Education

1979 - 1983 Kyushu University: Faculty of Science

(Bachelor of Arts in Physics, March 1983)

1983 – 1985 Kyushu University: Graduate School of Engineering Science

(Master of Science in Engineering, March 1985)

1985 – 1988 Kyushu University: Graduate School of Engineering Science

(Doctor of Engineering, March 1988 under the supervision of Prof. Masaru Matoba)

Thesis for doctorate:   "Characteristics of a Position Sensitive Gas Proportional Counter in the Transition Region of a High Gas Gain".

Profession

April 1988-March 1989: Researcher, Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University

April 1989-March 1997: Staff Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (former Electrotechnical Laboratory)
October 1994-October 1995: Guest Researcher, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
April 1997-April 2001: Group Leader, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (former Electrotechnical Laboratory)
November 1999-February 2000: Guest Researcher, Duke Free Electron Laser Laboratory, Duke University
April 1999-March 2001: Guest Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Osaka University
May 2001 - Nov. 2007: Associate Professor, Institute of  Advanced Energy, Kyoto University
Aug. 2006 – Oct. 2014: Program Officer of Strategic Research Promotion and International Division, Kyoto University

Dec. 2007 - Present: Professor, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University

April 2008 – Present: Guest Researcher, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization

April 2009 – March 2015: Guest Researcher, Japan Atomic Energy Agency

June 2016 – Present: Program Officer of Japan Science and Technology Agency

April 2018 – Present: UNESCO Chair on Energy field of WENDI

Research fields

1983-1989: Radiation Detection and Nuclear Physics: development of Position Sensitive Gas Detectors for Focal Plane Detector in Light Ion Nuclear Reactions

1989-2001: Accelerator Physics and Quantum Radiation: Development of Small Electron Storage Rings and Generation & Application of Laser Backscattered Gamma-rays

2001-present: Accelerator Physics and Quantum Radiation: Generation & Application Infrared Free Electron Lasers and Laser Backscattered Gamma-rays

2009-present: Development of Nuclear Security Technology by using Laser Backscattered Gamma-rays and Gamma-ray Detectors

2009-present: Energy Education in ASEAN region

2012-2013: Monetary Evaluation of Mitigation Measures for the Fukushima Daiichi Accident (PI: F. Yamane)

2013-present: Rural Electrification in Asia in collaboration with University Malaya

2013-present: Development of Clean and Efficient Utilization of Low Rank Coals and Biomass by Solvent Treatment (PI: Prof. K. Miura)  

2015-present: Study on the impact of rural electrification by renewable energy on QOL in ASEAN

BIO:

Hideaki OHGAKI

Contact me

ohgaki.hideaki.2w AT kyoto-u.ac.jp

Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011,JAPAN

Tel:+81-774-38-3421

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