Astronomer

I am a designated Assistant Professor at Nagoya University and a Visiting Researcher at the California Institute of Technology, studying galaxy formation and evolution in the early universe.

News

• July 2023: Started a 1-yr stay at Caltech as a visiting associate.
• April 2023: Awarded 2023 MEXT Commendations for Science and Technology (link).

Research

Hunting the Cosmic Web

The cosmic web is the network of matters dragged by the gravity, which is the fundamental prediction recalled by the current structure formation models. I’m leading a project to directly observe the gaseous network in emission.

Tracking the baryon cycle

Galaxies are not isolated in the Universe. They obtain fuels and angular momenta from the cosmic web, and eject metters and energy toward the intergalactic space. I’m approaching this frontier exploiting new methods, including both optical IFU and ALMA.

Unveiling the growth of galaxies

We are still ignorant about the details on what was going on in the ancient galaxies in their actively growing phase. I’m tackling this theme, utilizing various telescooes including ALMA and JWST.

Chasing the co-evolution of galaxies and SMBHs

The origin of the co-evolution is a major goal of modern astronomy. However, no one knows about the obscured phase. I’m trying to beat the long-standing issue, with the use of ALMA and JWST.

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Employment

• 2022-present “YLC” designated Assistant Professor, Astrophysics Laboratory (A-lab), Nagoya University
• 2023-present Visiting Associate, the California Institute of Technology
• 2021-2022 ICRR Fellow, the Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), Univeristy of Tokyo
• 2018-2021 Special Postdoctral Researcher (SPDR), Cluster for Pioneering Research, RIKEN
• 2016-2018 Postdoctral fellow, the Open University of Japan
• 2016-2016 Specially-appointed postdoctral fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo
• 2015-2016 Research Fellow (PD), the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
• 2015-2016 Visiting Associate, European Southern Observatory (ESO)
• 2014-2015 Research Fellow (DC2), the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Edication

• Ph.D.

  Department of Astronomy

  University of Tokyo

  2015

• M.Sc.

  Department of Astronomy

  University of Tokyo

  2012

• B.Sc.

  Department of Astronomy

  University of Tokyo

  2010