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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