Eiichiro Komatsu

Professor

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Cosmic microwave background radiation anisotropy and polarization; inflationary scenarios of the early universe; alternative theories of gravity; radio band observational cosmology.

Group Areas

Early Universe, Structure Formation, HETDEX: Dark Energy Experiment

Personal Homepage

Address

The University of Texas at Austin
Department of Astronomy

RLM 16.210

Austin, TX 78712

(512) 471-1483

komatsu@astro.as.utexas.edu

Education

B.S., Tohoku University, 1997
M.S., Tohoku University, 1999
Ph.D., Tohoku University, 2001

Instruction

AST 309R: Galaxies, Quasars, & Universe (Spring 2012)
AST 396C/PHY 396T: Cosmology (Spring 2011)
AST 376: Cosmology (Fall 2010)
AST 376: Cosmology (Fall 2008)
AST 309R: Galaxies, Quasars, & Universe (Spring 2008)
AST 376: Cosmology (Fall 2007)
AST 309R: Galaxies, Quasars, & Universe (Spring 2007)
AST 376: Cosmology (Fall 2006)
AST 309R: Galaxies, Quasars, & Universe (Spring 2006)
AST 104: Undergraduate Astronomy Seminar (Fall 2005)
AST 376: Cosmology (Fall 2005)
AST 309R: Galaxies, Quasars, & Universe (Spring 2005)
AST 301: Introduction to Astronomy (Fall 2004)

Awards and Fellowships

1999-2001—Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow

2000—Aoba Society for the Promotion of Science Prize, Tohoku University

2001-2003—MAP Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Princeton University

2004—NASA Group Achievement Award (for Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)

2004—The Astronomical Society of Japan Young Astronomer Award

2005-2009—Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow

2006—Morita Memorial Award, Tohoku University

2007—College of Natural Sciences Teaching Excellence Award

2007—NASA Group Achievement Award (for Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe)

2008—The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Physicist's Prize

2010—Nishinomiya-Yukawa Memorial Prize

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