Dr. Ken Ebisawa
- Employer: Universities Space Research Association
- Job Description: Astrophysicist
- Phone: (301) 286-1586
- e-mail: ebisawa@gsfc.nasa.gov
Ken Ebisawa is a Duty Scientist for the ASCA and ASTRO-E Guest Observer Facilities. Prior to joining the ASCA GOF at GSFC in April 1992, he had been studying at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan, where he analyzed data taken by the GINGA satellite ( GINGA page at ISAS), and also participated in the development of the ASCA GIS. He obtained his doctorate in 1991 from the University of Tokyo with a thesis titled "Spectral Study of Black Hole Candidates Observed with Ginga".
Dr. Ebisawa's main research interest is X-ray observations of black holes and neutron stars, super-soft sources, and Galactic diffuse X-ray emission.