Associate Professor
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astro-ph
Cosmic microwave background radiation anisotropy and polarization; inflationary scenarios of the early universe; alternative
theories of gravity; radio band observational cosmology.
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 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-present—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
