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CV

Academic Employment/Experiences

since Apr. 2022

Post-Doc. research fellow

Paleontology and Historical Geology,

Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University (CAU Kiel), Germany

since Aug. 2019

Post-Doc. research fellow

KIKAI institute for coral reef sciences, Japan

Jul. 2019 - Mar. 2022

JSPS Overseas research fellow

Paleontology and Historical Geology,

Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University (CAU Kiel), Germany

Apr. 2019 - Jun. 2019

Postdoctoral researcher

Hokkaido University, Japan

Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019

Teaching Assistant

Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education,
Hokkaido University, Japan

Sep. 2018 - Dec. 2018

Visiting Researcher

RWTH Aachen, Germany

Institute of Geosciences, Kiel University (CAU Kiel), Germany

Funded by JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers

Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019

Ph.D. student

Hokkaido University, Japan

2017, 2016, 2015

Visiting Researcher

National Taiwan University, Taiwan (ROC)

Educations

2019

Ph.D.

Natural History Sciences,

Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

Ph.D. Thesis:

"Histories of covariation between the Indian Monsoon and human-activities since the dawn of the civilized-era"

2016

MSc.

Natural History Sciences,
Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

MSc. Thesis:

"Indian monsoon history and decline of the Mesopotamian civilisation"

2014

BSc.

Earth and Planetary Sciences
School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

BSc. Thesis:

"High-resolution isotopic records in Oman corals: Indian Monsoon climate reconstruction"

Fellowships and Awards

Jul. 2019 - Feb. 2022

JSPS Overseas Reseach Fellowship

“The paleoclimate reconstruction at the dispersal out of Africa using coral records”
Host: Prof. Dr. Miriam Pfeiffer, Kiel University, Germany

Sep. 2018 - Dec. 2018

JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers

“Upwelling reconstruction in the Arabian Sea during onset of industrial era-warming”

Host: Dr. Miriam Pfeiffer, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Teaching Experiences

Guest Lecturer

2022 - 2025

Statistics and programming in Paleobiology (MSc-level)
Kiel University, Germany

2025

Geochemical analysis and sample preparations for ICP-OES measurement National Research and Innovations Agency (BRIN), Indonesia

2025

ECORD Summer School 2022  "Sea Level, climate variability and coral reefs"
#5: Climate records from annually banded corals virtual exercise
MARUM/University of Bremen, Germany

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