I'm a Star Former!

Employment

• Jan 2023 - Present: Assistant Professor
  Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Science Tokyo (Oct 2024 - Present)
  Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Jan 2023 - Sep 2024)
  
  

• Jan 2021 - Dec 2022: NSF Grant Postdoctoral Associate
  Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado Boulder
  (and Specially Appointed Visiting Researcher, ALMA Project, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan)
  
  

• Jan 2018 - Dec 2020: ALMA Grant Postdoctoral Fellow
  ALMA Project, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Jan 2018 - Dec 2020)
  Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University (dispatched by NAOJ; Jan 2018 - Feb 2020)
  
  

• Apr 2014 - Dec 2017: Theoretical Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow
  Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, USA
  
  

• Apr 2012 – Mar 2014: KAKENHI Grant Postdoctoral Fellow
  Astronomical Institute, Tohoku University (Apr 2013 - Mar 2014)
  Department of Physics, Kyoto University (Apr 2012 - Mar 2013)
  
  

• Oct 2009 – Mar 2012: JSPS Research Fellow (DC1)
  Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  
  

• Apr 2009 – Aug 2010: Part-Time Lecturer
  Tokyo University of Technology

Education

• Apr 2009 - Mar 2012: Ph.D. of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  adviser: Prof. Taishi Nakamoto
  dissertation: "Theoretical Study of Massive Star Formation: Radiation Pressure and Photoevaporation Feedback on Accretion Disks"

• Apr 2007 - Mar 2009: Master of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology

• Apr 2003 -Mar 2007: Bachelor of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Research Grants

Grants as a PI
9. JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), "Establishing the Science of Hot Disks in Massive Star Formation", FY2025-2027, JPY3,700,000
8. the ALMA Joint Scientific Research Program, "The Battle between Accretion and Feedback in Massive Star Formation", FY2025-2027,  One Project Assistant Professor & JPY2,000,000 /yr
7. 基礎研究機構 広域基礎研究塾 新研究挑戦奨励金, “機械学習で探る星間分子多様性の起源”, FY2024, JPY500,000
6. Yoshinori Ohsumi Award for Fundamental Research, “How to Form the Most Massive Stars”, FY2023-2024, JPY2,500,000
5. 東工大理学院若手奨励賞金, “理論と観測の融合による大質量星形成過程の探求”,  FY2023, JPY600,000
4. JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area) (JP21H00058), "ALMA Studies of the Dynamics of Low-Metallicity Star Forming Regions", FY2021 - 2022, JPY3,800,000
3. JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (JP19K14760), "Revealing Massive Star Formation through Theory and Observation", FY2019 - 2022,  JPY3,300,000
2. JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area) (JP19H05080), "The dispersal of protoplanetary disks: toward a unified theory of photoevaporation and MHD winds", FY2019 - 2020, JPY1,900,000
1. JSPS Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (JP09J57031), "大質量星形成 : 輻射圧を克服する質量降着メカニズムの解明", 2009 - 2011, JPY2,100,000 

Grants as a Co-I
1. JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (21H01145) [PI: Takashi Shimonishi], "星間分子研究の新展開: 低金属量環境への拡張", FY2021 - 2023, JPY12,900,000 (allocated JPY650,000 as a Co-I)

