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Personal Information

Name
Taishi Katsuragawa (桂川 大志)
Date of Birth
November 24, 1989
Place of Birth
Tajimi City, Gifu, Japanese
Nationality
Japanese
Language
Japanese (native): English (proficient): Spanish (basic): Chinese (basic)
Certifications
High School Specialized Teaching License (Science): Driver License
Hobbies and Interests
Cooking: Food culture: Biology

Academic Degree

April 2012 to March 2017

Division of Particle and Astrophysical Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan (Website)

Doctor of Science (Ph.D.)
  • Thesis title: "Study on Dark Matter Candidate in F(R) Gravity Theory"
  • Supervisor: Prof. Shin'ichi Nojiri
Master of Science
  • Thesis title: "Black Hole Solution and Entropy in Bigravity Theory"
  • Supervisor: Prof. Shin'ichi Nojiri
April 2008 to March 2012

Department of Physics, School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan

Bachelor of Science
  • Thesis title: N/A (Report Submission and Interview)
  • Supervisor: Prof. Shin'ichi Nojiri
April 2005 to March 2008
Gifu Kita High School, Japan (Website)

Work Experience

December 2019 to Present
Associate Professor at Institute of Astrophysics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
September 2017 to August 2019
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Institute of Astrophysics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China
April 2017 to August 2017
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Center for Theoretical Studies, Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI), Nagoya University, Japan (Website)
April 2015 to March 2017
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2) of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Nagoya University, Japan (Fellowship Categories:DC2)

Education Experience

Lectures in Central China Normal University, China

Second Semester in 2023/2024 (from February 2024 to June 2024)
  • "Theory of Gravity and Cosmology 1 (引力论与宇宙学 (一))" , undergraduate course
  • "Theory of Gravity and Cosmology 2 (引力论与宇宙学 (二))" , undergraduate course
  • "Frontier of Early Universe (早期宇宙前沿选讲)" , graduate course
First Semester in 2023/2024 (from September 2023 to January 2024)
  • "General relativity (广义相对论)" , graduate course
Second Semester in 2022/2023 (from February 2023 to June 2023)
  • "Theory of Gravity and Cosmology 1 (引力论与宇宙学 (一))" , undergraduate course
  • "Theory of Gravity and Cosmology 2 (引力论与宇宙学 (二))" , undergraduate course
  • "Frontier of Early Universe (早期宇宙前沿选讲)" , graduate course
First Semester in 2022/2023 (from September 2022 to January 2023)
  • "Theory of Gravity and Cosmology 2 (引力论与宇宙学 (二))" , undergraduate course
  • "General Relativity (广义相对论)" , graduate course
Second Semester in 2021/2022 (from February 2022 to June 2022)
  • "Theory of Gravity and Cosmology 1 (引力论与宇宙学 (一))" , undergraduate course
First Semester in 2021/2022 (from September 2021 to January 2022)
  • "Theory of Gravity and Cosmology 2 (引力论与宇宙学 (二))" , undergraduate course
  • "General Relativity (广义相对论)" , graduate course
  • "Frontier of Early Universe (早期宇宙前沿选讲)" , graduate course
Second Semester in 2020/2021 (from February 2021 to June 2021)
  • "Theory of Gravity and Cosmology 1 (引力论与宇宙学 (一))" , undergraduate course
First Semester in 2020/2021 (from September 2020 to January 2021)
  • "Theory of Gravity and Cosmology 2 (引力论与宇宙学 (二))" , undergraduate course
  • "General Relativity (广义相对论)" , graduate course

Invited Lecture/Seminar

April 2019
  • Lecture "Japanese Food and Culture" as a part of lecture series of "Japanese Business Manner and Culture", Central China Normal University, China
September 2018
  • Lecture "Japanese Food and Culture" as a part of lecture series of "Japanese Business Manner and Culture", Central China Normal University, China
April 2018
  • Lecture "Japanese Food and Culture" as a part of lecture series of "Japanese Business Manner and Culture", Central China Normal University, China
February 2018

Teaching Assistant

April 2016 to March 2017
Teaching assistant of the English training class in LGS Program, Nagoya University
  • Period: April 6, 2016 - March 31, 2017
  • Lecturer: Ms. Janet Henderson
April 2015 to March 2016
Teaching assistant of QG-laboratory seminar (Website), Nagoya University
  • Period: April 6, 2015 - March 31, 2016
  • Lecturer: Prof. Shin'ichi Nojiri
October 2012 to March 2013
Teaching assistant of the Electromagnetics, Nagoya University
  • Period: October 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013
  • Lecturer: Prof. Masaharu Tanabashi
April 2012 to September 2012
Seminar adviser for 1st-grade undergraduate student ("Pre-Seminar"), Nagoya University
  • Period: April 6, 2012 - September 30, 2012
  • Subject: Quantum mechanics

