Education:
Mar 1992: B.Sc., Department of Geophysics, University of Tokyo.
Mar 1994: M.Sc., Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, University
of Tokyo.
Mar 1997: D.Sc., Department of Earth and Planetary
Physics, University of Tokyo.
Professional Experience:
Apr 1995-Mar 1997: Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow.
Jul 1995-Dec 1995: Visiting Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
. Collaborated with Dr. B. Chao.
Apr 1997-Mar 1999: Research Scientist, Communications Research Laboratory.
Apr 1999-Sep 2007: Research Associate/Assistant Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo.
Oct 2007-Dec 2011: Associate Professor, Department of Natural History Sciences, Hokkaido University.
Jan 2012- Present: Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University.
Aug 2003-Jul 2005: Visiting Assistant Professor, Univ of Colorado at Boulder. Funded from MEXT, Japan (1st year) and CIRES visiting fellowship (2nd year).
Award:
Jun 2000: 8th Tsuboi award , The Geodetic Society of Japan.
Oct 2004: Best paper award, The Volcanological Society of Japan.
Jul 2007: Guy Bomford prize, International Association of Geodesy.