Curriculum Vitae

Masaaki HIRAMATSU, Ph.D.
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer),
Head of Spectrum Management Office, Public Relations Center /Director of Industry Liaison Office,National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ),
National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS),joint affiliation with
Astronomical Science Program,
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
2-21-1, Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588 Japan+81-422-34-3613
hiramatsu.masaaki@nao.ac.jp

Education:
The University of Tokyo, Ph.D. in Astronomy,March 2008
Thesis: Chameleonic Star Formation – A Millimeter/submillimeter Study ofChamaeleon Molecular CloudAdviser: Prof. Tetsuo Hasegawa and Sachiko K. Okumura (NAOJ)The University of Tokyo, M.S. in Astronomy,
March 2005
The University of Tokyo, B.A. in Astronomy,March 2003

Academic Experiences:
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Public Relations Center, NAOJ
Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer),
Department of Astronomical Science, SOKENDAIAssistant Professor, ALMA Project, NAOJ
Assistant Professor, Chile Observatory, NAOJ
Assistant Professor,
Department of Astronomical Science, SOKENDAIAssistant Professor, ALMA Project Office, NAOJ
ALMA Regional Center Astronomer,
Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Academia Sinica (ASIAA)
Postdoctoral Fellow, ASIAA
Research Assistant, NAOJ

2021 - present
2021 - present
2019 - 2021
2012 - 20182012 - 2021
2011 - 20122010 – 20112008 - 20112005 - 2008

Special Roles in Organization:
Director of the Industry Liaison Office, NAOJ
2023 - present
Launching member of the Industry Liaison Office, NAOJ
2020 - present
Executive Advisor to the Director General, NAOJ
in public relations in engineering and organizational communication, NAOJ
2019 - 2024
Interim Chief Public Relations Officer, Public Relations Center, NAOJ
2014 - 2016

Observing Experience:
Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment (ASTE)
Nobeyama 45m TelescopeSubmillimeter Array
Submillimeter Telescope, Arizona Radio Observatory~ 70 days
25 days
2 nights
4 nights

Skills:Languages: Japanese (native), English
Programming: Python, IDL, Java, Fortran, HTML

