Various activities

Tomohiro Harada

I have organised the following conferences as a member of the LOC:

• The PBH Workshop “Dynamics of primoridial black hole formation”, 10-11 Mar 2023, Rikkyo University (Chair)
• The 28th Workshop on General Relativitty and Gravitation in Japan (JGRG28), 5-9 Nov 2018, Rikkyo University (Chair)
• The 18th Workshop on Singularities, 27-29 Dec 2016, Rikkyo University (Chair)
• The 13th Chushiro Hayashi Memorial Public Lectures, 18 Dec 2012, Rikkyo University (Chair)
• Workshop on Wormholes and Observational Testability, 27-28 Oct 2012, Rikkyo University (Chair)
• The 19th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation (JGRG19), 30 Nov - 4 Dec 2009, Rikkyo University (Chair)
• The 64th Annual Meeting of Japanese Physical Society, 27-30 Mar 2009, Rikkyo University and Rikkyo Junior and Senior High School
• The 9th Workshop on Singularities, 12-14 Jan 2008, Rikkyo University (Chair)
• The 19th Rironkon Symposium on Progress in Theoretical Astronomy, 25-27 Dec 2006, Rikkyo University

I have acted as a referee for the following journals:

• Astrophysical Journal (IOP, UK)
• Classical and Quantum Gravity (IOP, UK)
• EPL (EDS Sciences, IOP Publishing, Italian Physical Society)
• European Physical Journal C (EDP Sciences, Springer Science+Business Media, Società Italiana di Fisica)
• Foundations of Physics (Springer, Germany)
• General Relativity and Gravitation (Springer, Germany)
• International Journal of Modern Physics D (World Scientific, Singapore)
• Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (IOP-SISSA, UK-Italy)
• Modern Physics Letters A (World Scientific, Singapore)
• Physical Review D (AIP, USA)
• Physical Review Letters (AIP, USA)
• Physics Letters B (Elsevier, Netherlands)
• Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (Progress of Theoretical Physics) (Physical Society of Japan, Japan)
• Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (Astronomical Society of Japan, Japan)

I was selected as

• A Distinguished Referee of EPL (Europhysics Letters) by the European Physical Society in 2015
• An Outstanding Referee of Physical Reviews and Physical Review Letters by the American Physical Society in 2011

Our paper (Ken-ichi Nakao, Chul-Moon Yoo and Tomohiro Harada, “Gravastar formation: What can be the evidence of a black hole?,” Phys. Rev. D 99 (2/2019) no.4, 044027 doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.99.044027 [arXiv:1809.00124 [gr-qc]]) has been selected as a PRD Editors' Suggestion.

Our paper (Chul-Moon Yoo, Tomohiro Harada and Hirotada Okawa, “3D Simulation of Spindle Gravitational Collapse of a Collisionless Particle System,” Class. Quant. Grav. 34 (4/2017), 105010 (17pp), doi:10.1088/1361-6382/aa6ad5 [arXiv:1611.07906 [gr-qc]]) has been included within CQG 2017 Highlights selection.

I was and have been an editorial board member of the following journals:

• Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) since April 2015
• Journal of Gravity (Hindawi Publishing Corporation) since January 2013 to 2017

I have served as an examiner for the following doctoral dissertations:

• Tact Ikeda, “Theoretical Aspects of Ghost-Free Higher-Derivative Gravity”, Department of Physics, Doctor of Science, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, March 2024 (chief examiner)
• Ryota Higurashi, “Fermi-LAT Study of the Vela Supernova Remnant and X-ray hotspot in Supernova Remnants RX J1713.7-3946 and W50”, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2023
• Takuya Katagiri, “Linear Perturbations of Spherically Symmetric Black Holes and Their Stability”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2022
• Shingo Akama, “Primordial Non-Gaussianities from General Models of Inflation and Bounce', Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2021 (chief examiner)
• Keisuke Nakashi, “Circular Orbits of Particles around Compact Objects and Their Observability”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2021
• Yasutaka Koga, “Photon Surface and Relevant Phenomena”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2021
• Shin'ichi Hirano, “Toward Tests of Degenerate Higher-Order Scalar-Tensor Theories on Small and Large Scales”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2020 (chief examiner)
• Hiromu Ogawa, “Anti-Screening of the Galileon Force Around a Disk Center Hole”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2019 (chief examiner)
• Kota Ogasawara, “High Energy Particle Collision and Energy Extraction Process near a Rotating Black Hole”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2019
• Sakine Nishi, “Observational Predictions of Generalized Galiean Genesis”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2018 (chief examiner)
• Silvestre Aguilar-Martinez, “Critical Collapse of Newtonian Fluids”, Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, The University of British Columbia, August 2015 (external examiner)
• Syo Kamata, “Research for $\gamma_{5}$-hermiticity in the minimal doubling fermions”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, March 2014 (chief examiner)
• Tomo Tanaka, ”Analysis of Fundamental Problems in Astrophysics based on Loop Quantum Gravity”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, September 2013 (external examiner)
• Naoki Tsukamoto, “Search for exotic gravitating objects with gravitational lensing” Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, September 2013
• Hioki Kenta, “Measurement of the Spin Parameter of a Black Hole by Observation of its Shadow”, Doctor of Science, Departmemt of Physics and Applied Physics, Graduate School of Science, Waseda University, March 2011 (external examiner)
• Masahiro Shimano, “Early universe models in loop quantum cosmology” Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School, Rikkyo University, March 2011
• Dai Takei, “An X-ray study of classical novae”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, March 2011 (chief examiner)
• Sehar Aziz, “Kinematic Self-Similar Solutions and their Applications”, PhD in Mathematics, University of the Punjab, 2008 (external examiner)
• Shoko Kanno, 中性子過剰核74Ni における陽子芯偏極, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, March 2008
• Yoichi Chizaki, 重力波背景上の弦理論の共変的BRST量子化, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, March 2007
• Yuichi Sekiwa, “Thermodynamics of de Sitter Black Holes – Thermal Cosmological Constant –”, Doctor of Science, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Rikkyo University, September 2006

I have served as a referee for the following research programmes:

• The Selection Committee members for the JPS Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers（LEADER）(2019)
• JSPS Research Fellwoships for Young Scientists and International Programmes (2017-2018)
• OPUS grant for National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki (NCN)) in Poland 2016
• Discovery Grant application for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) in 2012-2013
• Vidi-research proposal for the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO, the Dutch research council) in 2012

I have been a representative of Japanese Society on General Relativity and Gravitation since November 2021.