Expert’s Eyes

　Research on seismology advanced in the second half of the 20th century. As such, the mechanism of earthquake occurrence was considerably elucidated, and the difficulty of earthquake prediction was strongly recognized on a practical level. Today, seismology is moving toward realistic disaster prevention and disaster mitigation by utilizing scientific research results. In this trend, beyond the “science of earthquakes” studied at the Faculty of Science, new research in collaboration with sectors of social safety sciences, namely engineering, humanity, social sciences, etc., is indispensable.

Remarkable File

Wrote “Science of huge earthquakes and disaster prevention” (Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc., 2013) that award ｔhe Science Journalist Awards Japan 2014.
Visiting professor at Shizuoka University, Center for Integrated Research and Education of Natural Hazards.

Brief Personal History

Mar. 1991:
Graduated from the Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University (Bachelor of Science) Apr. 1991:
Joined JR Tokai (until Mar. 1996) Mar. 1998:
Completed the Master’s Course of the Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Master of Science) Mar. 2001:
Completed the Doctoral Course of the above (Ph. D. in Science) Apr. 2001:
Research fellow of the Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo (until July 2001) Jul. 2001:
Research fellow of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (until Mar. 2002) Apr. 2002:
Senior researcher of Advanced Simulation Technology of Mechanics R&D, Co., Ltd. (until Mar. 2003) Apr. 2003:
Assistant Professor of Disaster Management Office, Nagoya University (until Oct. 2008) Nov. 2008:
Associate Professor of Center for Integrated Research and Education of Natural Hazards, Shizuoka University (until Mar. 2011) Apr. 2011:
Associate Professor of the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University Apr. 2016:
Professor of the above Faculty Oct. 2017:
Vice dean of the Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University (until Sep. 2019)