Former Director General: Saku TSUNETA

EDUCATION

BS Astronomy, 1978, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
MS Astronomy, 1980, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
PhD Astronomy, 1983, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

ACADEMIC CAREER

1983-1986　JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, ISAS
1986-1988　Assistant Professor, Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, U. Tokyo
1988-1992　Assistant Professor, Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo
1992-1995　Associate Professor, Institute of Astronomy, University of Tokyo
1995-2013　Professor, National Astronomical Observatory (NAOJ)
2005-2013　Director, Advanced Technology Centre, NAOJ
2013-2018　Executive Director, JAXA (Vice President since 2014) Director General, ISAS

AWARDS

Inoue Medal for Sciences, 1995, Inoue Science Foundation
Director recognition award (to the Hinode team), 2007, NAOJ
Axford lecture, 2008, Asia Oceania Geophysical Union (AOGS)
The Hayashi Chushiro Prize, 2009, Astronomical Society of Japan
Honorary Fellow, 2010, University College London, UK
Honorary Fellow, 2011, Royal Astronomical Society, UK

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1980-1981　Co-investigator, Hard X-ray Telescope (Hinotori satellite)
1985-1991　Deputy Principal Investigator (PI), Soft X-ray Telescope (Yohkoh)
1995-1998　PI, XUV Doppler Telescope (ISAS sounding rocket)
1998-2002　PI, Hard X-ray Spectrometer (ISAS balloon)
1998-2006　PI, Solar Optical Telescope (Hinode satellite) Co-project manager, SOLAR-B (Hinode) mission
2011-2012　Chair, ISAS steering committee for Space Science
2012　Japan PI, Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha SpectroPolarimeter (CLASP)
(NASA sounding rocket)