Yasuo Tanaka

[Present]

Director, Bonn Office of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Professor Emeritus, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Scientific Member, Max-Planck-Institute für Extraterrestrische Physik

[Education]

1953

Graduated from Department of Physics, Osaka University

Ph.D in Physics, Osaka University

[Academic Career]

1962-1974

Associate Professor, Nagoya University

1963-1967

Senior Scientist, University of Leiden

1974-1981

Professor, Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo

1981-1994

Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

1992-1994

Deputy Director-General, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

1994-present

Professor Emeritus, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now JAXA), and University of Tokyo

1994-1995

Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow ("Research Prize"), Max-Planck-Institute für Extraterrestrische Physik

1996-1997

Guest Professor, University of Utrecht and University of Amsterdam

1997-present

Guest Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute für Extraterrestrische Physik

[Academic Award]

1985

Nishina Memorial Prize

1988

Toray Science and Technology Prize

1993

Japan Imperial Prize and Academy Prize

1994

James Craig Watson Medal, U.S. National Academy of Sciences

1994

Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize

1999

Eugen-&-Ilse Seibold Preis, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

2001

Bruno Rossi Prize, American Astronomical Society

2002

Emperor's Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class

2004

Massay Award, the Royal Society, in association with COSPAR

[Distinctions]

1991-1993

President, Astronomical Society of Japan

1989

Foreign Member, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences

1995

Associate, Royal Astronomical Society

1998

Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences

External Scientific Member of Max-Planck-Institute für Extraterrestrische Physik

[Research Field]

Astrophysics — X-ray astrophysics

[Main Interest]

black holes (stellar-mass black holes in X-ray binaries and supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei)

[Main Engagement]

managing several X-ray astronomy missions exploring international cooperation (X-ray missions, SDSS, ALMA)

 

 

 

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