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Toshitaka Kajino

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Toshitaka Kajino

Toshitaka Kajino (梶野 敏貴) is a Japanese astronomer from Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His specialty is theoretical astronomy, especially nuclear astrophysics and cosmology.

Organizer of Cosmology and Nuclear Astrophysics (COSNAP) group in the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Doctor of Science (Physics).

He was a student of Akito Arima who was a President of the University of Tokyo and a Minister of Education. Many cosmologists have been produced from Toshitaka Kajino's laboratory.

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The reason for the award is "For significant contributions to nuclear astrophysics and theoretical nuclear physics and for the promotion of scientific exchange between Japan and the international community".

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