
Yosuke Mizuno/ Tenured Fellow
Astronomy and Astrophysics Division
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Educational Background
- 2001- 2004, Kyoto University, Japan , Doctor
- 1999- 2001, Aichi University of Education, Japan , Master
- 1995- 1999, Aichi University of Education, Japan , Bachelor
Work Experience
- 2024-1970, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tenured Fellow
- 2024-Now, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tenured Associate Professor
- 2020-2024, Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, T. D. Lee Fellow
- 2020-2024, School of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tenure-track Associate Professor
- 2014-2020, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Research Associate
- 2011-2014, 台湾清华大学, 助理研究员
- 2011-2014, Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan, China, Assistant Research Scholar
- 2008-2011, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA, Research Scientist
- 2005-2008, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, USA, NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
- 2004-2005, Kyoto University, Japan, Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests
- Accretion and outflow (Jet) in relativistic compact objects (Black Hole, Neutron Star)
- Magnetic activity in relativistic plasma (dissipation, reconnection, instability, turbulence)
- Gravitation, theory of gravity (black hole shadow)
Honorary Distinctions
- 2021, Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award (EHT collaboration), Royal Astronomical Society, UK
- 2020, Einstein Medal 2020 (EHT collaboration), Albert Einstein Society, Switzerland
- 2019, Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award (EHT collaboration), Smithsonian Magazine, USA
- 2019, Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (EHT collaboration), Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation
- 2019, Diamond Achievement Award (EHT collaboration), US National Science Foundation, USA
- 2014, 2011-2014 NSC Assistant Research Scholar, National Science Council, Taiwan
- 2008, 2005-2008 NRC Research Fellow/NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, National Academies, USA
Representative Papers And Monographs
- Y. Mizuno, S. Yamada, S. Koide, K. Shibata, 2004, “General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Collapsars”, ApJ, 606, 395-414
- Y. Mizuno, P. Hardee, K.-I. Nishikawa, 2007, “3D Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Magnetized Spine-Sheath Relativistic Jets”, ApJ, 662, 835-850
- Y. Mizuno, Y. Lyubarsky, K.-I. Nishikawa, P. E. Hardee, 2009, “3D Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Current-Driven Instability. I. Instability of A Static Column”, ApJ, 700, 684-693
- Y. Mizuno, M. Pohl, J. Niemiec, B. Zhang, K.-I. Nishikawa, P. E. Hardee, 2014, “Magnetic Field Amplification and Saturation in Turbulence Behind a Relativistic Shock”, MNRAS, 439, 3490-3503
- Y. Mizuno, J. L. Gomez, K.-I. Nishikawa, A. Meli, P. E. Hardee, L. Rezzolla, 2015, “Recollimation Shocks in Magnetized Relativistic Jets”, ApJ, 809, 38 (14pp)
- O. Porth, H. Olivares, Y. Mizuno, Z. Younsi, L. Rezzolla, M. Moscibrodzka, H. Falcke, M. Kramer, 2017, “The Black Hole Accretion Code, Computational Astrophysics and Cosmology, 4, 1 (42pp)
- Y. Mizuno, Z. Younsi, C. M. Fromm, O. Porth, M. De Laurentis, H. Olivares, H. Falcke, M. Kramer, L. Rezzolla, 2018, “The Current Ability to Test Theories of Gravity with Black Hole Shadows”, Nature Astronomy, 2, 585–590
- The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration, 2019, “First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Physical Origin of the Asymmetric Ring”, ApJ, 875, L5 (31pp)
- K. Nishikawa, Y. Mizuno, J. Gomez, I. Dutan, J. Niemiec, O. Kobzar, N. MacDonald, A. Meli, M. Pohl, K. Hirotani, 2020, “Rapid Particle Acceleration due to Recollimation Shocks and Turbulent Magnetic Fields in Injected Jets with Helical Magnetic Fields”, MNRAS, 493, 2652-2658