Professional Experience
Apr., 2005- Research Assistant
21st century Center of Excellence (COE) program "Predictability of the Evolution and Variation of the Multi-scale Earth System"
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo.
Apr., 2008- Engineer for new instruments
R&D department, Sibata Scientific Technology Ltd. (R&D of air sampling devices and a gas sensor)
Jul., 2010- Project research associate
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo (R&D of a new aerosol composition analyzer)
Jan., 2013- Researcher (II)
Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
(tenured in 2016)
Oct., 2020- Researcher
Research Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Other activities
Feb., 2013- Cooperative Researcher
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo (till Feb., 2014)
Nov., 2019- Section Editorial Board Member of "Atmosphere (MDPI)" (for 2 years)
Sep., 2020- Editorial Board Member of "Earozoru Kenkyu (JAAST)" (for 4 years)
Educational background
B. S., Mar., 2003 Department of Science, Yokohama City University, Japan
M. S., Mar., 2005 Department of Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan
D. S., Mar., 2008 Department of Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan
Teaching experiences
Apr., 2003-Mar., 2007 Teaching assistant for the laboratory course of undergraduate students (the Univ of Tokyo)
Oct., 2016-Mar., 2018 Co-supervisor for a master course student of Kyushu University
Feb., 2019 Part-time Lecturer, "Special Seminar" (@Yokohama City University)
Jul., 2019 Part-time Lecturer, "Introduction of Material System Science" (@Yokohama City University)
Jul., 2020 Part-time Lecturer, "Introduction of Material System Science" (@Yokohama City University)
Jul., 2020 Part-time Lecturer, "Comprehensive course of liberal arts lecture" (@Yokohama City University)
Jun., 2021 Part-time Lecturer, "Introduction of Material System Science" (@Yokohama City University)
Jun., 2021 Part-time Lecturer, "Comprehensive course of liberal arts lecture" (@Yokohama City University)
Jun., 2022 Part-time Lecturer, "Comprehensive course of liberal arts lecture" (@Yokohama City University)
Jun., 2023 Part-time Lecturer, "Comprehensive course of liberal arts lecture" (@Yokohama City University)
Scientific Societies
American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR), Japanese Geoscience Union (JpGU), Japanese Association of Aerosol Science and Technology (JAAST), Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment (JSAE), Meteorological Society of Japan (MSJ)
Peer review experiences
Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere
Geophysical Research Letters
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Environmental Science and Technology
Aerosol Science and Technology
Atmospheric Environment
Atmospheric Research, Atmosphere, Aerosol and Air Quality Research
Atmospheric Pollution Research, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
EAROZORU Kenkyu (Japanese), Journal of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment (Japanese)
Honors and awards
2008 Half-exemption from repayment upon graduation for graduate school students with outstanding results (JASSO)
2013 Special Award of the 31st Advanced Technology Award for Encouraging Creativity (Fuji Sankei Business i)
*co-awarded with Mr. N. Takeda, Mr. M. Tabaru, and Mr. K. Koizumi at Fuji Electric, and Dr. F. Taketani at JAMSTEC
2017 ESPEC Prize for the Encouragement of Environmental Studies (ESPEC Corp.)
2018 Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing (Atmospheric Research, Elsevier)
2019 Young Researchers' Award, Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology (JAAST)
Research supports
[as a PI]
2014-2016 JSPS Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, "Characterization of black carbon over East Asian region in the last 100 years"
2017-2018 ESPEC Foundation for Global Environment Research and Technology (Charitable Trust) , "Studies on PM2.5 aerosol characterization using next-generation unmanned observational platform"
2017-2018 Steel Foundation for Environmental Protection Technology, "Evaluation of ship-emission of black carbon aerosols based on the continuous observation in a remote island"
2018-2020 JSPS Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) "UAV-borne atmospheric aerosol flux measurement"
[as a participant]
2014-2016 JSPS Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) "Improved detection of atmospheric bioaerosols by integrating online fluorescence method with offline measurements based on DNA staining" (PI: Dr. Yugo Kanaya at JAMSTEC)
2014-2016 Environment Research and Technology Development Fund, "Comprehensive Estimates of Black Carbon Radiative Forcing Leading to Global Warming" (PI: Dr. Makoto Koike at Univ of Tokyo)
2015-2020 Arctic Challenge for Sustainability (ArCS) "Atmospheric climate forcers in the Arctic" (PI: Dr. Makoto Koike at Univ of Tokyo/NIPR)
2016-2019 JSPS Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, "Evaluation of impacts of glacier snow inpurities on its surface albedo" (PI: Dr. Keiko Konya at JAMSTEC)
2018-2020 JSPS Kakenhi, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), "Origins and ice nucleating abilities of bioaerosols in the marine atmosphere: Links among ecosystems, chemical substances, and clouds explored with fluorescence properties"(PI: Dr. Yugo Kanaya at JAMSTEC)
2018-2019 Steel Foundation for Environmental Protection Technology, "Characterization of light-absorbing organic aerosols in East Asia" (PI: Dr. Chunmao Zhu at JAMSTEC)