Toshitaka Kajino (梶野敏貴) is a Japanese

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from Kashiwazaki,

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. His specialty is theoretical astronomy, especially nuclear astrophysics and

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. Organizer of Cosmology and Nuclear Astrophysics (COSNAP) group in the

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(

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). He was a student of

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who was a President of the

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and a Minister of Education. Many cosmologists have been produced from Toshitaka Kajino's laboratory.

History

*1956 Born in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture. *1984 Completed the Doctoral Course, Graduate School of Science,

*1984 Assistant Professor in

Tokyo Metropolitan University , often referred to as TMU, is a Public Research University, public research university in Japan. Origin The origin of Tokyo Metropolitan University was Prefectural Higher School, under the old system of education, established by Tokyo Prefec ...

. *1993 Associate Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan *1994 Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Concurrency). *1995 Associate Professor, Department of Astronomical Science, the Graduate University of Advanced Studies (Concurrency),
2004 Awarded the American Physical Society Fellowship (APS Fellow)
The reason for the award is "For significant contributions to nuclear astrophysics and theoretical nuclear physics and for the promotion of scientific exchange between Japan and the international community". *2016 One Thousand Talents (Foreign Expert) employed by the Chinese government. *2017 Distinguished Professor and Director of th
International Research Center for Big Bang Cosmology and Elemental Genesis
Beihang University (Concurrency). *2019 Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

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/nowiki> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kajino, Toshitaka Living people 21st-century Japanese astronomers People from Niigata Prefecture 1956 births University of Tokyo alumni Academic staff of Tokyo Metropolitan University Academic staff of the University of Tokyo Japanese astrophysicists Fellows of the American Physical Society