【2017.5.19 update】

Specialties

Sedimentary Geology, Marine Geology, Regional Geology

Outline of Research

The Late Cainozoic geological history and geo-structural development of the Hokuriku district, central Japan, and the oceanographic history and sedimentological development of the Sea of Japan over the last 20,000 years are my major research topics in Japan. On the other hand, geo-environmental history and mechanisms sustaining the biodiversity of Lake Tonle Sap of central Cambodia, the evaluation of environmental pollution and destruction of the Angkor World Heritage site in Cambodia, and sedimentation in and around mangrove habitats in Southeast Asia are my major research activities in the overseas countries.

Career

1990: Completed D. Sc. Course, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University (Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science)

1990-1992: Post Doctoral Researcher, Japan Society of the Promotion of Science (Tohoku University)

1992-1994: Postgraduate Research Student, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University (Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Science)

1992-1994: Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Archaeology, Fine Art University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

1994-1995: Associate Professor, Kanazawa University (Department of Geology, College of Liberal Arts)

1995-1996: Associate Professor, Kanazawa University (Section of Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering)

1996-2002: Associate Professor, Kanazawa University (Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering)

2002-2010: Associate Professor, Kanazawa University (Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology)

2010- : Professor, Kanazawa University (Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology)