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Hiroki Akamatsu
QUP Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
e-mail hirokia-at-post.kek.jp
I am an experimental astronomer. Before participating QUP, I was working on European X-ray astronomy project Athena at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research.
I joined QUP at Feb/2023 and become one of PIs of QUP at March/2025. My main research project is applications of cryogenic instrument, Transition Edge Sensor (TES), towards wide range of field including medical, industry and natural science.
I am excited to work together with other QUP colleagues and bring new insights based on new instruments which we will develop together.
Research Content
I am interested in the formation history of clusters of galaxies and large-scale-structures. I have been working on the development of cryogenic instruments for space applications in the last >15 years. I have several high-lights so far in both instrumentation and astronomical work.
Photograph of pre-demonstration model of Athena X-ray Integrated Field Unit instrument
Composite image of Radio (MeerKAT 1.4 GHz: Magenta), X-ray (XMM-Newton: Cyan)
and Optical (SDD: Green) from Chibueze, Akamatsu et al. Nature 2021
Award & Grant
・Award: The PASJ Excellent Paper Award
・Award: Young Scientist Award of the Physical Society of Japan
・Grant: NWO Veni grant: 248k Euro
・Grant JSPS fellowship for research abroad: 104k Yen (80k Euro)
・Grant JSPS fellowship for DC2: 104kYen (80k Euro)
・Award: Best poster prize at ASTRO-H school (visiting SRON for two months)
・Grant: Italian-Japanse bilateral fellowship "High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy
For Space Exploration”
・Grant: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research: Home-Returning Researcher
Development Research (460k Yen)
Related Research Results
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works...
https://home.sron.nl/news/5173-simultane-tes-uitlezing-op-niveau-van-telescopen-zoals-athena
https://home.sron.nl/news/5223-lofar-antennes-onthullen-gigantische-gloed-van-radiostraling...
https://home.sron.nl/news/5198-fast-and-furious-een-schokgolf-die-zich-uitstrekt-over-6-5-...
