Curriculum Vitae
Kenji Ohta (太田 健二)
Date of birth: 1983/03/17
My birthplace: Nagasaki, Japan
Web of Science Researcher ID: C-2825-2009
My pages: researchmap, ResearchGate, Google Scholar
Professional society membership: Japan Geoscience Union, The Japan Society of High Pressure Science and Tchnology, American Geophysical Union
Contact information
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology
I2-13 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
東京工業大学 理学院 地球惑星科学系
〒152-8551 東京都目黒区大岡山2−12−1 I2-13
E-mail: k-ohta(at)geo.titech.ac.jp
Education
Bachelor of Science: Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2006
Master of Science: Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2008
Ph.D. (Science): Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2010
(Ph.D. thesis: Electrical and thermal conducitivity of the Earth's lower mantle)
Appointments
2008-2010
Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) DC1 at Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2010-2011
JSPS PD at Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2011-2013
JSPS SPD at Center for Quantum Science and Technology under Extreme Conditions, Osaka University
2013-2017
Lecturer at Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology
2017-now
Associate professor at Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Awards & Honors
2018 Alvin Van Valkenburg Award (Link)
2015 Encouraging prize for young researcher, The Japan Society of High Pressure Science and Technology (JSHPST) (Link)
2014 Award for challenging research, Tokyo Tech (Link)
2014 Doornbos Memorial Prize, Study of Earth's Deep Interior (SEDI) (Link)
2011 Graduate student research award (Honorable mention), American Geophysical Union
2011 Tejima award, PhD. thesis award (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Professional activities
2020~: Chair of SPring-8 Users Community (SPRUC) Earth and Planetary Science Research group
2019: Session convener (2019 AGU fall meeting)
2019: Session convener & chair (2019 JpGU annual meeting)
2018~: Review editor of Frontiers in Earth Science
2018: Session chair & discussion leader (2018 Study of Earth’s Deep Interiors)
2018: Session convener & chair (2019 JpGU annual meeting)
2018~2020: Vice chair of SPring-8 Users Community (SPRUC) Earth and Planetary Science Research group
2017~2020: Editorial Board Member of The review of high pressure science and technology
2017~2020: Scientific Reports Editorial Board Member
2015: Session convener & chair (25th V. M. Goldschmidt conference, Geochemistry of core)
2012: Session convener & chair (American Geophysical Union, 2012 Fall meeting)