Kenji Hamaguchi

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)

• 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