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Dr. Koji Mukai
- Employer: Universities Space Research Association
- Job Description: Astrophysicist
- Phone: (301) 286-9447
- e-mail mukai@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Koji Mukai is an USRA Research Scientist at the Astro-E2 Guest
Observer Facility (GOF). He was born and educated in Japan, graduating
from University of Tokyo in 1983 with a Bachelor's degree in Physics.
Dr. Mukai then moved to England, obtaining a Doctorate in astrophysics
from the University of Oxford in 1986 with a thesis entitled
"Spectroscopic Studies of AM Her Type Systems."
Dr. Mukai has since worked at Mullard Space Science Laboratory
in England and the Center for EUV Astrophysics in California before
coming to GSFC at the beginning of 1992. He initially worked as a support
scientist at the ASCA GOF.
Since about 1998, he has also become a member of the ASTRO-E
(now Astro-E2) GOF. This is now his primary responsibility
although he continues to support users of archival ASCA data.
His main research interests are accreting binaries, in particular
magnetic cataclysmic variables. He has observed with satellites such as
ROSAT,
EUVE,
ASCA,
RXTE,
and Chandra,
among others, as well as many world-class optical telescopes. As aresult,
Dr. Mukai has more than 70 publications in refereed journals.
Follow the link for more on Dr. Mukai's
research
interests.
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