Talks in International Conferences

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al., "The Hot and Dynamic Birth of Massive Stars from the ngVLA Perspective", Follow the Monarchs: A Journey to Explore the Cosmos at (Sub)milliarcsecond Scales with the ngVLA, Morelia, Mexico (Nov 11-14, 2024)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al. [Invited], "Exploring CO protostellar outflows in low-metallicity environments with the MAGOS survey", the 45th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Busan, Korea (July 13-21, 2024)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al., "The Spicy Genesis of Massive Stars", Simulating Physics in Celestial Ecosystems: Star, Disk, and Planet Formation (SPiCE), Sendai, Japan (March 18-22, 2024)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al., "The Power of Molecular Outflows in Low-metallicity Star Formation", ALMA at 10 years: Past, Present, and Future, Puerto Varas, Chile (December 2-9, 2023)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al., "The Power of Molecular Outflows in Low-metallicity Star Formation", The Olympian Symposium 2023 - Star Formation in the Era of JWST-, Paralia Katerini, Greece (May 29 - June 2, 2023)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al., “Massive Star Formation: Now & Then”, A half century of mm/submm astronomy, Miyakojima, Japan & online (December 15-18, 2022)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al.  [invited], “Massive Protostellar Disks as a Hot Laboratory”, DIG (Dust, Ice, and Gas) Astrochemistry, online (November 17-18, 2022)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al.  [invited], “Massive Star Formation in Different Environments”, Star Formation in Different Environments 2022, ICISE, Quy Nhon, Vietnam (August 22–26, 2022)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka [invited], “The Hot and Dynamic Birth of Massive Stars”, the 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Megaron Athens International Conference Centre, Athens, Greece (July 16–24, 2022)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al., “Massive Star Formation at Various Metallicities”, From Stars to Galaxies II, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden (June 20–24, 2022)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka, Yichen Zhang, Kazuhito Motogi, “The Hot and Dynamic Birth of Massive Stars from the ngVLA Perspective”, Computational Astrophysics in the ngVLA Era, Flatiron Institute, New York, USA (June 7–9, 2022)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al., “Metallicity Dependences of Massive Star Formation from Theoretical and Observational Perspectives”, IAU Symposium 361: Massive Stars Near and Far, the Slieve Russell Hotel, Ballyconnell, Ireland (May 18–22, 2022)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka [invited], “Hot Salty Disks around Massive Protostars”, East Asian ALMA Science Workshop 2021, KASI, Daejeon, Korea (online) (February 17–19, 2021)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka, Yichen Zhang, Tomoya Hirota, Nami Sakai, Kazuhito Motogi, Kengo Tomida, Jonathan C. Tan, Viviana Rosero, Aya E. Higuchi, Satoshi Ohashi, Mengyao Liu, & Koichiro Sugiyama, “Salty Twin Disks in IRAS 16547–4247”, The 237th AAS Meeting, USA (online) (January 11–15, 2021)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka [invited], “An Analytic Model of Multiple Feedback Processes”, the Tübingen Workshop on Modeling High-Mass Stellar Feedback, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany (March 9–13, 2020)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka [invited], “Massive Star Formation”, The Evolution of Massive Stars and Formation of Compact Stars, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (February 26-28, 2020)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al., “Feedback in Massive Star Formation”, East-Asian ALMA Science Workshop 2019, ASIAA, Taipei, Taiwan (February 19-21, 2020)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka, Kazunari Iwasaki, Kengo Tomida, “Synthetic Observations of Molecular Cloud Formation”, Athena++ workshop 2019, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA (March 20–22, 2019)

• Kei. E. I. Tanaka et al., “Theoretical modeling of massive star formation”, The Wonders of Star Formation, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (September 3–7, 2019)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka, Jonathan C. Tan, Yichen Zhang, Takashi Hosokawa, “Multiple feedback in low metallicity massive star formation”, IAUS 344: Dwarf Galaxies: From the Deep Universe to the Present, Austria Center Vienna, Austria (August 20–24, 2018)

• Kei. E. I. Tanaka et al., “Modeling of Massive Star Formation under Multiple Feedback Processes”, The Olympian Symposium 2018, Mediterranean Village Hotel & Spa, Greece (May 28– June 1, 2018), Austria

• Kei E. I. Tanaka [invited], “Accretion Processes in Massive Star in Massive Star Formation”, Accretion Processes in Cosmic Sources, the Ambassador Hotel, Russia (Sep 5– 10, 2016)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka et al., “Impact of Feedback in Massive Star Formation”, Japan-Germany Planet & Disk Workshop, Ishigaki Beach Hotel Sunshine, Japan (Sep 25– 30, 2016)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka, Jonathan C. Tan, Yichen Zhang, “Dust-Regulated Photoevaporation in Massive Star Formation”, From Stars to Massive Stars, University of Florida, USA (April 6–9, 2016)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka, Jonathan C. Tan, Yichen Zhang, “Dust-Regulated Photoevaporation in Massive Star Formation”, The 227th AAS Meeting, the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, USA (January 4–8, 2016)

Colloquium and Seminar Talks

• "The Hot and Dynamical Birth of Massive Stars", University of Florida, Gainesville, USA (November 6, 2024)

• "The Battle of Feedback between Accretion in Massive Star Formation", University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (October 20, 2023)

• “大質量星形成：円盤降着による輻射フィードバック克服”, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan (September 14, 2023)

• “Hot Disks in Massive Star Formation”, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan (July 27, 2023)

• “Massive Star Formation: Near and Far”, IRyA-UNAM, Morelia, Mexico (online) (October 20, 2022)

• “Massive Protostars in a Protocluster - A Multi-Scale ALMA View of G35.20-0.74N”, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan (online) (January 18, 2022)

