Masahisa Kato

Affiliation

Faculty of Science Division I, Tokyo University of Science

Mail

katomasa@rs.tus.ac.jp

ORCiD

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8671-0156

Education

• Bachelor of Science (Department of Geophysics), Kyoto University - Kyoto, Japan
  2017-04-01 to 2021-03-24

• Master of Science (Department of Geophysics), Kyoto University - Kyoto, Japan
  2021-04-01 to 2023-03-24

• Ph. D. of Science (Department of Geophysics), Kyoto University - Kyoto, Japan
  2023-04-01 to 2026-03-23

Research Experience

• 2024 - 2026: Kyoto University DoGS (Division of Graduate Studies) Fellow

• 2026 - Present: JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) research fellow for young scientist (PD)

Publications

1. Kato, M.,  Harada, Y.,  Xu, S.,  Poppe, A. R.,  Halekas, J. S.,  Miyake, Y., et al. (2023).  Modeling photoelectron and Auger electron emission from the sunlit lunar surface: A comparison with ARTEMIS observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics,  128, e2023JA031707. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA031707

2. Kato, M.,  Harada, Y.,  Saito, Y.,  Yokota, S.,  Nishino, M. N.,  Takahashi, F., et al. (2025).  Inhomogeneous electrostatic potentials on the dayside lunar surface in the terrestrial magnetotail lobes: The role of lunar crustal magnetic fields. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics,  130, e2024JA033545. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA033545

3. Kato, M., Harada, Y., Xu, S., Poppe, A., & Halekas, J. S. (2026). Solar activity dependence of the dayside lunar surface potential in the terrestrial magnetotail. Geophysical Research Letters, 53, e2025GL120581. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120581