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Ken'ichi Tatematsu

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Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Director, Nobeyama Radio Observatory
Astronomer
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Nobeyama 45m results (maintained by Tatematsu)

The Orion A Giant Molecular Cloud with the Nobeyama 45 m Radio Telescope

Right (color): Radio N2H+ Image (Tatematsu, Kandori, Umemoto, Sekimoto 2008), Right (grey): Radio CO Image (Shimajiri et al. 2011) Left: Optical Image (c)Hiromitsu Kohsaka

Taurus Molecular Cloud Cores Observed with the Nobeyama 45 m Radio Telescope

(Tatematsu, Umemoto, Kandori, Sekimoto 2004)

Project:
Nobeyama Radio Observatory
Research interests:
- Star formation in giant molecular clouds
- Atomic carbon in dark clouds
- Hierarchical structure in the interstellar cloud
- Protostellar collapse
Recent graduate student:
  • Satoshi Ohashi (2012-2017)

    Recent postdocs:
  • Gwanjeong Kim (2017-2020)
  • Patricio Sanhueza (2014-2017)
  • Quang Nguyen Luong (2014-2016)
  • Yiping Ao@(2013-2014)
  • Akiko Kawamura (2011-2014)
  • Yasutaka Kurono (2011-2013)

    Astronomical Pictures
    my astronomical pictures as an amateur (old) (new)

    CV
    Sex: Male
    Place of birth: Nagoya, Japan
    Nationality: Japanese

    Education:
    1983 BS in Astronomy from Kyoto University, Japan
    1985 MS in Astronomy from Kyoto University, Japan
    1988 PhD in Astrophysics from Nagoya University, Japan

    Employment record:
    1988-1990 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Nagoya University, Japan
    1990-1992 Postdoctoral Fellow, Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Japan
    1992-1994 Postdoctoral Fellow, McDonald Observatory, the University of Texas at Austin, USA
    1994-1995 Research Associate, Ibaraki University, Japan
    1995-2007 Associate Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
    2007-present Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
    2007-2008 and 2012-2017 Manager, East-Asian ALMA Regional Center
    2008-2012 ALMA-Japan Project Director
    2017-present Director of Nobeyama Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

    Misc:
    1999-2002 Trustee (Treasurer), Astronomical Society of Japan
    2017-2019 Auditor-secretary, Astronomical Society of Japan
    (Short Version) Ken Tatematsu graduated from Kyoto University, and obtained MSc from Kyoto University and PhD from Nagoya University. Then, he was Postdoctoral Fellow at three institutions including University of Texas at Austin. He was appointed Associate Professor and then Full Professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. He was ALMA Japan Project Director, and is currently Director of the Nobeyama Radio Observatory. His major research fields include millimeter and submillimeter astronomy, star formation, and the interstellar medium.
    (Long Version) Ken Tatematsu graduated from Kyoto University in 1983. He was awarded an MSc from Kyoto University and a PhD from Nagoya University. Then, he was Postdoctoral Fellow at JSPS, at Nobeyama Radio Observatory, and at University of Texas. He was appointed Research Associate at Ibaraki University, and Associate Professor at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ). Since 2007, he has been Full Professor at NAOJ. He was Japanese Project Director for ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, international radio telescope project) from 2008 to 2012, and is currently Director of the Nobeyama Radio Observatory. His major research fields include millimeter and submillimeter astronomy, and observational studies of star formation and the interstellar medium.
    How to get to and stay at NAOJ Nobeyama

    How to get to and stay at NAOJ Mitaka

    Morimoto-san's Universe (2011)

    Kaifu san and Me (2006), Kaifu san and Me 2 (2020)

    Mail to: K. Tatematsu

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