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Masaki Yamada Ph.D. (Assistant Professor)

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Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University

E-mail: yamada[@]shinshu-u.ac.jp

FIELD OF RESEARCH

Sedimentology, Geology, Natural Hazards, Tsunami deposit, River flood deposit, Tsunami simulation 

MAIN PROJECTS

1.  Prehistorical tsunami study along the Nankai Trough to Hyuga-nada, Japan (PUBLICATION: 5, 6)

2.  Prehistorical tsunami study in Beppu Bay, Japan (PUBLICATION: 9)

3.  Tsunami risk assessment for a huge caldera formation: 7.3 ka Kikai Caldera eruption

4.  Sedimentological study on modern river flood deposits in Japan (PUBLICATION: 3, 4, 15)

5.  Sedimentological study on the 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami deposits (PUBLICATION: 1, 2)

STUDIES

2008–2012

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

2012–2014

Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba (Master's Program)

2014–2017

Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba (Doctoral Program)

2017–2019

Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo (PostDoc Researcher)

2019–

Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University (Assistant Professor)

THESIS

Graduate Thesis: "Relationship Between Tsunami Behaviors Estimated from Location and Size of Boulders and Onshore Gravelly Tsunami Deposit" (Highest Award)

Master Thesis: "Discovery of an Approximately 4600 Years Old Paleotsunami Deposit at a Coastal Lowland, Southeastern Kyushu Facing the Nankai Trough" (Highest Award)

PhD Dissertation: "Geological Evidence for Tsunamis Generated by Intraplate Earthquakes in Beppu Bay"  (President's Prize)

ACADEMIC SOCIETY

1. American Geophysical Union (AGU)

2. International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)

3. The Sedimentological Society of Japan (SSJ)

4. The Geological Society of Japan (JGS)

5. Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU)

6. The Society of Historical Eathquake Studies