Kensaku Tamaki
Date of birth: 1 October 1948
Education
1985 Doctor of Science in Geology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
1974 Bachelor of Science in Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Awards
2000 Fellow, Geological Society of America
1987 Award for Hydrographic Technology Advancement
Professional experience
2008- 2011 Director, Frontier Research Center for Energy and Resources, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
2002- 2011 Commissioner, United Nations Commission on the Limits of the, Continental Shelf
2005-2007 Director, Department of Geosystem Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
2004-2008 Professor, Department of Geosystem Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
1994-2004 Professor, Ocean Floor Geoscience Division, Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo
1986-1994 Associate Professor, Ocean Floor Geoscience Division, Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo
1983-1986 Senior Researcher, Geological Survey of Japan, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
1974-1983 Researcher, Geological Survey of Japan, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Guest Positions
2005-2009 Visiting Professor, Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University, Japan
2000 Visiting Lecturer, China University of Geoscience, Beijing and Wuhan
1998 Visiting Lecturer, China University of Geoscience, Beijing
1998 Guest Professor, Changchun University of Science and Technology, China
1984-1985 Visiting Researcher, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, United States
International Affiliation
2002-2011 Commissioner, United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
2003-2005 Chair, Science Planning and Policy Oversight Committee of Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP)
2000-2004 Chair, InterRidge Program (International mid-oceanic ridge research initiative)
1998- Editorial Board, Marine Geophysical Research
1998 Co-Chair, Ocean Drilling Program Technical Operation Workshop at Houston, Texas, United States
1997-2000 Editorial Board, Journal of the Geological Society of Japan
1997-1999 Ocean Drilling Programme (ODP) Operation Committee
1997-1999 ODP Science Committee
1996-1997 Editorial Board, Journal of Physics of the Earth
1994-1997 Editorial Board, Journal of Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity
1993-1996 Chair, InterRidge Back-arc Basin Working Group
1992-1998 Editorial Board, Tectonophysics
1992-1996 InterRidge Project Steering Committee
1989 Co-Chief Scientist, ODP Leg 127
Domestic Affiliations
2009-2011 Chair, Advisory Committee for Methane Hydrate Resource Development Governmental Program (MH21)
2005-2011 Executive Board, Marine Technology Forum
2004-2011 Executive Board, The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan
2001-2004 Chair, Long-term Cruise Planning Committee, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
1998-2002 Chair, Earth Science Board, Evaluation Committee for Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)
1997-2002 Chair, Long-term Cruise Planning Committee, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC)
1997-2001 IODP/OD
21 National Advisory Committee
1993-2006 Chair, InterRidge Japan Office
1986-2004 ODP National Advisory Committee
Major Field experience
2009 Chief, R/V Tanseimaru expedition, Western Pacific
2006-2007 Chief, R/V Hakuhomaru expedition, Indian Ocean
2006 Chief, R/V Tanseimaru expedition, Western Pacific
2005 Chief, R/V Kairei expedition with AUV, Western Pacific
2000-2001 Co-Chief, Aden New Century cruise, Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean
2000 Co-Chief, Knipovich Ridge-2000 cruise, Arctic Atlantic
1998 Chief, R/V Kaiko expedition, Japan trench
1997 Chief, on-land gravity survey, Viet Nam
1997 Co-Chief, InterRidge Fuji cruise, South-western Indian Ridge
1996 Mariana Trough research cruise, R/V Yokosuka
1995 Central Indian Ocean research cruise, R/V Meteor
1994 South-western Indian Ridge research cruise, R/V Hakuhomaru
1993 Co-Chief, Rodriguez Triple Junction Expedition, R/V Hakuhomaru
1989 Co-Chief, ODP Leg 127, Japan Sea
1988 Physical Property Scientist, ODP Leg 121, Ninety-east Ridge
1974-1985 Intensive research by seismic reflection and magnetics, R/VHakureimaru, Western to Central Pacific