CURRICULUM VITAE

April 1996 - March 1999 : Astronomical Institute, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University (Doctor course)
April 1994 - March 1996 : Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hirosaki University (Master course)
April 1989 - March 1994 : Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Hirosaki University

March 1999 : Doctor of Science degree (equivalent to Ph. D.), (Tohoku University), thesis advisor: Prof. Toshifumi Futamase, thesis work: "Light Propagation in a Realistic Inhomogeneous Universe and Gravitational Lensing Effects on the Observational Cosmology
March 1996 : Master degree of Science (Hirosaki University)
March 1994 : Bachelor of Science (Hirosaki University)

November 2005 - Present : Assistant Professor at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
April 2004 - October 2005 : Research fellow at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
April 2001 - March 2004 : JSPS Postdoctoral fellow at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
January 2001 - March 2001 : Visiting postdoctoral researcher at Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik
January 2000 - December 2000 : Postdoctoral fellow at Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
April 1999 - December 1999 : Postdoctoral fellow at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

April 2001 - March 2004 : Postdoctoral fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
January 2001 - March 2001 : Visiting researcher fellowship, Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik
January 2000 - December 2000 : Postdoctoral fellowship, Universite Paris VI
April 1999 - December 1999 : C.O.E. postdoctoral fellowship, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University

Last update: 15 November, 2005