M. D. YAMANAKA: CURRICULUM VITAE

• DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: October 18, 1955, Kochi, Japan
• EDUCATION
  • 1979: B.Ed., Osaka Kyoiku University, Osaka, Japan.
  • 1979-80: Auditor, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 1981-85: Research Student, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 1982: M.Sc., Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
  • 1985: D.Sc., Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
• WORKING EXPERIENCE
  • 1985-86, Junior Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Water Research Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
  • 1986-87, Postdoctoral Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 1987-89, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
  • 1989-95, Lecturer, Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 1995-98, Associate Professor, Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 1998-2003, Professor, Department of Global Development Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
  • 1999-2004, Group Leader, Large-Scale Hydrological Cycle Group, Hydrological Cycle Observational Reserach Program, Frontier Observational Research System for Global Change, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokohama, Japan.
  • 2003-06, Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary System Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
  • 2004-05, Group Leader, Large-Scale Hydrological Cycle Group, Hydrological Cycle Observational Research Program, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan.
  • 2005-09, Senior Scientist, Hydrological Cycle Observational Research Program, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan.
  • 2006-15, Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
  • 2009-14, Principal Scientist, Tropical Climate Variability Research Program, Risearch Institute for Global Change, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan.
  • 2010-14, Leader of Japanese Team, Promotion Office for Maritime Continent Center of Excellence, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • 2014-16, Principal Scientist, Department of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Processes Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan.
  • 2015-16, Professor, Department of Planetology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
  • 2016-2018, Senior Staff, Department of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Processes Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan.
  • 2016-present, Professor Emeritus, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
  • 2018-19, Researcher, Tropical Peatland Society Project, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 2018-22, Visiting Researcher, Dynamic Coupling of Ocean-Atmoaphere-Land Research Program, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan.
  • 2020-21, Senior Researcher, Tropical Peatland Society Project, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 2021-22, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Tropical Peatland Society Project, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 2022-present, Visiting Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 2022-present, Advisor, Center for Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Research, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan.
• Joint Appointment:
  • 1979-80, Part-time Technical Assistant, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori, Japan.
  • 1987-2004, Research Fellow, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Kanagawa, Japan.
  • 1988-89, Lecturer, Faculty of Science, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan.
  • 1989-95, Lecturer, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 1989-90, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Yamaguchi University. Yamaguchi, Japan.
  • 1990-2002, 03-04, 05-06, 07-08, 09-10, Lecturer, Osaka Kyoiku University, Osaka, Japan.
  • 1993-96, Lecturer, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 1995-98, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 1996-97, 98-99, 2000-01, 02-03, 04-05, 06-07, Lecturer, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
  • 1998-2006, Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
  • 1998-2006, 07-08, 09-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, Lecturer, Department of Human Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Human Development, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
  • 2005-16, Steering Committee Member and Research Staff, Center for Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
  • 2006-07, Lecturer, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 2010-present, Lecturer, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Yamaguchi University, Ube, Japan.
  • 2010-present, Lecturer, Center for Remote Sensing and Ocean Sciences, Udayana University, Denpasar, Indonesia.
  • 2010-11, 12-13, 14-15, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan.
  • 2014-15, Lecturer, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
  • 2016, JICA Expert, Department of Meteorology, Ministry of Disaster Management, Sri Lanka.
  • 2017-18, Collaborative Researcher, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
  • 2018-22, JICA Expert, Graduate School of Agriculture, Aquaculture, Fisheries and Environment, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam.
  • 2021-22, Lecturer, Department of Economics on Sustainability, Faculty of Economics, Dokkyo University, Soka, Japan
  • 2022, Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan
  • 2022, Lecturer, Nara Study Center, The Open University of Japan, Nara, Japan

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