Current Position

Assistant Professor at University of Tsukuba

Institute of Systems and Information Engineering 

College of Engineering Systems, School of Science and Engineering 

Master’s and Doctoral Programs in Intelligent and Mechanical Interaction Systems, Degree Programs in Systems and Information Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology

Professional Experiences

Jun, 2025 - Present External Researcher, Volcanoes and Earth's Interior Research Center, Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology 

Apr, 2025 - Present Assistant Professor, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba 

Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2025 Guest Researcher, Volcanoes and Earth's Interior Research Center, Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology 

Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2025 Assistant Professor, Center for Crossover Education, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Akita University 

May, 2023 - Mar, 2024 Visiting Researcher, Volcanoes and Earth's Interior Research Center, Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology 

Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2023 Postdoctoral Researcher, Volcanoes and Earth's Interior Research Center, Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology 

Jan, 2021 - Mar, 2021 Project Researcher, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo 

Sep, 2019 - Oct, 2020 Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong 

Apr, 2017 - Aug, 2019 Project Researcher, Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo 

Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017 JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Education

Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017 Doctoral Course, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology 

Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2014 Master's Course, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology 

Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2012 College of Geoscience, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Grants

Apr, 2025 - Mar, 2028 Analysis of tectonic data to determine the mechanisms of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Atsushi Nakao

Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025 Modeling of mantle evolution and geochemical tracers, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Atsushi Nakao

Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2018 Roles of the mantle transition zone and the core-mantle boundary region on the water circulation in the mantle, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tomoeki Nakakuki, Hikaru Iwamori, Atsushi Nakao, Takashi Nakagawa, and Masanori Kameyama

Apr, 2014 - Mar, 2017 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Atsushi Nakao

Links 

ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2662-4105

Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=083SnXcAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Map https://researchmap.jp/a-nakao

TRIOS https://trios.tsukuba.ac.jp/researcher/0000005036