Yasuo Tanaka
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Director, Bonn Office of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
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Professor Emeritus, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) |
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Scientific Member, Max-Planck-Institute für Extraterrestrische Physik |
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[Education] |
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1953 |
Graduated from Department of Physics, Osaka University |
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Ph.D in Physics, Osaka University |
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[Academic Career] |
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1962-1974 |
Associate Professor, Nagoya University |
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1963-1967 |
Senior Scientist, University of Leiden |
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1974-1981 |
Professor, Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo |
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1981-1994 |
Professor, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science |
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1992-1994 |
Deputy Director-General, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science |
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1994-present |
Professor Emeritus, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now JAXA), and University of Tokyo |
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1994-1995 |
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow ("Research Prize"), Max-Planck-Institute für Extraterrestrische Physik |
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1996-1997 |
Guest Professor, University of Utrecht and University of Amsterdam |
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1997-present |
Guest Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute für Extraterrestrische Physik |
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[Academic Award] |
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1985 |
Nishina Memorial Prize |
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1988 |
Toray Science and Technology Prize |
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1993 |
Japan Imperial Prize and Academy Prize |
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1994 |
James Craig Watson Medal, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
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1994 |
Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize |
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1999 |
Eugen-&-Ilse Seibold Preis, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft |
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2001 |
Bruno Rossi Prize, American Astronomical Society |
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2002 |
Emperor's Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class |
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2004 |
Massay Award, the Royal Society, in association with COSPAR |
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[Distinctions] |
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1991-1993 |
President, Astronomical Society of Japan |
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1989 |
Foreign Member, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences |
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1995 |
Associate, Royal Astronomical Society |
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1998 |
Foreign Associate, U.S. National Academy of Sciences |
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External Scientific Member of Max-Planck-Institute für Extraterrestrische Physik |
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[Research Field] |
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Astrophysics — X-ray astrophysics |
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[Main Interest] |
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black holes (stellar-mass black holes in X-ray binaries and supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei) |
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[Main Engagement] |
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managing several X-ray astronomy missions exploring international cooperation (X-ray missions, SDSS, ALMA) |