FounderTakafumi Matsui
Biography
Bio
- MAR 1970: Graduated from Department of Geophysics, University of Tokyo
- MAR 1976: Doctor of Science (Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo)
Occupation
- APR 1976: Post Doctoral Fellow, JSPS
- MAR 1977: Visiting Scientist, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston
- JUN 1978: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
- OCT 1985: Invited Foreign Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.
- AUG 1987: Invited Foreign Scientist, Michigan State University, U.S.
- APR 1992: Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo
- JUN 1992-SEP 1995: Visiting Professor, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany
- APR 1994: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
- APR 1999-2009: Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences/ Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
- OCT 2005-MAR 2007: Director, Science Interpreter Training Program, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
- MAR 2009: Retirement from The University of Tokyo
- APR 2009: Director, Planetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of Technology
- JUN 2009: Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo
- 2019: Director, Institute for Geo-Cosmology, Chiba Institute of Technology
- JUN 2020:The 13th president, Chiba Institute of Technology
- 2021: Director, Research Center for Mathematical Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology
Memberships (2009～)
- Member of Science Council of Japan (2006～）
- Council of Science and Technology Policy (Cabinet office, Government of Japan) (2009)
- Distinguished Fellow of The Tokyo Foundation (2009～)
- Senior Researcher Councilor for the Institute for International Policy Studies (2009～)
- Council of Space Development Policy (Cabinet office, Government of Japan) (2011～2012)
- Acting Chairman of Committee on National Space Policy (Cabinet office, Government of Japan) (2012～)
- Trustees of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture (2009～)
- others: Director/Councilor of various foundations
Awards
- 1988: Meteorological Society of Japan, Horiuchi Award
- 1997: Mother’s Forest Award (Awarded to eminent people from various fields.)
- 2007: 61st Mainichi Shuppan Bunka Award (Awarded to the author of eminent book published in 2007)
- 2014: Japan Geoscience Union Fellow (Awarded for outstanding contribution to planetary science in particular to the understanding of the formation and evolution
- of the atmosphere and oceans; and numerous contributions to popularization of geoscience.)