Other Experience

Conference Organizer

November 2023
Chair of organizing committee of "International Conference on Modified Gravity 2023 (MOGRA 2023)" (Website)
  • Period: November 18 - 20, 2023
  • Place: Junyi Dynasty Hotel, Wuhan, China
  • Supported by the Institute of Astrophysics at Central China Normal University. (Website)
August 2018
Co-chair of organizing committee of "International Conference on Modified Gravity 2018 (MOGRA 2018)" (Website)
  • Period: August 8 - 10, 2018
  • Place: KMI Symposia, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Supported by the Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe (KMI) at Nagoya University. (Website)

Professional and Academic Activity

April 2023
Session Chair in 2023 International Conference of Deep Space Sciences (Website)
  • Date: April 25, 2023
  • Session: New physics search in Space and Deep Space
November 2020
Guest Editor in Special Issue “Symmetry with Gravity and Particle Theories” (Website)
  • Journal: Symmetry, MDPI (Website)
March 2019
Session Chair in JPS 2019 Annual (74th) Meeting (Website)
  • Date: March 17, 2019
  • Sesssion: Cosmic Rays/Astrophysics
January 2013 to March 2017
Enrollment in The Leadership Development Program for Space Exploration and Research, Nagoya University Program for Leading Graduate Schools (LGS) (Website), directed by JSPS (Program for Leading Graduate Schools)
  • Scholarship : April 1, 2014 - March 31, 2015
  • Research Assistant: January 1, 2013 - March 31, 2014
July 2016
Chief organizer of "The 46th Summer School on Astronomy and Astrophysics" (Website in Japanese)
September 2015 to November 2015
Visitor at Institut de Ciencies de l’Espai (ICE), Spain (Website)

Internship

January 2016 to February 2016
Advanced Technology R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electric, Japan (Website)

Outreach

December 2020
Presentation "一般相対性理論じゃない重力理論" (in Japanese), サイエンス夜会(@Sci_eve_talk) on Twitter
  • Date: December 17, 2020
  • Information: Announcement on Twitter
August 2017
Poster presentation in "The 7th Networking event for companies and doctorate human resources", Nagoya University, Japan (Website in English, 2017年度（平成29年度）企業と博士人材の交流会 in Japanese)
August 2016
Poster presentation in "The 6th Networking event for companies and doctorate human resources", Nagoya University, Japan (Website in English, 2016年度（平成28年度）企業と博士人材の交流会 in Japanese)

Award and Honor

September 2017
Post-doctoral Research Fellow/Members of "International Postdoctoral Exchange Fellowship Program", Central China Normal University, China
March 2017
Doctor of Science (Ph.D.), Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
August 2016
Oral Presentation Award in "International Workshop Siberian Cosmology Days 2016 (SCD2016)", Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics, Russia (Website)
March 2015
Research Fellowship for Young Scientists of JSPS (April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2017), Japan
March 2014
Master of Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
March 2014
High School Specialized Teaching License (Science), Japan
March 2012
Bachelor of Science, School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan

Competitive Grant

August 2023
High-end Foreign Experts Introduction Program (高端外国专家引进计划)
  • Period: September 1, 2023 -
  • Project Title: Study on Early Dark Energy and Hubble Tension in F(R) Gravity Theory (F(R)引力理论中的早期暗能量和哈勃常数问题研究)
  • Budget Amount: 80,000 CNY
September 2022
Grant-in-Aid of Hubei Province Natural Science Foundation (湖北省自然科学基金)
  • Period: September 4, 2022 - September 2024
  • Project Number: 2022CFB817
  • Budget Amount: 50,000 CNY
  • Information in detail: Notification
May. 2018
The 63rd General Grant-in-Aid of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (中国博士后科学基金第63批面上资助)
  • Period: May 4, 2018 -
  • Project Number: 2018M632895
  • Budget Amount: 50,000 CNY
  • Information in detail: Notification
April 2015
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)
  • Period: April 24, 2015 - March 31, 2017
  • Project Number: 15J06973
  • Budget Amount: 1,900,000 JPY
  • Information in detail: KAKEN
July 2014
Grant for Original Research, LGS Program at Nagoya University
  • Period: July 14, 2014 - March 31, 2015
  • Budget Amount: 247,000 JPY
September 2014
Support of Travel Abroad for International Conference / School, LGS Program at Nagoya University
  • Conference: Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum (September 7 - 13, 2014)
  • Budget Amount: 300,000 JPY
July 2013
Grant for Original Research, LGS Program of Nagoya University
  • Period: July 1, 2013 - March 31, 2014
  • Budget Amount: 420,000 JPY
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