Toshitsugu YAMAZAKI (Professor)

Speciality: Paleomagnetism and Rock magnetism, Marine Geology and Geophysics

C. V.

Family Name: Yamazaki

Forename: Toshitsugu

Date of birth: 20 March 1959

Speciality: Paleomagnetism and Rock magnetism, Marine Geology and Geophysics

EDUCATION:

Kyoto University, Geology major, 1977-1981
B.Sc. in Geology, Kyoto University, March 1981.
Ph.D. in Geology, Kyoto University, March 1990.

POSITION HELD:

April 1, 1981 - September 30, 1990: Researcher, Marine Geology Department, Geological Survey of Japan

October 1, 1990 - March 31, 2001: Senior Researcher, Marine Geology Department, Geological Survey of Japan

April 1, 1992 - March 31, 1993: Senior stuff, Ocean Development Division, Science and Technology Agency, Japan

February 1, 1994 - March 31, 1995: Visiting Associate, California Institute of Technology, U.S.A.

October 1, 1999 - March 31, 2006: Guest Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University

March 1, 2000 - March 31, 2001: Vice-Director, Research Planning Office, Geological Survey of Japan

April 1, 2001 - June 14, 2002: Senior Researcher, Institute for Marine Resources and Environment, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST

June 15, 2002 - April 30, 2004: Group Leader, Institute for Marine Resources and Environment, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST

May 1, 2004 - August 31, 2012: Group Leader, Institute of Geology and Geoinformation, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST

April 1, 2006 - August 31, 2012: Guest Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Jan. 1, 2013 - : Councilor, Paleosciences Society

April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2015: Vice president, Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2017: President, Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

April 1, 2017 - : Councilor, Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

July 1, 2017 - : Special Assistant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Member, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, United Nations

AWARD:

Tanakadate Award of the Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

April 1999 - March 2003: Chair, Steering Committee member of Earth Planets and Space

April 1999 - March 2007: Steering Committee member, the Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (Japan)

October 2003 - June 2006: IODP Science Steering and Evaluation Panel member

April 2003 - March 2007: Steering Committee member of Earth Planets and Space

April 2007 - March 2009: J-DESC IODP Section Executive Committee member

January 2007 - June 2011: Review and Advisory Committee member, Institute for Rock Magnetism, University of Minnesota

January 2008 - December 2015: Associate Editor of Island Arc

April 2009 - March 2011: Chair, J-DESC IODP section

October 2009 - September 2011: IODP Science Planning Committee member

April 2009 - March 2013: Councilor, the Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (Japan)

March 2012 - present: IAGA National Correspondent

April 2012 - March 2016: Editor of Earth Planets and Space

Jan. 1, 2013 - : Councilor, Paleosciences Society

April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2015: Vice president, Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2017: President, Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

April 1, 2017 - present: Councilor, Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences

July 1, 2017 - present: Special Assistant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Member, Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, United Nations

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

American Geophysical Union
Japan Geoscience Union
The Society of Geomagnetism and Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (Japan)
Geological Society of Japan
Japan Society for Marine Surveys and Technology


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