Kenji Hamaguchi

Astrophysics Science Division
NASA/GSFC
Code 662, X-ray Astrophysics Laboratory
Greenbelt, MD 20771

tel: 301-286-4970
fax: 301-286-1684
e-mail: Kenji.Hamaguchi @ nasa.gov

Present Position

2008 - present: Research Scientist, Suzaku Guest Observer Facilities, UMBC/NASA
2005 - 2008: Research Scientist, Suzaku Guest Observer Facilities, USRA/NASA
2002 - 2005: NRC Research Fellow (NASA/GSFC)
2001 - 2002: Post-doctoral Fellow of NASDA (currently JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Member

Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ)
American Astronomical Society (AAS)

Educational Background

2001 PhD (Physics & Astrophysics) - Department of Physics (Cosmic-Ray Group), Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
1998 MS (Physics & Astrophysics) - Department of Physics (Cosmic-Ray Group), Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
1996 BSc (Physics) - Faculty of Science, Kyoto University

Research Interests

X-ray activity of young stars (T-Tauri stars, Protostars, Herbig Ae/Be stars) and its relation to the Astrobiology
X-ray activity of evolved stars (Eta carinae, Wolf-Rayet)
Galactic diffuse X-ray emission

Current Projects

Eta Carinae observing campaign in 2003, html
The Goddard Center for Astrobiology, html
Suzaku Guest Observing Facility, html

Selected Publications

Publications at the ADS website.