>>>> ABOUT Dr. Daisuke Kuwano

>>>> Research Interests

Micropaleontology (nannofossils), Geology, Stratigraphy, Geochemistry, Paleoceanography, and Paleoclimatology.

>>>> Address

Kyoto University

Yoshida-Nihonmatsu, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

E-mail: kuwano.daisuke.3f "@" kyoto-u.ac.jp

>>>> Education

• March 2018             Bachelor of Science, Department of Earth Sciences, Chiba University (Chiba, Japan)
      Thesis Title: Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the upper part of the Kiwada Formation and inferred marine environment change (Supervisor: Dr. Koji Kameo).

• March 2020       Master of Science, Department of Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University (Chiba, Japan)
      Thesis Title: Oxygen isotope stratigraphy in the Kiwada Formation of the Kazusa Group and Early Pleistonece paleoceanography around the Pacific coast of Japan based on the calcareous nannofossils (Supervisor: Dr. Koji Kameo).

• March 2023                Doctor of Philosophy (Science), Department of Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University (Chiba, Japan)
      PhD Thesis Title: Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoceanographic reconstruction in the northwestern Pacific region during Early Pleistocene  (Supervisor: Dr. Koji Kameo).

>>>> Academic Experience

• 2022. 4. – 2023. 3.  JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (DC2), Chiba University

• 2023. 4. – 2023. 8.  JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (PD), Chiba University

• 2023. 9. – 2024. 3.  Assistant Professor (Project), Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University 

• 2024. 4. – current  Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University 

>>>> Awards

• March 2018, Outstanding Excellence Award, Chiba Univ.

• March 2018, Outstanding Excellence Award, Department of Science, Chiba Univ.

• March 2018, Best Presentation Award, Chiba Univ., awarded to the undergraduate thesis presentation

• September 2019, Excellent Poster Award, The 126th annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan: 2019 Yamaguchi University

• November 2019, The Best Student Poster Presentation, The 1st Asian Palaeontological Congress (APC2019)

• March 2020, Best Presentation Award, Chiba Univ., awarded to the master thesis presentation

• November 2020, Excellent Presentation Award, Paleosciences Society 6th annual meeting

• September 2022, Excellent Poster Award, The 128th annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan: 2019, Waseda University

• March 2023, Outstanding Excellence Award, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba Univ.

>>>> Fellowships

• December 2016, Tuition waivers for outstanding students in 2016, Chiba University.

• November 2019, Young Member Participation Support Grant in the 1st Asian Palaeontological Congress, Paleontological Society of Japan.

• June 2020, Repayment Exemption for Graduate Students with Excellent Achievements, JASSO.

• October 2021 – March 2022 All Directional Innovation Creator Ph.D. Project, Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next of Japan Science and Technology Agency Generation.

• July 2022, Repayment Exemption for Graduate Students with Excellent Achievements, JASSO.

>>>> Research Grants

• June 2021 – March 2022, Geological survey to establish a composite age scale for the Kiwada Formation of the Kazusa Group in the central part of the Boso Peninsula, Japan. Fukada Grant-in-Aid for Field Works.

• June 2021 – May 2022, Establishment of Lower Pleistocene chronostratigraphy based on oxygen isotopes, microfossils, and tephra stratigraphy of the Kiwada Formation, Kazusa Group. Research Grant-in-Aid 2023 for Tokyo Geographical Society.

• April 2022 – March 2024, Development of a new method for reconstructing temperature, salinity, and nutrients based on calcareous nannofossil assemblages. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

• April 2024 –current,   Spatiotemporal history of the Kuroshio and Oyashio currents over the past million years: Clarification of the relationship between climate change and ocean circulation, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

>>>> Membership of academic societies

・ Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU)

・ The Geological Society of Japan (June 2022– Directors) 

・Paleontological Society of Japan

・Paleosciences society

・The International Nannoplankton Association

>>>> Cruises

• KH-21-3 (R/V Hakuho-Maru), 23 January 2021 (Naha) – 8 February 2021 (Tokyo), 17 days.

• SCORE Exp. 913 (Chikyu), 22 August 2021 (Shimizu) – 31 August (Shimizu), 10 days. (Paleontologist of nannofossils)

• KS-22-4 (R/V Shinsei-Maru), 1 April 2022 (Yokosuka) – 10 April (Kagoshima), 10 days.

• IODP Exp. 393 (JOIDES Resolution), 9 June 2022 (Cape town) – 7 August 2022 (Capa town), 59 days (Paleontologist of nannofossils).

• KH-23-11 (R/V Hakuho-Maru), 28 December 2023 (Naha) – 10 January 2024 (Tokyo), 14 days.

• KS-24-6 (R/V Shinsei-Maru), 2 April 2024 (Yokosuka) – 9 April (Hachinohe), 8 days.

>>>> Publications

1. Kuwano, D., Tsuchiya, Y., Kameo, K., Hayashi, H., Kubota, Y., Mantoku, K., Oura, Y., 2022. Early Pleistocene (Marine Isotope Stage 40–36) paleoceanography in the northwestern Pacific: Evidence from faunal and oxygen isotope analyses of planktonic foraminifera. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 592, 110873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.110873

2. Kuwano, D., Kubota Y., Mantoku, K., Kameo, K., 2021. Oxygen isotope stratigraphy and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Lower Pleistocene in the Boso Peninsula, central Japan. Stratigraphy, 18, 103–121. https://doi.org/10.29041/strat.18.2.02

3. Kameo, K., Kuwano, D., Tashiro, M., 2021. Data report: Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of Lower Pleistocene in Holes C0002K and L, IODP Expedition 338, the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment. Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, vol. 338. https://doi.org/10.2204/iodp.proc.338.208.2021  [PDF]

>>>> Presentations at international conferences

1. Kuwano, D., Ikehara, M. Matsuzaki, K. M., Maeda, A., Sagawa, T., Horikawa, K., Kubota, Y., Morono, Y., Okutsu, N., Chikyu SCORE Exp. 913 Science Party, Reconstruction of the Kuroshio states based on microfossil assemblages from SCORE Expedition 913 Site C9037 off Shikoku, Japan. 2nd Asian Palaeontological Congress, P22–23, The University of Tokyo,  Japan, August 2023.

2. Kuwano, D., Suzuki, K., Kameo, K., Morphologic change of a calcareous nannofossil species, Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich) Schiller, during the Quaternary. The Micropalaeontological Society 50th Anniversary Conference 2020, Online Meeting, November, 2020.

3. Kuwano, D., Kameo, K., Kubota, Y., Mantoku, K., Utsunomiya, M., Okada, M., Orbital–scale paleoceanographic changes around the Pacific side of Japan in Early Pleistocene based on calcareous nannofossil records. JpGU-AGU Joint meeting 2020: Virtual, MIS08-P08, Online Meeting, July 2020.

4. Kuwano, D., Kubota, Y., Mantoku, K., Kameo, K., Early Pleistocene oceanographic changes around the Pacific side of Japan based on oxygen isotope analysis and calcareous nannofossil assemblages. The 1st Asian Palaeontological Congress, P64, China Hall of Science and Technology, China, November 2019. (The Best Student Poster Presentation)