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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

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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

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MSc. Thesis:

"Indian monsoon history and decline of the Mesopotamian civilisation"

2014

BSc.

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

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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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