Refereed Publications:• Hiramatsu, M., Takanashi, N., Asagiri, S., Kawagoe, S.K., Amano, S.G., Kamegai, K.
2021, Virtual ALMA Tour in VRChat: A Whole New Experience, Communicating
Astronomy with the Public Journal, 30, 18• Hiramatsu, M., Hirano, N., and Takakuwa, S. 2010, Outflow-Core Interaction inBarnard 1, ApJ, 712, 778• Hiramatsu, M., Hayakawa, T., Tatematsu, K., Kamegai, K., Onishi, T., Mizuno, A.,Yamaguchi, N., and Hasegawa, T. 2007, ASTE Submillimeter Observations of aYoung Stellar Object Condensation in Cederblad 110, ApJ, 664, 964• Takanashi, N., Hiramatsu, M., Kawagoe, S., Kusakabe, N., Sawada, K., Tamazawa, H.
2024, Survey of public attitudes toward astronomy in Japan, PASJ, 76, 108• Christensen, L. L., Balokovic, M., Chou, M. -Y., Crowley, S., Edmonds, P., Foncea,V., Hiramatsu, M., Hunter, C., Konigstein, K., Leach, S., Lira, N., Lyubenova, M.,
Matsushita, S., Parsons, H., Ros, E., Sandu, O., Turner, C., Watzke, M., Zacher, K.
2019, An Unprecedented Global Communications Campaign for the Event Horizon
Telescope First Black Hole Image, Communicating Astronomy with the Public
Journal, Volume 26, p.11
• Tamura, Y., Kawabe, R., Shimajiri, Y., Tsukagoshi, T., Nakajima, Y., Oasa, Y.,
Wilner, D. J., Chandler, C. J., Saigo, K., Tomida, K., Yun, M. S., Taniguchi, A.,Kohno, K., Hatsukade, B., Aretxaga, I., Austermann, J. E., Dickman, R., Ezawa, H.,Goss, W. M., Hayashi, M., Hughes, D. H., Hiramatsu, M., Inutsuka, S., Ogasawara,R., Ohashi, N., Oshima, T., Scott, K. S., Wilson, G. W. 2015, Extremely Bright
Submillimeter Galaxies beyond the Lupus-I Star-forming Region, ApJ, 808, 121• ALMA Partnership et al. 2015, The 2014 ALMA Long Baseline Campaign: An
Overview ApJ, 808, L1• Shimajiri, Yoshito, Kitamura, Y., Nakamura, F., Momose, M., Saito, M., Tsukagoshi,T., Hiramatsu, M., Shimoikura, T., Dobashi, K., Hara, C., Kawabe, R. 2015, Catalogof Dense Cores in the Orion A Giant Molecular Cloud, ApJS, 217, 7• Espada, D., Komugi, S., Muller, E., Nakanishi, K., Saito, M., Tatematsu, K., Iguchi, S.,Hasegawa, T., Mizuno, N., Iono, D., Matsushita, S., Trejo, A., Chapillon, E.,Takahashi, S., Su, Y. N., Kawamura, A., Akiyama, E., Hiramatsu, M., Nagai, H.,Miura, R. E., Kurono, Y., Sawada, T., Higuchi, A. E., Tachihara, K., Saigo, K.,
Kamazaki, T. 2012, Giant Molecular Clouds and Star Formation in the Tidal
Molecular Arm of NGC 4039, ApJ, 760, L25• Koo, B.-C., McKee, C. F., Suh, K.-W., Moon, D.-S., Onaka , T., , Burton, M. G.,Hiramatsu, M., Bessell, M. S., Gaensler, B. M., Kim, H.-J., Lee, J.-J., Jeong, W.-S.,
Lee, H.-G., Im, M., Tatematsu, K., Kohno, K., Kawabe, R., Ezawa, H., Wilson, G.,Yun, M. S., Hughes, D. H. 2011, IRAS 15099-5856: Remarkable Mid-infrared Sourcewith Prominent Crystalline Silicate Emission Embedded in the Supernova Remnant
MSH15-52, ApJ, 732, 6• Shimajiri, Y., Kawabe, R., Takakuwa, S., Saito, M., Tsukagoshi, T., Momose, M.,
Ikeda, N., Akiyama, E., Austermann, J. E., Ezawa, H., Fukue, K., Hiramatsu, M.,
Hughes, D., Kitamura, Y., Kohno, K., Kurono, Y., Scott, K. S., Wilson, G., Ysohida,A., and Yun, M. S. 2011, New Panoramic View of 12CO and 1.1 mm Continuum
Emission in the Orion A Molecular Cloud. I. Survey Overview and Possible External
Triggers of Star Formation, PASJ, 63, 105• Tsukagoshi, T., Saito M., Kitamura Y., Momose, M., Shimajiri Y., Hiramatsu, M.,
Ikeda N., Kamegai K., Wilson G. W., Yun M. S., Hughes D. H., Ezawa H., Kohno K.,and Kawabe R. 2011 Detection of Strong Millimeter Emission from the Circumstellar
Dust Disk around V1094 SCO: Cold and Massive Disk around a T Tauri star in a
Quiescent Accretion Phase? ApJ, 726, 45• Handa, T., Sakano, M., Naito, S., Hiramatsu, M., and Tsuboi, M. 2006, Thermal SiO
and H13CO+ Line Observations of the Dense Molecular Cloud G0.11-0.11 in theGalactic Center Region, ApJ, 636, 261

