Education
Ph.D. in Science (Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, November 2006)
Master of Science (Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, March 2001)
Bachelor of Science (Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, The University of Tokyo, March 1999)
Graduated from Okayama Asahi High School in 1994
Ph.D. Dissertation: “Study of the Effects of Dust in the Martian Meteorology Using a General Circulation Model”
Supervisor: Prof. Masaaki Takahashi (Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo)
Career
Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Assistant Professor (Tenured) (January 2020 – present)
Non-tenured Assistant Professor (August 2019 – December 2019)
- Also at Division for the Establishment of Frontier Sciences, Organization for Advanced Studies (November 2021 -)
- Tohoku University Prominent Research Fellow (July 2021 –)
- Also a Research Collaborator at Terahertz Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan.
Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Researcher (April 2019 – July 2019)
- Also a Research Collaborator at Terahertz Research Center, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan.
Big Data Analytics Laboratory, Big Data Integration Research Center
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan.
Non-tenured Senior Researcher (April 2016 – March 2019)
- Also a Delegated Associated Professor, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai,
Japan. (April 2017 – March 2019) - Also a Visiting Researcher, Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
(April 2016 – March 2017)
Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Non-tenured Assistant Professor (February 2013 – March 2016)
- Supported by “Inter-Graduate School Doctoral Degree Program on Science for Global Safety” at Tohoku University
- Also a Research Collaborator at National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan (- March 2014)
- 1-year stay in total at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Goettingen, Germany with the “Promotion of the strategic research program for overseas assignment of young scientists and international collaborations” of JSPS (October 2013 – March 2016)
- 1-month stay at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany (September 2013)
Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Non-tenured Assistant Professor (April 2011 – January 2013)
- Supported by Tohoku University Global COE Program “Global Education and Research Center for Earth and Planetary Dynamics”
- Also a Research Collaborator at National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan (May 2011 -)
- 1-month stays (3 times) at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany (May 2011, September 2011, September 2012)
- 1-month stay at Kwasan Observatory, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan (April 2011)
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
Post-doctoral Fellow (December 2009 – March 2011)
- Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- 1-month stay at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany (November 2010)
- 4-months stay at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany with the “Excellent Young Researchers Overseas Visit Program” of JSPS (March – July 2010)
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Post-doctoral Fellow (December 2006 – November 2009)
Research Student (April 2004 – November 2006)
- Also at Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (- November 2006)
- Also at Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan as a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (April 2008 -)
Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
(now Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Japan)
Research Student (April 1999 – March 2004)
Awards
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Group Award, Team for the Development of Global Air Pollution Indicators and Outreach, 1 April 2021.
- NASA Group Achievement Award, MAVEN Mission Team, 2 August 2018.
- NASA Group Achievement Award, MAVEN Science Team, June 2016.
Skills
Japanese (native)
English (fluent speaking, reading and writing)
German (basic understanding)
Programming (Fortran)
GrADS, GNUPLOT (preferred drawing tools)
Server Administrations