Curriculum Vitae

Minoru Ikehara

Family name: Ikehara

First name: Minoru

Address:

Marine Core Research Institute, Kochi University
200 Monobe-otsu, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Japan
Phone: +81-88-864-6719
Email: ikehara(at)kochi-u.ac.jp

Birth Date and Place: 15 July 1968, Nagano, Japan

Education:

B.Sc., Kanazawa University, 1992, Geology, Supervisor, Prof. K. Konishi

Thesis Title: Cyclicity in the deep-sea core from the off Great Barrier Reef -Sedimentary environmental changes by the glacial sea-level changes-

M.Sc., Kanazawa University, 1994, Geology, Supervisor, Prof. K. Konishi

Thesis Title: Paleoceanographic changes in the western Equatorial Pacific Ocean during the past 200 kyrs

D. Sc., University of Tokyo, 1997, Geology, Supervisor, Prof. A. Taira

Thesis Title: Late Pleistocene Southern Ocean Paleoceanography based on Organic and Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Professional Experience:

1994-1997, JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (DC1), University of Tokyo

1997-1998, COE Post-doctoral Scholar, Hokkaido University
1998-2001, JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist (PD), Hokkaido University
2001-2006, Assistant Professor, tenured, Kochi University
2006-2015, Associate Professor, tenured, Kochi University
2015-present, Professor, tenured, Kochi University

Professional Services:

2006-2020, Associate Editor of Polar Science
2016-present, Associate Editor of Island Arc

Membership of Academic Societies:

American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of Japan
Geochemical Society of Japan
Oceanographical Society of Japan
Organic Geochemical Society of Japan
Paleontological Society of Japan
Japan Association for Quaternary Research

ODP and IODP related Activities:

Shipboard Organic Geochemist, ODP Leg 162 North Atlantic-Arctic Gateways II
Shipboard Organic Geochemist, ODP Leg 177 Southern Ocean Paleoceanography
Shipboard Organic Geochemist, IODP Exp 323 Bering Sea Paleoceanography
IODP SAS Scientific Technology Panel member (2006-2009)
J-DESC Executive Committee member (2008-2011, 2013-2015, 2020-)
IODP Science Evaluation Panel (SEP) member (2013-2016)

Research Interests: Paleoceanographic change and material cycle involving the present and past oceans.

Publications: See Publications List

Field Experience: See Cruise Experiences

Grants:

1994-1996: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (DC1)
1998-2000: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (PD)
2003-2005: Grant-in-Aid for Exploratory Research, Detection for melting events of the Antarctic ice sheet using a new proxy by biomarker hydrogen isotope
2004-2006: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), Reconstruction of the Kuroshio variability and its interaction with Asia Monsoon during the late Quaternary
2007-2009: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), High-precision reconstruction of variability of the East Antarctic ice sheet and Antarctic Circumpolar Current for the Quaternary: Paleoclimatology and paleocanography transect from the ice sheet, continental shelf, and deep-sea sediments
2010-2011: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Northwest Pacific paleoceanography
2011-2013: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Southern Ocean paleoceanography
2017-2021: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, Paleoclimate dynamics of the Southern Ocean