CURRICULUM VITAE
TAKASHI HAMANA
ADDRESS
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan

PERSONAL DETAILS
- Name (Given, Family) : Takashi Hamana
- Sex : Male
- Nationality : Japanese
EDUCATION
- 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
DEGREES
- 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)
POSITIONS HELD
- 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
FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS
- 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
Professional Societies
- Astronomical Society of Japan
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Observational cosmology
- Gravitational Lensing
- Large Scale Structure of the Universe
Last update: 15 November, 2005