{"id":426,"date":"2022-10-18T17:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T08:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/?page_id=426"},"modified":"2026-03-06T07:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T22:51:33","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Updated on 6 March 2026)<br \/>\n<a name=\"education\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. in Science<\/strong> (Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, November 2006)<br \/>\nMaster of Science (Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, March 2001)<br \/>\nBachelor of Science (Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, The University of Tokyo, March 1999)<br \/>\nGraduated from Okayama Asahi High School in 1994<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D. Dissertation: &#8220;Study of the Effects of Dust in the Martian Meteorology Using a General Circulation Model&#8221;<br \/>\nSupervisor: Prof. Masaaki Takahashi (Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo)<br \/>\n<a name=\"career\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Career<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span class=\"yellow\">Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Assistant Professor (Tenured)<\/strong> (January 2020 &#8211; present)<br \/>\n<strong>Non-tenured Assistant Professor<\/strong> (August 2019 &#8211; December 2019)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Also at <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Division for the Establishment of Frontier Sciences, Organization for Advanced Studies (November 2021 -)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tohoku University Prominent Research Fellow<\/strong> (July 2021 \u2013 June 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Also a Research Collaborator at Terahertz Research Center, <span class=\"green\">National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"yellow\">Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Researcher<\/strong> (April 2019 &#8211; July 2019)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Also a Research Collaborator at Terahertz Research Center, <span class=\"green\">National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Data Analytics Laboratory, Big Data Integration Research Center<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Non-tenured Senior Researcher<\/strong> (April 2016 &#8211; March 2019)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Also a Delegated Associated Professor, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai,<br \/>\nJapan. (April 2017 &#8211; March 2019)<\/li>\n<li>Also a Visiting Researcher, Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.<br \/>\n(April 2016 \u2013 March 2017)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"yellow\">Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Non-tenured Assistant Professor<\/strong> (February 2013 &#8211; March 2016)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supported by &#8220;Inter-Graduate School Doctoral Degree Program on Science for Global Safety&#8221; at Tohoku University<\/li>\n<li>Also a Research Collaborator at <span class=\"green\">National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan<\/span> (- March 2014)<\/li>\n<li>1-year stay in total at <span class=\"green\">Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Goettingen, Germany<\/span> with the &#8220;Promotion of the strategic research program for overseas assignment of young scientists and international collaborations&#8221; of JSPS (October 2013 &#8211; March 2016)<\/li>\n<li>1-month stay at <span class=\"green\">Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany<\/span> (September 2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"yellow\">Department of Geophysics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Non-tenured Assistant Professor<\/strong> (April 2011 &#8211; January 2013)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Supported by Tohoku University Global COE Program &#8220;Global Education and Research Center for Earth and Planetary Dynamics&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Also a Research Collaborator at <span class=\"green\">National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Japan<\/span> (May 2011 -)<\/li>\n<li>1-month stays (3 times) at <span class=\"green\">Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany<\/span> (May 2011, September 2011, September 2012)<\/li>\n<li>1-month stay at<span class=\"green\"> Kwasan Observatory, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan<\/span> (April 2011)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"yellow\">Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Post-doctoral Fellow<\/strong> (December 2009 &#8211; March 2011)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)<\/li>\n<li>1-month stay at <span class=\"green\">Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany<\/span> (November 2010)<\/li>\n<li>4-months stay at <span class=\"green\">Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany<\/span> with the &#8220;Excellent Young Researchers Overseas Visit Program&#8221; of JSPS (March &#8211; July 2010)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"yellow\">Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Post-doctoral Fellow<\/strong> (December 2006 \u2013 November 2009)<br \/>\n<strong>Research Student<\/strong> (April 2004 &#8211; November 2006)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Also at <span class=\"yellow\">Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (- November 2006)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Also at <span class=\"green\">Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan<\/span> as a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (April 2008 -)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"yellow\">Center for Climate System Research, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan<br \/>\n<\/span>(now Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Japan)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Research Student <\/strong>(April 1999 &#8211; March 2004)<br \/>\n<a name=\"awards\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Group Award, Team for the Development of Global Air Pollution Indicators and Outreach, 1 April 2021.<\/li>\n<li>NASA Group Achievement Award, MAVEN Mission Team, 2 August 2018.<\/li>\n<li>NASA Group Achievement Award, MAVEN Science Team, June 2016.<br \/>\n<a name=\"skills\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Skills<\/h2>\n<p>Japanese (native)<br \/>\nEnglish (fluent speaking, reading and writing)<br \/>\nGerman (basic understanding)<br \/>\nProgramming (Fortran)<br \/>\nGrADS, GNUPLOT (preferred drawing tools)<br \/>\nServer Administrations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Updated on 6 March 2026) Education Ph.D. in Science (Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The Universit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/en\/biography\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Biography&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"http:\/\/dramatic-planets.com\/home\/?page_id=31","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":524,"href":"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dramatic.parallel.jp\/kuroda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}