Michiko Fujii

About

Theoretical Astrophysics, Computational Astrophysics

Employment

• The University of Tokyo Professor
  2026 - Present
• The University of Tokyo Associate Professor
  2016 - 2026
• National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Project Assistant Professor (NAOJ Fellow)
  2013 - 2015
• Leiden University JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad
  2012 - 2013
• Kagoshima University JSPS Research Fellow
  2010 - 2012

Education

• The University of Tokyo Ph.D
  2007 - 2010
• The University of Tokyo M.D.
  2005 - 2007
• The University of Tokyo B.S.
  2001 - 2005

Projects & Funding

• Simulations of star clusters and galaxy formation in the early universe Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2025 - 2030
• AIを組み込んだ新しい銀河シミュレーション Japan Science and Technology Agency
  2024 - 2030
• Formation of massive star clusters using star-by-star simulations Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2022 - 2025
• 球状星団の元素組成異常の起源の解明 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2021 - 2025
• Evolution of star clusters: from star fromation to gravitational wave emission Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2019 - 2022
• Binary black holes originating from star clusters in galaxy simulations Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2019 - 2022
• The nexus between kinematic complexity and black holes in star clusters Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2018 - 2020
• Theoretical study on binary black hole formation Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2017 - 2022
• Modelling star formation and gas dynamics in galactic nuclei: the role of non-equilibrium chemistry Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2017 - 2020
• Research for planet formation process by 100 million particle simulation using GPU cluster Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2015 - 2018
• Formation of star clusters in galacitc disks and the origin of the variation of star clusters Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2014 - 2018
• N体シミュレーションを用いた銀河中心部における星団の進化の研究 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  2007 - 2009

Publications (86)

• The First Star-by-star N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulation of Our Galaxy Coupling with a Surrogate Model
  Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis 2025 DOI: 10.1145/3712285.3759866
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• Ripples spreading across the Galactic disc
  Astronomy & Astrophysics 2025 DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202553816
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• ASURA-FDPS-ML: Star-by-star Galaxy Simulations Accelerated by Surrogate Modeling for Supernova Feedback
  The Astrophysical Journal 2025 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/add689
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• Compact Binary Formation in Open Star Clusters III: Probability of Binary Black Holes Hidden Inside of Gaia Black Hole Binary
  The Open Journal of Astrophysics 2025 DOI: 10.33232/001c.141294
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• Pair-instability Gap Black Holes in Population III Star Clusters: Pathways, Dynamics, and Gravitational-wave Implications
  The Astrophysical Journal 2025 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/add1df
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• Dynamics of Star Cluster Formation: The Effects of Ongoing Star Formation and Stellar Feedback
  The Astrophysical Journal 2025 DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/adc719
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• Gravitational wave astronomy with TianQin
  Reports on Progress in Physics 2025 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/adc9be
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• Double Compact Binary Merger Rate Density in Open Star Clusters: Black Holes, Neutron Stars, and White Dwarfs
  ArXiv 2025
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• Clues to growth and disruption of two neighbouring spiral arms of the Milky Way
  Natsuki Funakoshi, Noriyuki Matsunaga, Daisuke Kawata +3 more
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2024 DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stae2041
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• Simulations predict intermediate-mass black hole formation in globular clusters
  Science 2024 DOI: 10.1126/science.adi4211
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• Compact Binary Formation in Open Star Clusters II: Difficulty of Gaia NS formation in low-mass star clusters
  The Open Journal of Astrophysics 2024 DOI: 10.33232/001c.117684
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• First High-Resolution Galaxy Simulations Accelerated by a 3DSurrogate Model for Supernovae
  Machine Learning and the Physical Sciences Workshop 2024
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• Growing local arm inferred by the breathing motion
  Tetsuro Asano, Daisuke Kawata, Michiko S. Fujii +1 more
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 2023 DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slad190
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• Compact binary formation in open star clusters – I. High formation efficiency of Gaia BHs and their multiplicities
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023 DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad3294
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• Surrogate Modeling for Computationally Expensive Simulations of Supernovae in High-Resolution Galaxy Simulations
  NeurIPS 2023 Proceedings 2023
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• 3D-Spatiotemporal forecasting the expansion of supernova shells using deep learning towards high-resolution galaxy simulations
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2023 DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stad2864
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• Gravitational wave physics and astronomy in the nascent era
  Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics 2023 DOI: 10.1093/ptep/ptab042
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• Gravitational wave of intermediate-mass black holes in Population III star clusters
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2022 DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac2043
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• SIRIUS Project – IV. The formation history of the Orion Nebula Cluster driven by clump mergers
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2022 DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac1496
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• SIRIUS Project – V. Formation of off-centre ionized bubbles associated with Orion Nebula Cluster
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2022 DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac808
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