Yoshiaki Sofue / Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo

1943 May 2: born, Tokyo
1962:       grad. Chiba High School 
1966:       grad. The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Science
1968:       Master degree, Dept. Astronomy,  Univ. Tokyo 
1973:       PhD degree, Dept. Astronomy, Univ. Tokyo
1968-82:    Dept. Physics, Nagoya University (research associate)
1976-78, 83, 97, 2007: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie (A.von Humboldt fellow)
1982-87:    Nobeyama Radio Observatory, Univ. Tokyo (associate professor)
1987-88:    Dept. Astronomy, Univ. Tokyo (assoc. prof.)
1988-2006:  Institute of Astronomy, Univ. Tokyo (Professor) 
            (IoA Director, Director of Kiso Observatory, etc.)
2006-:      Emeritus Professor of the University of Tokyo
2007:       Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie (A.von Humboldt F.Linnen program)
2007:       Professor of Dept. Physics and Astronomy, Kagoshima University
2010-:  Professor of Department of Physics, Astronomy Labo., Meisei University

Research Field : Radio astronomy, the Galaxy and galaxies, Interstellar physics

Activities
-former-
    Science Council of Japan, Meeting for Astronomy
    Executive Committee of the Astronomical Society of Japan (ASJ)
    Editor of the Publications of Astron. Soc. Japan (PASJ)
    Council member of ASJ
    Vice-President of ASJ
    President of ASJ, the Astronomical Society of Japan 2005-2007
    Organizing Committee of Div VI of IAU (Internatnl Astron. Union)
-present-
    Member of IAU, ASJ
    Executive Committee, Japanisch Vereinigung der Humbldtianar
    etc.