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LAST UPDATE: 19 July 2006

Masanobu Yamamoto


Name: Masanobu Yamamoto
Family name: Yamamoto
Given name: Masanobu
Sex:  Male
Date of birth: 23 February 1964
Nationality: Japanese
Title:  Doctor of Science, Nagoya University, June 1995
Present address: Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-10, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
E-mail: myama@ees.hokudai.ac.jp

Education:
1982-1986     Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Awarded the degree of BSc  in Geology
1986-1988     Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Awarded the degree of MSc in petroleum geology

Professional experience (full time):
1988-1995     Researcher at the Geological Survey of Japan
1995-2000     Senior Researcher at the Geological Survey of Japan
1996-2000     Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
2000-2005     Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University
2005-2019     Associate Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Earth Science and the Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
2019-present   Professor at the Faculty of Environmental Earth Science and the Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University

Professional experience (part time):
1990     Specialist (Geology) at Japan International Cooperation Agency in the Sultanate of Oman
1993-1994  Visiting scientist at Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
1998 Lecturer at the Geological Institute of the University of Tokyo
1999 Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
2001  Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Kochi University
2005  Lecturer at the Graduate School  of Natural Science, Kanazawa University
2007  Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Yamagata University
2008  Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Shinshu University    
2019  Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Yamagata University
2019  Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, Ryukyu University
2020  Lecturer at the Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University

Awards:
Taguchi award for academic achievement in the study for organic nitrogen compounds in petroleum and source rocks from the Japanese Association of Organic Geochemists, June 1997

Extraordinary Scientist Award of the Paleosciences Award, The Paleosciences Society, November 2015

Organic Geochemistry Award, The Japanese Assocaition of Organic Geochemistry, June 2016