Research Area

Instrumentation in Physics/Astronomy

Education

2006 Ph.D. in Astronomy, Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) 
      "The near-infrared multi-object spectrograph for the Subaru telescope and its application to the observations of distant galaxies"
2001 M.S. in Astronomy, Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)
1998 B.S. in Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University (Tokyo, Japan)

Employment



	
Sep.2023 - 
	
Research Engineer
	
Advanced Technology Center (ATC), NAOJ (Japan)

	
Feb.2022 - Aug.2023
	
Project Assistant Professor
	
Advanced Technology Center (ATC), NAOJ (Japan)

	
Apr.2021 - Jan. 2022
	
Senior Specialist
	
Advanced Technology Center (ATC), NAOJ (Japan)

	
Apr.2016 - Mar.2021
	
Invited Researcher
	
ISAS, JAXA (Japan)

	
Apr.2014 - Mar.2016
	
Technical Staff
	
LNS, Tohoku University (Japan) 

	
Jul.2011 - Mar.2014
	
Technical Staff
	
ICRR, University of Tokyo (Japan)

	
Oct.2010 - Jul.2011
	
Visiting Assistant Research Physicist
	
Dep. of Physics & Astronomy, UC Riverside (U.S.A)

	
Feb.2008 - Sep.2010
	
Research Support Staff
	
Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University (Japan)

	
Sep.2007 - Jan.2008
	
Affiliated Research Fellow
	
Subaru Telescope (U.S.A)

	
May.2004 - Apr.2007
	
Junior Astronomical Researcher
	
Subaru Telescope (U.S.A)

	
May.2001 - Apr.2004
	
Subaru Research Intern
	
Subaru Telescope (U.S.A)


Invited Talks

Nov/2013 The 5th Japan-Korea Joint Workshop on KAGRA (Seoul, Korea)
"Current Status of the KAGRA Cryogenics" (on behalf of Suzuki-san)

Jan/2007 CFHT Seminar (Waimea, Hawaii)
"A new NIR multi-object spectrograph for the Subaru Telescope"

Sep/2006 Subaru Seminar (Hilo, Hawaii)
"A new NIR multi-object spectrograph for the Subaru Telescope"

Oct/2002 Anglo-Australian Observatory (Siding Spring Mountain, NSW, Australia)
"MOIRCS : Multi-Object InfraRed Camera and Spectrograph for Subaru"


Contributed Presentations at International Meetings

Jul/2022 SPIE 2022: Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation (Montreal, Canada)
"NINJA : an LTAO assisted optical and near-infrared spectrograph of Subaru Telescope", 
Tokoku et al (Poster), SPIE (2022)

Jul/2018 SPIE 2018: Space Telescopes and Instrumentation: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave (Austin, Texas, USA)
"Thermal and mechanical design of SPICA payload module",
Ogawa et al (Oral, on behalf of Ogawa-san)

Jun/2013 CEC/ICMC 2013 (Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 2013)
"Cryogenic System for the Interferometric Cryogenic Gravitational Wave Telescope, KAGRA
- Design, Fabrication, and Performance Test -"
Tokoku et al. (Poster)
               
Mar/2011 TMT Science and Instruments Workshop (Vancouver, Canada)
"IRMS: Technical Requirement",
Tokoku et al. (Oral)
               
Apr/2010 Deciphering the Ancient Universe with GRBs (Kyoto, Japan)
"Development of VPH Grisms for Near Infrared Spectroscopy",
Tokoku et al. (Poster)
               
Dec/2007 1st Subaru International Conference (Hayama, Japan)
"Searches for Galaxies at the Cosmic Frontier",
Tokoku et al. (Poster)
               
Oct/2007 Lyman Alpha Workshop (Paris, France)
"Search for z=7-10 Lya emitters and dropout galaxies with Subaru Telescope",
Tokoku et al. (Oral)

May/2006 SPIE 2006: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation (Orlando, Florida, USA)
"Infrared Multi-Object Spectrograph of MOIRCS"
Tokoku et al. (Poster)

Aug/2002 SPIE 2002: (Kona, Hawaii, USA)
"MOIRCS : Multi-Object InfraRed Camera and Spectrograph for the Subaru Telescope",
Tokoku et al. (Oral)


Publications