Profile (English)
Personal Details
Name: Yuta Notsu ( 野津 湧太 )
ORCID: 0000-0002-0412-0849
Web of Science ResearcherID : ITV-3585-2023
Researchmap ID 🇯🇵: R000039031
Other webpages: @LASP @ CU/APS @CU Experts @Google Scholar
Email
Yuta.Notsu_at_colorado.edu (Please replace "_at_" with "@".)
Research Interests
Solar and stellar physics
Stellar magnetic activities (especially flares)
Spectroscopic observations
Solar and stellar XUV emissions
Academic positions
2023.12 - Current : Research Scientist II (Research Associate)
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) , University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)
Also affiliated with National Solar Observatory (NSO, located in LASP)
2023.04 - 2023.11 : Research Scientist I (Research Associate)
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)
Also affiliated with National Solar Observatory (NSO, located in LASP)
2021.04 - 2023.03 : Research Scientist I (Research Associate) at [1] & JSPS Research Fellow PD at [2]
[1] Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)
Also affiliated with National Solar Observatory (NSO, located in LASP)
[2] Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)
(Long-term staying at LASP/CU, Early termination on 2023.03 because I moved completely to the US institution)
2019.04 - 2021.03 : JSPS Overseas Research Fellow
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)
Also affiliated with National Solar Observatory (NSO, located in LASP)
2016.04 - 2019.03 : JSPS Research Fellow DC1
Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
2014.04 - 2016.03 : Teaching Assistant, Kyoto University
Education
2016.04 - 2019.03 : Ph.D. (astronomy)
Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Ph. D. thesis "Observational studies on solar-type superflare stars" doi:10.14989/doctor.k21575)
2014.04 - 2016.03 : Master Degree of Science
Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Master Thesis: "High dispersion spectroscopy of solar-type superflare stars"
2010.04 - 2014.03 : Bachelor of Science
Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University
2007.04 - 2010.03 : Graduated from Kyoto Prefectural Rakuhoku High School (Kyoto, Japan)
Honors & Awards
2024, Jan : PASJ excellent paper award (FY2023) on the co-author paper (Namekata et al. 2020, PASJ, 72, 68)
2016, May : Repayment Exemption for Students with Excellent Grades in FY2015, Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Type I (interest-free) scholarship
2014, July : Oral Award in Young Japanese Astronomers' Meeting 2014 link
Grants (PI ones are mainly listed)
2026? - : TESS Cycle 8 Guest Investigator Program (PI, up to $90K, ID: 8026, Observation proposal selected and funding pending)
“Solar-Like Periodic Modulations And Flare Emissions From The Nearest Neighbour Proxima Centauri”
2025 - Current: NASA ROSES 2024,Heliophysics Living With a Star Science (H-LWS) Science Program
NNH24ZDA001N-LWS (PI, $986.1K, ID: 24-LWS24_2-0044), Also selected to be the Focused Science Team Lead
“Comparison of stellar steady state and transient phenomena affecting planetary atmospheric escape and habitability”
2025 - Current: TESS Cycle 7 Guest Investigator Program (PI, $70K, ID:7095)
“High-Time Resolution Multi-Color Properties of Stellar Flares on G-M Dwarfs”
2024 - Current: Swift Cycle 20 Guest Investigator Program (PI, $40K, ID:2023095)
“Simultaneous SWIFT/UVOT NUV Photometry with the HST Treasury Program NUV Spectroscopy and TESS Photometry”
2024 - Current: NICER Cycle 6 Guest Observer Program (PI, $38.5K, ID:7055)
“Simultaneous X-ray Monitoring of M Dwarf Flares with the HST Treasury Program NUV Spectroscopy and TESS Photometry”
2024 - 2026: TESS Cycle 6 Guest Investigator Program (PI, $70K, G06171)
“High-Time Resolution Multi-Color Properties of Stellar Flares”
2023.04 - 2026.03 : JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Grant for Young researchers "Stellar superflares invesitigated with collaborative spectroscopic and photometric observations " Program Number 23K13143 (Under tentative interruption for years because I moved completely to the US institution)
2021.04 - 2023. 03: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Research Fellow PD (Fellowship + Grant) : "Stellar superflares investigated with spectroscopic observations and their effects on planets" Project/Area Number: 21J00106 (Early termination on 2023.03 because I moved completely to the US institution)
2019.04 – 2021.03 : Overseas Research Fellowship of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science “Spectroscopic studies of solar-type superflare stars and their large starspots”
April 2016 - March 2019 : Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1) (Fellowship + Grant) : "Magnetic Activity of solar-type stars and dynamo theory investigated through the observations of superflare stars" Project/Area Number: 16J00320
July 2017 : Finantial support for attending 2nd LAMOST-Kepler Workshop from the 98th Hayakawa Satio Fund awarded by the Astronomical Society of Japan
November 2015 : Finantial support for attending K2 Science Conference from the 91th Hayakawa Satio Fund awarded by the Astronomical Society of Japan
August 2015 : Finantial support for attending IAU Symposium 320 by the educational program for graduate students organized by Unit of Synergetic Studies for Space, Kyoto University.
Professional Service
Membership
2012 - : Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ)
2019 - : American Astronomical Society (AAS) & Solar Physics Division (SPD)
2023- : American Geophysical Union
2014 - : Japan Solar Physics Community (JSPC)
Service
Referee for articles in ApJ, ApJS, ApJL, A& A Nature, Nature Communications
Serving as Echelle Advisory Group of Apache Point Observatory 3.5m telescope (2020-)
International teams
MAVEN EUV team
A Co-I member of the ESCAPE mission proposal to be submitted for the NASA Astrophysics SMEX call
A member of the ISSI workshop "Stellar Magnetism and its Impact on (Exo)Planets"
A young scientist member of ISSI team "Solar Extreme Events: Setting Up a Paradigm" led by Miyake F. (JP) & Usoskin I. (FI)
A young scientist member of ISSI team "The Role Of Solar And Stellar Energetic Particles On (Exo)Planetary Habitability (ETERNAL)" led by K. Herbst (DE) & J.L. Grenfell (DE)
A young scientist member of ISSI team "Quasi-periodic Pulsations in Stellar Flares: a Tool for Studying the Solar-Stellar Connection" led by Anne-Marie Broomhall (UK)
International Conference/Workshop Organizer
Superflare Workshop 2016 at Kyoto University: "Superflares on Solar-type Stars and Solar Flares, and Their Impacts on Exoplanets and the Earth" (March 1st-4th, at Kyoto University) [LOC]