E-mail:tsakanoi@pparc.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp
Tel: +81-22-795-6609 / Fax: +81-22-795-6406
Address: Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku Univ., Aramaki-aza-aoba, Aoba, Sendai 980-8578, Japan

< Research Field >
Planetary upper atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere

< Subjects >
1. Fine-scale auroral structures obtained by the multi-spectral auroral camera (MAC) and particle sensors (ESA/ISA) onboard the REIMEI (INDEX) satellite.
2. Planetary observation by an infrared (1 - 5 microns) camera using an InSb 2D array for the remote-sensing of planetary atmospheres with a ground-based telescope.
3. Development of optical instruments onboard satellites and balloons: the infrared camera onboard the Venus Climate Orbiter (Planet-C), the visible imager (UPI/TVIS) onboard the SELENE spacecraft, and the planetary telescope.
3.Participate in small and/or micro satellite projects, its design and preliminary tests: planetary telescope satellite (TOPS), Kiban-A satellite, and Mesosphere-Thermoshere-Ionosphere satellite.
4. Dynamical variations of the thermosphereic winds and temperatures associated with auroral activities, and their relationship to ionospheric plasma motions obtained by a Fabyry-Perot Doppler Imager (Syowa-FPDIS) and HF/VHF radars at Syowa station, Antarctica.
5. ULF/ELF geomagnetic pulsations at middle latitudes using search coil magnetometer data obtained at Onagawa.

< Publication and Presentation Lists >
Refereed and non-refereed Papers
Presentations (invited talks, international and domestic conferences)

< Education and Career >
1991: Graduated from Tohoku University (Japan) as a Bachelor of Science, majoring in geophysics.
1993: Graduated from Tohoku University as a Master of Science, majoring in geophysics.
1993-1997: Enrolled as a Ph.D. student at Tohoku University majoring in geophysics (1993- Jun. 1995, Apr.-Jul. 1997), and employed by Tohoku University to be a member of wintering party of the 37th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition (Jul. 1995 - Mar. 1997). Spent the periods Nov. 1995 - Mar. 1997 as a research scientist at Syowa Station, Antarctica.
1997-1999: Employed by Tohoku University as an associate professor attached to Onagawa Geomagnetic Observatory, Faculty of Science.
1999: Moved to Planetary Spectroscopic Research Section of Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University.
1999-2009: Employed by Tohoku University as an assisitant professor attached to Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center.
2009-Present: Employed by Tohoku University as an associate professor attached to Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center.

< Ph.D thesis >
Dynamical Coupling Processes between Neutrals and Ions in the Polar Thermosphere Obtained from Fabry-Perot Imaging and Radar Observations, Tohoku University, 2006.
Ph.D thesis advisor: Prof. Hiroshi FUKUNISHI

< Principal Investigaterships and Co-Investigaterships of satellite instruments >
PI of the multi-spectral auroral camera (MAC) on board the REIMEI satellite
Co-I of the visible imager (UPI/TVIS) on board the moon orbiter SELENE
Co-I of the 1-um camera on board the Venus orbiter Planet-C

< Personal Data >
Birth: July 6, 1967
Blood type: O+
Living Place: Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan (0-14 yrs old)->Aizuwakamatu, Fukushima, Japan (14-18)->Sendai, Miyagi, Japan (18-28)->Syowa station, Antarctica (28-29) -> Sendai, Miyagi, Japan (29-)

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