Department of Physics, NCHU
Research Field
I am an assistant professor at the National Chung Hsing University with a research interest in ‘transient objects including gamma-ray bursts and fast radio bursts and their host galaxies’. http://www.phys.nthu.edu.tw/~tetsuya/
We are working on extragalactic transients in astronomy, including mysterious fast radio bursts.
I am working on mysterious fast radio bursts to reveal their origins and to address key science in astronomy and astrophysics, including dark energy, dark matter, cosmic reionization, and testing general relativity.
I had 58 publications (11 first-author papers and 47 co-authored papers) in the last five years. Three papers were selected as press releases. Eight papers were featured by a total of more than 50 media. The best postdoc paper award in Taiwan 2020 selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan, The best oral presentation award at the international conference, ‘NEP conference 2020: Multi-Wavelength Astronomy Collaboration towards the New Era with Deep Survey Data’ (2020), The best oral presentation award at the international conference, ‘Future Science with Multi-Wavelength Data’ (2019).
2021-present Assistant professor at the National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan) 2019-2021 CICA fellow at the National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) 2016-2019 ALMA fellow at the National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) 2011-2016 Postdoctoral fellow at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan 2008-2011 Postdoctoral fellow at the Kyoto University 2005-2008 Ph.D. Department of Astronomy/University of Tokyo 2003-2005 M.S. Department of Astronomy/University of Tokyo 1999-2003 B.S. Department of Physics/Kyushu University
1 Vacancy
Job Description
This project aims to understand the origin of mysterious fast radio bursts, which are radio fireworks in the Universe happening more than 1000 times in the sky every day. Revealing their origin is one of the most important missions in astronomy and astrophysics. Thousands of fast radio bursts continue to be detected. Each radio burst has more than 10 observed parameters, making it more difficult to handle such multi-parameter data recently. To overcome this problem, our research team focuses on the machine-learning approach, which allows us to treat many observed parameters simultaneously. Our research team published the first paper to classify fast radio bursts with machine learning, taking the lead on this subject. The successful candidate will work on the machine-learning approach to the mysterious origin of fast radio bursts with publicly available new data obtained with new telescopes: the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) and Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME). Based on this project, we aim to publish a first-author paper by the IIPP student.
Our research team has two ‘group meetings’ for research progress and three paper-reading journal clubs per week. These meetings have a lot of opportunities to touch on and discuss the cutting edge of astronomy and astrophysics. I would expect active interaction between my students at NCHU physics in Taiwan with the IIPP student, which will benefit our internationality in the department of physics. In addition to this, I will provide an opportunity for the IIPP student to present his/her results at a conference in Taiwan.
Preferred Intern Education Level
I prefer a student who is in Bachelor's course or higher levels of education.
Skill sets or Qualities
I prefer a student who has experience in coding python and ability to communicate in English.
1 Vacancy
Job Description
This project aims to work on constructing the Bustling Universe Radio Survey Telescope in Taiwan (BURSTT), which is a new radio array dedicated to detecting mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs). FRBs are radio fireworks in the universe that happen more than 1000 times in the sky every day. Thousands of fast radio bursts continue to be detected with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME). However, previous FRB telescopes have been facing three observational challenges, including poor localization capability, narrow field of view, and mismatch with multi-messenger and multi-wavelength observations. These problems have been hampering the correct understanding of the FRB origin. BURSTT will overcome all of these challenges for the first time, allowing Taiwan to lead the FRB science. The IIPP student is expected to work on the deployment of BURSTT arrays and contribute to the data pipeline.
Our research team has two ‘group meetings’ for research progress and three paper-reading journal clubs per week. These meetings have a lot of opportunities to touch on and discuss the cutting edge of astronomy and astrophysics. I would expect active interaction between my students at NCHU Physics in Taiwan and the IIPP student, which will benefit our internationality in the Department of Physics. In addition to this, I will provide an opportunity for the IIPP student to present his/her results at a conference in Taiwan.
Preferred Intern Education Level
I prefer a student who is in Bachelor's course or higher levels of education.
Skill sets or Qualities
I prefer a student who has experience in coding python and ability to communicate in English.