Curriculum Vitae --- T.Sakurai

English / Japanese


Date and place of birth: 1950 November 30, Tokyo

Education:
     April 1969 - March 1973
          Dept. of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology
          B.S. degree on March 26, 1973
     April 1973 - March 1978
          Dept. of Astronomy, University of Tokyo
          Ph.D degree on March 29, 1978

Employment:
     April 1978 - September 1978
          Postdoctoral Fellow, 
          Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
         (Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, University of Tokyo)
     October 1978 - December 1985
          Research Associate,
          Dept. of Astronomy, University of Tokyo
     January 1986 - June 1988
          Research Associate,
          Tokyo Astronomical Observatory, University of Tokyo
     July 1988 - August 1992
          Assistant Professor,
          National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
     September 1992 - March 2004
          Professor,
          National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
          also: Director, Norikura Solar Observatory
                       (April 1992 - March 2004)
                Director, Solar Physics Division 
                       (April 1994 - March 1996, April 1998 - March 2004)
                Director, Solar Activity World Data Center
                       (April 1993 - March 1997)
     April 2004 - March 2016
          Professor,
          National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
          also: Assistant Director General (April 2004 - March 2012)
                Director, Solar Observatory (April 2004 - March 2006)
               	Director of Research Coordination (April 2012 - March 2014)
                Director, Solar and Plasma Astrophysics Division (April 2014 - March 2016)
     April 2016
         Emeritus Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
         Emeritus Professor, National Institutes for Natural Sciences
         Administrative Director, Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology (April 2016 - March 2022)

Fellowship:
     August 1979 - August 1981
          Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
     April 1984 - April 1985
          Max Planck Institut fuer Astrophysik, Munich, West Germany
     September 1989 - October 1989
          Astronomical Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
     May 2000 - December 2000
          National Solar Observatory, Tucson, USA


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Last Update: 2022 September 27