Yasuo FUKUI, Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 404-8601, Japan
fukui@a.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp
website: https://yasuo-fukui.sakura.ne.jp/wp/
Education:
BA, Department of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, 1974
PhD, Department of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, 1979
Positions held:
1978-1980 JSPS Fellow, The University of Tokyo
1980-1987 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Nagoya University
1987-1993 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Nagoya University
1993-2017 Professor, Department of Physics, Nagoya University
2001-2004 Presidential Adviser, Nagoya University
2006-2017 Director, Nagoya University Southern Observatories, Nagoya University
2017-present Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, Nagoya University
2017-2020 Designated Professor, Department of Physics, Nagoya University
2020-2022 Researcher, Department of Physics, Nagoya University
2024-present Researcher, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
Awards and honors:
1987 Vainu Bappu Memorial Gold Medal
1991 Inoue Science Award
1995 Nissan Science Award
2001 Chunichi Cultural Award
2002 PASJ Excellent Paper Award
2003 Hayashi Chushiro Award
2007 Purple Ribbon Medal
2022 PASJ Excellent Paper Award
Current Research Areas:
・Star formation, in particular high mass stars and clusters
・Triggered star formation by cloud-cloud collisions
・Interstellar medium associated with supernova remnants, origin of the cosmic rays.
・Gamma rays and X rays of young supernova remnants
・Magellanic Clouds; formation of stars and clusters, tidal interactions
・The Galactic Center; molecular clouds, magnetic loops
・The high velocity clouds; dust to gas ratio and origin, halo-disk connection