Our team members are divided into current team members and graduates. Additionally, our group actively supports those who aim to excel in academic or non-academic fields after acquiring advanced expertise in a PhD program and skills in simulation techniques, visualization, and data analysis.
We actively utilize the following programs to support research activities and enhance career paths: the University of Tsukuba Dual Degree Programme, the University of Tsukuba Doctoral Student Support Project, and the JSPS Research Fellowships.
The JSPS Fellowship provides outstanding young researchers in Japan the opportunity to devote themselves to research while independently choosing a research topic based on their own ideas. It supports their research through grants and scientific research funding.
This program provides excellent University of Tsukuba doctoral course students with benefit-type support expenses, equivalent to living and research expenses.
This programme allows doctoral students at the University of Tsukuba to also enroll in a master's programme in another specialization, enabling them to obtain both degrees simultaneously. Three students from our group have obtained a PhD in astrophysics and an MSc in High Performance Computing through this programme. Additionally, one student is currently using this scheme to conduct research in Dark Matter and Machine Learning.
| Yuka Kaneda | (D2) | JSPS Fellow(DC1), Dual Degree Program |
| Formatiton and evolution of dark matter haloes | ||
| Misa Yamaguchi | (M2) | Galaxy evolution and Galactic Habitable Zone in the cold dark matter universe |
| Takuhiro Yuasa | (M2) | Development of high-performance schemes for computational fluid dynamics |
| Taisei Takeuchi | (M1) | Formation of stellar clusters and dark matter in the M81 galaxy group |
| Kanta Aimoto | (B4) | Galaxy collision and non-linear response of gas disk |
| Michi Shinozaki | (B4) | Scaling relation and cusp-core problem of dark matter haloes |
| Takafumi Takayama | (B4) | Galaxy collisions and activities of the supermassive black hole |
| Tatsuo Fujinomaki | (B4) | Galactic dynamics of the spiral arms |
| Koki Otaki | Ph.D. in Science (March 2024) and Master's degree in Engineering (March 2023) through the Dual Degree Programme |
| "Formation of Dwarf Galaxies Induced by Dark Matter Subhalo Collisions" | |
| PD Researcher at Kagoshima University / Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) | |
| Kazuki Kato | Ph.D. in Science (March 2019) |
| "Dynamics of the cusp-to-core transformation in less massive galaxies and formation of the ultra-diffuse galaxies" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Takanobu Kirihara | Ph.D. in Science (March 2017) |
| "Numerical study of internal structure of galaxies via minor merger events in M31" | |
| Associate Professor at Kitami Institute of Technology | |
| Asuka Igarashi | Ph.D. in Science (March 2017) |
| "Transonic analysis of galactic outflows and its application" | |
| PD Researcher at National Institute of Informatics | |
| Go Ogiya | Ph.D. in Physics (March 2014) and Master's degree in Engineering (March 2013) through the Dual Degree Programme |
| "Solving the core-cusp problem of cold dark matter halos and the origin of their observational universalities" | |
| Professor at Zhejiang University (China) | |
| Yohei Miki | Ph.D. in Science (March 2014) and Master's degree in Engeneering (March 2013) through the Dual Degree Programme |
| "Numerical Investigation of Galactic Merger Utilizing High Performance Computing Architectures: Ancient Satellite Galaxy and Wandering Supermassive Black Hole" | |
| Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo |
| Kazuma Koyata | March 2024 |
| "Hydrodynamic interactions between dwarf galaxies and galactic disks" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Yuka Kaneda | March 2023 |
| "Scaling Laws and Cusp-Core Transitions in Dark Matter Haloes" | |
| Ph.D. student | |
| Shunji Tanaka | March 2023 |
| "Construction of an analytical model and numerical experiments with N-body simulations in the tidal stripping of satellite galaxies" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Ayami Hotta | March 2023 |
| "The dynamical evolution of the Andromeda Galaxy and the formation of stellar streams" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Yudai Kazuno | March 2022 |
| "Frequency of dark matter sub-halo collisions and their Evolutuion" | |
| High school teacher | |
| Koki Otaki | March 2021 |
| "Formation of dark matter deficient galaxies via dark matter sub-halo collisions" | |
| Ph.D. student | |
| Ryuji Sasaki | March 2020 |
| "Evolution of Milky Way disk explored by galaxy collision simulations" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Yuta Nagano | March 2019 |
| "Possible existence of transonic and subsonic flows in galactic winds" | |
| Japan Meteorological Agency | |
| Ginjiro Miyagawa | March 2019 |
| "Possible existence of dark satellites explored by simulation of the formation of HI gas streams associated with IC10" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Moemi Tanuma | March 2018 |
| "Universal scaling law for dark matter halo" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Takahiro Fujiwara | March 2018 |
| "Development of a new Godunov SPH method using the Integral Approach" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Naohisa Kusu | March 2017 |
| "Exploring the structure of the outer edge of the Andromeda Galaxy's dark matter halo and collisional orbits explored by galaxy collision simulations" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Shohei Shibano | March 2017 |
| Interactions between interstellar gas and stellar winds in the galactic evolution of M31 | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Fumika Yuki | March 2016 |
| "Simulation of the formation of nuclei in dwarf elliptical galaxies | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Kato Kazuki | March 2015 |
| "Relationship between the cusp-core problem and the too-big-to-fail problem in the Cold dark matter halo" | |
| Ph.D. student | |
| Takanori Murata | March 2015 |
| "Outflow and galaxy shape in the early stages of galaxy formation" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Takanobu Kirihara | March 2014 |
| "Internal structure of galaxies and dark matter halos probed by dwarf galaxy collisions" | |
| Ph.D. student | |
| Asuka Igarashi | March 2013 |
| "Analysis of spherically symmetric stationary galactic winds" | |
| Ph.D. student | |
| Masami Tsuchiya | March 2012 |
| "Transonic solutions of spherically symmetric stationary galactic winds - in relation to the mass density distribution of galaxies" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Go Ogiya | March 2011 |
| "Effects of gravitational field variations due to gas heating in supernova explosions on the central density distribution of the dark matter halo" | |
| Ph.D. student | |
| Shigeyuki Nakamura | March 2011 |
| "The relationship between galactic winds and a morphology of dwarf galaxies" | |
| Employment in a enterprise | |
| Yohei Miki | March 2011 |
| "Theoretical study of galaxy evolution and its impact on active galactic nuclei due to galaxy collisions" | |
| Ph.D. studenst |