CV

Curriculum Vitae


Name: Dr. Thomas Hobiger
Address: National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
4-2-1 Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei
184-8795 Tokyo, Japan
Biographic data
Born: May 9th, 1978 in St. Poelten, AUSTRIA
Citizenship: AUSTRIA
Martial status: married
Languages: German (mother tongue)
English (fluently, TOEIC 945/990)
Japanese
Academic degrees
Nov. 2005 PhD in Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna Univ. of Technology , Austria
May 2002 MSc. in Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria
Awards
 July 2011  Fellow of the International Association of Geodesy
 May 2011  Tsuboi Award, The Geodetic Society of Japan (pictures from the award ceremony and the lecture can be found here)
 April 2011  European Geoscience Union (EGU) Division Outstanding Young Scientists Award 2011 (pictures here)
 May 2010  EPS award 2009 (pictures of the award ceremony can be found here)
 Oct. 2002  Final degree award, Faculty of Natural Science, Vienna Univ. of Technology
Fellowships
 Oct. 2006
- Sept.2008
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers(Standard), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
 Jul. 2004
- Mar.2005
Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers(Short-term), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Employments
Apr. 2010- now Researcher (tenured),
Space-Time Standards Group, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
Oct. 2008
- Mar. 2010
Expert Researcher
Space-Time Standards Group, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
Oct. 2006
- Sep. 2008
JSPS fellow – PostDoc
Space-Time Standards Group, Kashima Space Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
Apr. 2005
- Sep. 2006
Research Assistant
Research Group Advanced Geodesy, Inst. of Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria
Apr. 2005- Sep. 2006 JSPS short term fellow
Radio Astronomy Applications Group,Kashima Space Research Center,National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
Feb. 2003
- Jun. 2004
Research Assistant – doctoral course student
Research Group Advanced Geodesy,Inst. of Geodesy and Geophysics, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Austria
Activities
Apr. 2009- Mar. 2011 Officer of the Geodetic Society of Japan
Mar. 2010 – March 2011 Member of the IVS observing program committee
Oct. 2007 – Jun. 2011 Chair of the IAG working group 4.3.3
Oct. 2007 – now Member of the IVS working group 4 on VLBI data structures
Oct. 2003 – Sept. 2007 Member of the IAG working group on ionosphere modelling
Memberships
AGU American Geophysical Union
EGU European Geosciences Union
GSJ The Geodetic Society of Japan
IAG International Association of Geodesy
IVS International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry
VCON VLBI Consortium of Japan

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