Profile

Shunsaku Nagasawa
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
Project Assistant Professor (NAOJ Fellow)
Research Topics
Experimental High-Energy Astrophysics (X-ray/gamma-ray)Solar-flare observations and data analysis to understand particle acceleration associated with magnetic reconnection
Development of X-ray/gamma-ray detectors
FOXSI Sounding Rocket, COSI MeV gamma-ray Satellite
E-mail:
shunsaku.nagasawa _at_ nao.ac.jp
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2026.10 -
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)
Project Assistant Professor (NAOJ Fellow)
2026.03 - 2026.09
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo
Project Researcher
JST EXPERT-J (EXcellence Program for Engaging Research Talent - Japan): Invited Researcher (EXPERT-J HP)
2026.03
University of California, Berkeley,
Space Sciences Lab
Visiting Scholar
2024.04 - 2026.02
University of California, Berkeley,
Space Sciences Lab
Postdoctoral Scholar
JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship
2019.04 - 2024.03
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, The University of Tokyo
Takahashi Lab., High Energy Astrophysics
(Lab HP)
Master's and Doctoral Course Student
2018.04 - 2019.03
International Center for Hadron Astrophysics, Chiba University
Neutrino Astronomy Laboratory
(Lab HP)
Undergraduate Research Student
Education
2024.03
Doctor of Philosophy
Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Supervisor: Prof. Tadayuki Takahashi
Doctoral Dissertation: Developing Innovative Hard X-ray Spectral Imager for Studies of Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares
Completed the Forefront Physics and Mathematics Program to Drive Transformation (FoPM)
2021.03
Master of Science
Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Supervisor: Prof. Tadayuki Takahashi
Master Thesis: Exploring Magnetic Energy Release in Solar Flares from High-Resolution Observation with Photon-Counting X-ray Detectors
2019.03
Bachelor of Science
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chiba University
Graduate Research: Understanding the Dark Rate of the New Photodetector "D-Egg" for IceCube-Gen2
2015.03
Omiya High School, Saitama Prefecture
Research Grants and Fellowship
2026.07 - 2028.03
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (KAKENHI), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Research Project: "Probing Particle Acceleration and Plasma Heating through the First Direct Focusing X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy of Solar Flares and Numerical Modeling"
Research fund: 2.1 million JPY (KAKEN HP)
2024.08
122nd Hayakawa Fund for Overseas Travel Support, The Astronomical Society of Japan
(UC Berkeley): 406,000 JPY
2024.04 - 2026.02
JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship
Research Project: "Revealing Particle Acceleration Mechanisms by Magnetic Energy Release through Solar X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy"
Living and research expenses: 7.5 million JPY/year (Project HP)
2022.04 - 2024.03
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)
Research Project: "Revealing Particle Acceleration Mechanisms by Magnetic Energy Release with Advanced Hard X-ray Solar Imaging Spectroscopy"
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows: 2.3 million JPY (FY2022/2023, special allocation)
Fellowship stipend: 200,000 JPY/month (KAKEN HP)
2021.04 - 2024.03
JSR Fellowship (CURIE), The University of Tokyo (CURIE HP)
Excellence Research Assistant stipend: 280,000 JPY/month (FY2021), fellowship stipend: 80,000 JPY/month (FY2022/2023)
JSR Fellowship research fund: 1.0 million JPY (FY2021)
2019.10 - 2024.03
WISE Program: Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education
The Forefront Physics and Mathematics Program to Drive Transformation (FoPM) Program Student (FoPM HP)
Excellence Research Assistant stipend: 170,000 JPY/month (FY2019/2020)
International Research Experience Fund (University of Minnesota, UC Berkeley): 1.316 million JPY
FY2026
RIKEN Special Postdoctoral Researcher Fellowship — Selected
FY2024, FY2026
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD) — Selected
Awards
2025.08
Poster Presentation Award
2025 Summer Networking Meeting for Japanese Researchers, JSPS San Francisco Office
2024.03
23rd High Energy Astrophysics Association in Japan Best Ph.D. Thesis Award
(HP)
2023.10
Excellence Award for FoPM Program Final Examination (FE)
The University of Tokyo
2021.06
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
Full Repayment Exemption for Particularly Outstanding Achievement
2021.03
FY2020 Graduate School of Science Encouragement Award
The University of Tokyo
(Award HP)
2020.08
2nd Place Oral Presentation Award, Solar and Stellar Section
50th Summer School for Young Astronomers and Astrophysicists
2019.03
President's and Faculty of Science Dean's Awards for Academic Excellence
Chiba University (top graduate in the Faculty of Science)
(Award HP)
2018 Fall Semester
Full Tuition Exemption for Outstanding Students
Chiba University