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Dr. Hironori Matsumoto
Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hironori Matsumoto Dr. Hironori Matsumoto received a B.S, M.S., and Ph. D. in physics from Kyoto University, Japan, in 1993, 1995, and 1998. After receiving the Ph. D., he moved to RIKEN (The Institute of Physical & Chemical Research), Japan, in 1998, and then joined the Center for Space Research at MIT as a postdoctoral fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 1999.

His main research interest is X-ray emission from elliptical galaxies, starburst galaxies, and clusters of galaxies. He is also interested in X-ray CCD cameras, especially the radiation damage effects of the X-ray CCD.

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