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Kotaro Shirai

Associate Professor

Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo

Research areas & keywords

geochemistry, analytical chemistry, paleoenvironment, paleoecology, coral, mollusk shell, foraminifera, otolith, isotope, minor and trace element, Sanriku Ria coast, typhoon

Tertiary qualifications

2007

PhD: "Elemental fractionation in biogenic calcium carbonate"

Department of Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo

2004

MSc: "Deep-sea coral geochemistry: potential proxy for paleoclimate reconstruction"

Department of Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo

Contact

International Coastal Research Center

Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute

The University of Tokyo

5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba, 277-8564 JAPAN

kshirai*aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp (replace * with at mark)