Kuramoto Shinichi

       Affiliation: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

                        Institute for Marine-Earth Exploration and Engineering (MarE3)

       1981-1985 Bachelor of Science in Earth Science Toyama University

       1985-1987 Master of Science in Earth Science Kanazawa University

       1987-1991 Doctor of Science Tokyo University

       1988-1991 JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion Science) Fellowship

       1991-1992 Pos-Doc. Researcher, Ocean Research Institute University of Tokyo

       1992-1993 Pos-Doc. Researcher, University of Hawaii

       1993-2002 Researcher, Geological Survey of Japan

       2002-2014 Science Support Manager, CDEX (Center for Deep Earth Exploration) /JAMSTEC

       2010-2013 Technical Adviser, MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan)

       2014-2019 Director General, CDEX/JAMSTEC

       2019-          Director General, MarE3/JAMSTEC

       Main Field of Science Activity: Geology, Marine Geology, Marine Geophysics

       Member of

       1) Geological Society of Japan,

       2) Seismological Society of Japan,

       3) American Geophysical Union, etc.