• “Massive Star Formation across Cosmic History”, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (online) (October 14, 2021)

• “Massive Star Formation across Cosmic History”, Center for Computational Astrophysics, New York, USA (online) (September 7, 2021)

• “Feedback during Massive Star Formation in Various Environments across Cosmic History”, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA (September 8, 2021)

• "食塩と熱水に包まれた双子の大質量原始星", National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan (online) (October 9, 2020)

• “On the Birth of Massive Star Formation”, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan (online) (June 24, 2020)

• “Massive Star Formation: Now and Then”, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (January 7, 2020)

• “Massive Star Formation under the Multiple Feedback Processes”, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan (August 1, 2019)

• “Massive Star Formation under the Multiple Feedback Processes”, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan (February 12, 2019)

• “Massive Star Formation under the Multiple Feedback Processes”, Seminar on The Formation of Stars & Planets, Online from TokyoTech, Tokyo, Japan (November 29, 2018)

• “大質量星形成における複合フィードバック”, Konan University, Kobe, Japan (November 29, 2018)

• “Massive Star Formation under the Multiple Feedback Processes”, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden (May 25, 2018)

• “Theoretical Modeling of Massive Star Formation: The Impact of Multiple Feedback”, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan (April 17, 2018)

etc.

SOC & LOC of Conferences

• "The Olympian Symposium: Star Formation in the Era of JWST", SOC, Paralia Katerini, Mt. Olympus, Greece (May 29 - June 2, 2023)

• "Cold Outflows near and far: crossroads of our current understandings", SOC, Japan (online) (November 1-2, 2021)

• “High-Mass Star Formation Workshop 2020”, SOC, Yamaguchi, Japan (January 23–25, 2020)

• “Molecular gas observations toward the Local Group and the outer Milky Way”, SOC, Nagoya University, Japan (January 16–17, 2020)

• “Star formation with ALMA: Evolution from molecular clouds to protostars (3rd)”, SOC, Nagoya University, Japan (March 4–6, 2019)

• “From Stars to Massive Stars”, SOC/LOC, University of Florida, USA (April 6–9, 2016)

• “First Stars VI: From Hayashi to the Future”, LOC, Heartpia Kyoto, Japan (May 21–25, 2012)

Outreach Activities

• 田中圭, 土曜プログラム "星・惑星の誕生を探る", Den-en Chofu Gakuen Junior and Senior High School, Japan (Oct 26, 2024)

• 田中圭, "宇宙史を通じた星・惑星形成", Curiosity Driven Research EXPO (CDR Expo), Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan (Oct 29, 2023)

• 田中圭, 大学出張講義 "星・惑星の誕生を探る", Ueno Gakuen Junior and Senior High School, Japan (July 13, 2023)

• 田中圭, 土曜プログラム "星・惑星の誕生を探る", Den-en Chofu Gakuen Junior and Senior High School, Japan (June 10, 2023)

• 元木業人 & 田中圭, アストロノミー・パブ, “大スタア誕生秘話―アルマで紐解く大質量星形成”, NPO Mitaka NETWORK University, Japan (online) (December 18, 2021)

• 田中圭 interviewed by 井筒智彦, “国立天文台から銀河旅行へ 第7回 星形成”, a researcher interview series by 共同通信社 & NAOJ (October 14, 2020)

• Kei E. I. Tanaka & Yichen Zhang, "Pair of Massive Baby Stars Swaddled in Salty Water Vapor",  a press release via ALMA-NAOJ & RIKEN (September 25, 2020)

• 田中圭, “星・惑星の誕生”, 志望校のその先, iDeal, Tokyo, Japan (September 22, 2019)

• JSPS Science Dialogue Program (accompanied Dr. Pierre Marchand),
  Pierre Marchand & 田中圭, Takamatsu Sakurai High School, Kagawa, Japan (June 10, 2019)

• 田中圭, “星の作り方”, academist BAR 4th, Inspired.Lab, Tokyo, Japan (May 16, 2019)

• 田中圭, 燃えよ！研究の志士たち, CBC RADIO, Nagoya (May 5 & 12, 2019)

• Yichen Zhang & 田中圭, “アルマ望遠鏡で迫る大質量連星系の起源 –誕生のダイナミクスを解明–”, a press release via RIKEN, NAOJ, Osaka University, & ALMA (March 28, 2019)

• 田中圭, “宇宙で一番重い星の作り方”, academist PRIZE vol.2 [academist prize received], LAB TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan (August 3, 2018)

etc.