📍 Princeton, NJ, United States
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<aside> <img src="/icons/telescope_blue.svg" alt="/icons/telescope_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Hi! I’m Masa! I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University (PI: Alexandra Amon), and I’ve recently obtained my Ph.D. in astrophysics/observational cosmology from Duke University (PI: Michael Troxel).
I am interested in utilizing large data sets like astronomical images/catalogs and extracting cosmological information such as the nature of dark matter and dark energy through weak gravitational lensing. I am part of worldwide scientific collaborations like Dark Energy Survey (DES) and Legacy Survey of Space and Time Dark Energy Science Collaboration (LSST DESC).
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Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University
September 2024 ~ Current
💡 DES Cosmic Shear Analysis Team Co-lead (since 2023)
Research Assistant at Duke University
September 2019 ~ September 2024
💡 DES Shear Measurement and Calibration Analysis Team Co-lead (since 2021)
Ph.D. in Astrophysics/Observational Cosmology
September 2019 - September 2024
Ph.D. Thesis Title:
“Unfolding Structure Formation in the Dark Universe via Weak Gravitational Lensing: from Pixels to Cosmology in the Dark Energy Survey and Roman Space Telescope”
B.A. in Astronomy & Physics at Boston University
September 2015 - May 2019