Books By Yoshiaki Sofue - Author

Yoshiaki Sofue works on theoretical aspects of radio astronomy, galactic astrophysics, galactic dynamics, and interstellar physics. In particular, he focuses on galaxies (specifically the Milky Way Galaxy), galactic center, and interstellar matter. 

Prof. Sofue received his Ph.D. at the Department of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, in 1973. Between 1968 and 1982 he was a research associate at Nagoya University, the Department of Physics. Between 1982 and 1987 he was an associate professor at the Nobeyama Radio Observatory, The University of Tokyo, and at the Department of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo, between 1987 and 1988. Between 1988 and 2006 he was a full professor at the Institute of Astronomy, The University of Tokyo. During that period he was appointed the Director of the Institute of Astronomy and the Director of Kiso Observatory. In 2006 he became an emeritus professor at The University of Tokyo and in 2007 joined the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Kagoshima University and th