Toshihiko Takemura

Present post

Distinguished Professor, Climate Change Science Section, Center for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (COAR), Research Institute for Applied Mechanics (RIAM), Kyushu University

Degree

Doctor of Science (University of Tokyo)

Concurrent posts

• Major of Earth System Science and Technology (ESST), Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University
• Visiting Researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies

News

News in Lab.

Awards

• Awards for Science and Technology (Research Category) of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, 2021
• Japan Academy Medal, 2019
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize, 2019
• Japan Geoscience Union Nishida Prize, 2015
• Society Award, Meteorological Society of Japan, 2013
• Asian Young Aerosol Scientist Award, 2011
• Prize for Encouragement, Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology, 2009
• The Young Scientists' Prize of the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, 2008
• Young Scientist Award, International Radiation Commission, 2004
• Yamamoto-Syono Award for Outstanding Papers, Meteorological Society of Japan, 2002

Special mentions

• Highly Cited Researchers, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Lead author in Chapter 8 of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Working Group I (WG I) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• Contributing author in Chapters 2 and 8 of Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, the Forth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Societies

• Meteorological Society of Japan
• Japan Geoscience Union
• Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology
• American Geophysical Union
• European Geosciences Union

Simplified curriculum vitae

• 1997.03     Bachelor of Science, Department of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University
• 1999.03     Master of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
• 2001.04 - 2001.09     Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
• 2001.09     Doctor of Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
• 2001.10 - 2006.1     Research Associate, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
• 2004.10 - 2005.10     Visiting Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• 2006.02 - 2014.11     Associate Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
• 2014.12 - present     Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
• 2019.10     conferred on the title of Distinguished Professor

Qualifications

• Certified Weather Forecaster

Links

• Academic Staff Educational and Research Activities Database of Kyushu University