Academic Career

1977 Bachelor of Science in Astrophysics at Kyoto University

1979 Master of Science in Astrophysics at Kyoto Univeristy

1983 Ph. D. in Astrophysics at Kyoto Univeristy

1981 - 1986 Research Associate at Aichi University of Education

1986 - 1991 Associate Professor at Aichi University of Education

1987 - 1988 Visiting Research Fellow at Insitute for Fusion Stuies,

University of Texas at Austin

1991 - 1999 Associate Professor at

National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

1994 - 1999 Adjunct Associate Professor at

Department of Astronomy, University of Tokyo

1999 - Professor at Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University

2004 - Director of Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University

Awards

2001 Chushiro Hayashi Prize (Astronomical Society of Japan )

for "Basic Magnetohydrodynamic Studies of Cosmic Jets and Flares"

Main Rsearch Field

Cosmic Magnetohydrodynamics, Plasma Astrophysics, Solar Physics,

Computational Astrophysics

Books

"Plasma Astrophysics" (Addison Wesley, 1997) by Tajima and Shibata

"Picture Book : The Sun" (Shokabo, 2004) by Shibata and Ohyama (in Japanese)