers
April 2013-March 2014
Scholarship by Iwadare Scholarship Foundation
April 2010-March 2011
Waseda University's 125th Anniversary Scholarship
External grants
PI:
Hirai, Y.,
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (22KJ0157/21J00153),
19,500,000 JPY (Direct Costs: 15,000,000 JPY, Indirect Costs: 4,500,000 JPY),
FY 2021 - 2025
Hirai, Y.,
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (20K14532),
4,160,000 JPY (Direct Costs: 3,200,000 JPY, Indirect Costs: 960,000 JPY),
FY 2020 - 2023
Hirai, Y.,
MEXT Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER),
10,000,000 JPY for 5 years after employed by a Japanese University, FY 2020
Hirai, Y.,
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up (19K21057, 18H05876),
2,990,000 JPY
(Direct Costs: 2,300,000 JPY,
Indirect Costs: 690,000 JPY),
FY 2018 - 2019
Hirai, Y.,
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (15J00548),
2,800,000 JPY,
FY 2015 - 2017
Co-I:
Fujii, M. S., Saitoh, T. R., Hirai, Y., and Baba, J.,
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (22H01259),
17,160,000 JPY (Direct Costs: 13,200,000 JPY, Indirect Costs: 3,960,000 JPY),
FY2022 - 2024
Aoki, W.,
Tominaga, N.,
Motokuma, T.,
Honda, S.,
Ishigaki, M.,
Hirai, Y.,
Nomoto, K.,
and Suda, T.,
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (21H04499),
41,210,000 JPY (Direct Costs: 31,700,000 JPY, Indirect Consts: 17,700,000 JPY),
FY2021 - 2024
Saitoh, T. R., Hirai, Y., and Fujii, M. S.,
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (21K03614),
4,040,000 JPY (Direct Costs: 3,100,000 JPY, Indirect Costs: 3,960,000 JPY),
FY2021 - 2023
Fujii, M. S., Saitoh, T. R., Hirai, Y., and Baba, J.,
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (19H01933),
17,160,000 JPY (Direct Costs: 13,200,000 JPY, Indirect Costs: 3,960,000 JPY),
FY2019 - 2021
Wanajo, S., Prantzos, N., Ishimaru, Y., Aoki, W., Ishigaki, M, N., Hirai, Y., Aoki, M., François, P., Salvadori, S., Gallagher, A.,
JSPS-CNRS Bilateral Joint Research Projects,
3,570,061 JPY (Direct Costs: 2,970,061 JPY, Indirect Costs: 600,000 JPY),
FY2016 - 2017
Professional Affiliations
The Astronomical Society of Japan -- Full Member (April 2014 - present)
The Physical Society of Japan -- Full Member (June 2014 - present)
Society of Theoretical Astronomy and Astrophysics -- Full Member (October 2016 - present)
American Astronomical Society -- Full Member (February 2022 - present)
International Astronomical Union -- Junior Member (June 2022 - present)
Referee
The Astrophysical Journal,
The Astrophysical Journal Letters,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan,
JPS Conference Proceedings