Presentations in International Conferences on Astronomy:[Oral Presentations]• Hiramatsu, M., Ohashi, N., Chen, H. R., Shimajiri, Y., Kawabe, R. and Momose, M.
SMA Survey of the Low Luminosity YSOs in Perseus, “The Origins of Stellar Masses”,
Tenerife, Spain, 2010 October• Hiramatsu, M., AzTEC/ASTE K1 project, AzTEC/ASTE collaboration, AzTEC/ASTEAzTEC on ASTE: 1.1 mm Survey toward Cha-I and Cha-II, and spectral line follow
up, “Interstellar Matter and Star Formation in the Southern Sky”, Helsinki, Finland,2008 August• Hiramatsu, M., AzTEC/ASTE K1 project, AzTEC/ASTE collaboration, AzTEC/ASTE
Wide-Field Imaging of Southern Star Forming Regions at lambda = 1.1 mm, “The 4thJapan-Taiwan ALMA Science Meeting”, Mito, Japan, 2008 April• Hiramatsu M., Hayakawa, T., Tatematsu, K., Hasegawa, T., Onishi, T., Mizuno, A. andASTE team, Outflow - Core Interaction in Chamaeleon Star Forming Region, “EastAsian Molecular Cloud Workshop”, Tokyo, Japan, 2006 February[Poster Presentations]• Hiramatsu, M., Hirano N., Takakuwa S., and Hasegawa T., Outflow-Core Interaction
in Barnard 1, “Millimeter and Submillimeter Astronomy at High AngularResolution”, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009 June
• Hiramatsu, M., AzTEC/ASTE K1 project, AzTEC/ASTE collaboration, AzTEC/ASTEAzTEC/ASTE Wide-Field Imaging of Southern Star Forming Regions at Lambda =1.1 mm, “The Early Phase of Star Formation 2008” , Castle Ringberg, Germany, 2008
July
• Hiramatsu, M., Kamegai, K. Hayakawa, T., Tatematsu, Hasegawa, T., K., Onishi, T.,
Mizuno, A., and ASTE team, ASTE Submillimeter Observations of a YSO
Condensation in Cederblad 110, “The 3rd Japan-Taiwan ALMA Science Meeting”,
Chung-Li, Taiwan, 2007 April• Hiramatsu, M., Kamegai, K. Hayakawa, T., Tatematsu, Hasegawa, T., K., Onishi, T.,Mizuno, A., and ASTE team, ASTE Submillimeter Observations of a YSO
Condensation in Cederblad 110, IAU Symposium 237 “Triggered Star Formation in aTurbulent ISM”, Prague, Czech Republic, 2006 August• Hiramatsu M., Hayakawa, T., Tatematsu, K., Hasegawa, T., Onishi, T., Mizuno, A. andASTE team, ASTE Submillimeter Observations of YSO-Close-Packed Region
Cederblad 110, “Submillimeter Astronomy in the era of the SMA”, Boston, USA,
2005 JunePublic Outreach Experience:••••

Interim Chief Public Information Officer, NAOJ
2014.12 -2016.03
Education and Public Outreach Officer, NAOJ ALMA2011 – 2021
Co-founder, the TENPLA project2003 - present
Student Staff, Regular Star Party at NAOJ Mitaka campus
2001 - 2008
(Student Staff in Chief, 2004 – 2006)• Host, Science Live show “UNIVERSE”, Science Museum, Tokyo• Assistant, Science Live show “UNIVERSE”, Science Museum, Tokyo

2020 - present
2001 - 2008

Presentations in Conferences on Public Outreach:• Hiramatsu, M., Public Acceptance of ALMA in Japan, “Communicating Astronomy
with the Public Conference 2018”, Fukuoka, Japan, 2018 March• Hiramatsu M., Communicating ALMA with the Public in Japan, “IAU General
Assembly 2012 Special Session 14, Communicating Astronomy with the Public forScientists”, Beijing, China, 2012 August• Hiramatsu M., Kamegai K., Takanashi N., and Tsukada K., Popularization ofAstronomy under Cooperation between Students and Educators in Japan: theTENPLA project (1), “IAU General Assembly 2006 Special Session 2, Innovation ofTeaching/Learning Astronomy Methods”, Prague, Czech Republic, 2006 August• Hiramatsu M., Takanashi N., & The TENPLA Project, The TENPLA Project Popularization of Astronomy under Cooperation between Students and Museums,“The 9th Asian-Pacific Regional IAU Meeting 2005”, Bali, Indonesia, 2005, July