Since his graduation from high school, his journey in Kyoto University started. He joined the faculty of science in April 1976 and continued his Master’s degree in geophysics, after which he joined Kyoto University liberal arts as an assistant in 1981. From July 1986 to March 1988 he was Postdoctoral Associate in MIT, and by 1990, he became Associate Professor. He won the Oceanographic Society of Japan Okada Award in 1992 and held the position of an associate professor in Kyoto University Faculty of Integrated Human Studies. He became a lecturer in several universities like Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan University, Nara University of Education, Kobe University, Kyoto University of Education, and Nara Women’s University. Currently, he is a Professor at Kyoto University, Faculty of Integrated Human and Environmental Studies.
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