Curriculum Vitae
Shigeo S. Kimura
September 17, 2024
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email: shigeo@astr.tohoku.ac.jp
Address: Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University, 6-3, Aramaki, Aza-Aoba, Aoba, Sendai,Miyagi, 980-8578, Japan
Phone: +81-22-795-6607

RESEARCH INTEREST
1. Multi-messenger Astrophysics
2. Black-hole Astrophysics
3. Star & Planet Formation

EDUCATION
Mar. 2015

Ph. D in Science

Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University,
Japan
Title: High Energy Particles in Hot Accretion Flows onto a Supermassive Black HoleSupervisor: Prof. Kentaro NagamineMar. 2012

Master in Science

Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University,Japan
Mar. 2010

Bachelor in Science

Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University,JapanPOSITIONS
Apr. 2022 1

Assistant Professor, The Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences; Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2022
JSPS Research Fellow (PD), The Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences;
Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University
Apr. 2018 - July 2019
Visiting scholar, Department of Physics; Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics; Instituteof Gravitation & Cosmos, Pennsylvania state University
Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019
JSPS Overseas Research Fellow, Department of Physics; Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics; Institute of Gravitation & Cosmos, Pennsylvania state University
Sept. 2016 - Mar. 2018
Post-Doc Scholar, Department of Physics; Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics; Institute of Gravitation & Cosmos, Pennsylvania state University
Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2016
Lecturer (Part-time), The Faculty of Liberal Arts, Tohoku Gakuin University
Apr. 2015 - Aug. 2016
Post-Doctoral Researcher, The Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences; Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University
Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2015
Graduate Student, Theoretical Astrophysics Group at Department of Earth & Space Science,
Osaka University

GRANTS
Apr. 2023 JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (58,000,000 JPY)
June 2022 TI-FRIS Fellowship, Tohoku Univ.
Apr. 2022 JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (3,600,000 JPY)
Jan. 2020
Support for the presentation in international conferences by FRIS, Tohoku Univ.
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2022
JSPS Research Fellowship @ Tohoku University (3,100,000 JPY)
Oct. 2018 - Sept. 2019NASA Fermi GI Program cycle 11, Co-I (PI: Kohta Murase)
Aug. 2018
2Grants for Young Scientists (TeV Particle Astrophysics 2018)Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019
JSPS Overseas Research Fellow @ Pennsylvania State University
Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2019
IGC Fellow (Pennsylvania State University: 15,000 USD)
Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2015
JSPS Doctoral Fellow (DC2) @ Osaka University (2,000,000 Yen)

STUDENTS/POSTDOCS
Postdoc Researcher• Sara TOMITA (2022-2023)• Wataru IHIZAKI (2024-2027)• Tomoki WADA (2024)• Nicholas EKANGER (2024-2027)
Ph. D Students at Tohoku University• Riku KUZE (2020-2022: Co-supervision with Prof. K. Toma)• Riki MATSUI (2021-2023: Co-supervision with Prof. K. Toma)• Seiji Toshikage (2023-2025: Co-supervision with Prof. M. Tanaka)• Takumi Koshimizue (2024-2026: Co-supervision with Prof. K. Toma)
Bachelor Students• Taiki OGIHARA (2015: Co-supervision with Prof. K. Omukai)• Shunsuke SASAKI (2019: Co-supervision with Prof. K. Omukai)

AWARDS/PRIZES• 15th Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan (2021)• Selected as a JSPS Excellent Young Researcher candidate (2021)• 34th Young Scientist Award of the Astronomical Society of Japan (2023)• The MEXT Young Scientists’ Prize (2024)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION• The Astronomical Society of Japan• The Physical Society of Japan3

• Group of Theoretical Astronomers and Astrophysicists in Japan (Rironkon)

REVIEWER• National Science Centre in Poland (Grant)• Science (Journal)• Nature (Journal)• Nature Astronomy (Journal)• Physical Review Letters (Journal)• The Astrophysical journal Letters (Journal)• The Astrophysical journal (Journal)• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (Journal)• Astronomy & Astrophysics (Journal)• Physical Review D (Journal)• Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (Journal)• PLOS ONE (Journal)• Universe (Journal)• Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (Journal)• Europhysics Letters (Journal)

VOLUNTEERS• SOC/LOC at a workshop “FRIS/TI-FRIS Retreat 2024” (July 18, 2024 – July 19, 2024)• SOC/LOC at a workshop “AMES Workshop” (July 2, 2024 – July 3, 2024)• LOC at a discussion-based workshop “TMT-ACCESS 2024” (June 10, 2024 – Jun 12, 2024)• LOC & Session chair at an international conference “ELT Science in Light of JWST: The
scientific landscape for Extremely Large Telescopes in light of JWST. Part II. Asia” (June 3,2024 – Jun 7, 2024)• Convener of Neutrino I parallel session @ TeV Particle Astrophysics 2022 (TeVPA2022) (Aug.
8, 2022)• Colloquium Committee, Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University (Sept. 2022 - )• Invited Lecturer @ Vietnam School on Neutrino 2021 (VSON5) on “High-energy Neutrino
Astronomy” (Sept. 7, 2021)

4• Invited Lecturer @ Vietnam School on Neutrino 2020 (VSON4) on “High-energy Neutrino
Astronomy” (Dec. 17, 2020)• LOC at an international conference “Active Galactic Nucleus Jets in the Event Horizon Telescope Era” (Jan. 20, 2020 – Jan. 22, 2020)• Volunteer at an international conference “IGC@25: Multi-Messenger Universe”(June 24, 2019 – June 27, 2020)

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES• Press Release “Supercomputer simulations reveal the nature of turbulence in black hole accretion disks” (Aug. 29, 2024) from Tohoku University• Public talk “Let’s feel the Universe by 4D traveling throughout cosmos (given in Japanese)”(Oct. 7, 2023) Katahira-Festival at Tohoku University• Public talk “High-energy Neutrino Astrophysics (given in Japanese)” (July 26,27, 2023) Tohoku University Open Campus• Press Release “Exploring the Plasma Loading Mechanism of Radio Jets Launched from BlackHoles” (Sept. 30, 2022) from Tohoku University• Press Release “Gamma-rays and neutrinos from mellow supermassive black holes” (Sept. 23,2021) from Tohoku University and Pennsylvania State University• Volunteer at K-12 workshop “i-STEAM Workshop: Messages from the Skies, A Physics Investigation” (May 12, 2018)5