Professor Center for Advanced Marine Core Research Kochi University B200 Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Japan Fax: +81-88-864-6713 [Japanese / English]

Research Interests

• Variation of the Earth's magnetic field through time
  
• Methodology of paleointensity determinations
  
• Applications of magneto-environmental techniques
  

Publications

Presentations

Professional Societies

• Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU, Japan)
  
• Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (SGEPSS, JAPAN)
  
• Paleosciences Society (PALEO10, JAPAN)
  
• American Geophysical Union (AGU, USA)
  

Activities

• International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)
  
  • XXV IUGG General Assembly in Melbourne 2011, Division I symposia co-convener (A04.3: Geomagnetic field strength of the past: palaeointensity techniques and applications)
    
  • XXIV IUGG General Assembly in Perugia 2007, Division I symposia co-convener (ASI004: Paleointensity studies - progress and challenges)
    
  • 10th IAGA Scientific Assembly in Toulouse 2005, Division I symposia co-convener (GAI11: Paleointensities - techniques and observations)
    
  
  
• International Union of Geological Sciences
  
  • 36th International Geological Congress in Delhi, India, co-convener (Symposium 34.1: The Main Geomagnetic Field: Understanding the Structure, Dynamics and History of the Earth)
    
  
  
• Asia Oceania Geoscience Society
  
  • 2020 AOGS 17th Annual Meeting in Hongcheon, Korea, session SE01 co-convener ("Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism Applied to Solving Geological, Geophysical, and Environmental Problems") [cancelled]
    
  • 2019 AOGS 16th Annual Meeting in Singapore, session SE01 co-convener ("Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism Applied to Solving Geological, Geophysical, and Environmental Problems")
    
  • 2018 AOGS 15th Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii, session SE01 co-convener ("Paleomagnetism and Rock Magnetism Applied to Solving Geological, Geophysical, and Environmental Problems")
    
  • 2014 AOGS 11th Annual Meeting in Sapporo, Japan, session SE04 lead convener ("Recent Advances in paleo-, rock and environmental magnetism")
    
  
  

Research cruises

• IODP Expedition 342 (2012/6/2-8/1) [ youtube movie: Episode 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / documentary ]
  
• IODP Expedition 320 (2009/3/5-5/5)
  
• Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, GH04 cruise (2004/7/12-25)
• Geological Survey of Japan, AIST, GH03 cruise (2003/6/13-27)

Employment

04/2017:	Professor, Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University
05/2015:	Associate Professor, Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University
03/2007:	Assistant Professor, Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University
06/2006:	Research Associate, Geomagnetsim Laboratory, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Liverpool
	(Oversea Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS))
04/2006:	Technical Staff, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
03/2003:	Research Fellow of the JSPS (working at the Geological Survey of Japan, AIST)
04/2002:	Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST

Education

03/2002:	DSc. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
03/1999:	MSc. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
03/1997:	BSc. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan