Personal


Name : Kazunari SHIBATA

Address : Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University, Yamashina, Kyoto 607-8417, Japan

Date and place of birth : 24 Dec., 1954 in Osaka, Japan

Nationality : Japan

Family : Married, with three children, born in 1985, 1991, 1993

Languages : Mother tongues : Japanese (Osaka-ben)


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 University of Texas at Austin

1991-1999 : Associate Professor at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan

1999-2020 : Professor at Kyoto University

2020- : Emeritus Professor at Kyoto University