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Name

Shunichi Kamata

Mar. 2013: Ph.D. (Science; Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo)
Mar. 2010: M.Sc. (Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo)
Mar. 2008: B.Sc. (Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo)

Apr. 2025–Mar. 2026: Visiting Associate Professor (RISE Project, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ))
Apr. 2023–Mar. 2026: Distinguished Researcher, Hokkaido University
Aug. 2022–Jul. 2024: Senior Scientific Research Scientist, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
Apr. 2019–Present: Associate Professor (Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University)
Mar. 2015–Mar. 2019: Assistant Professor (Tenure-track, Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University)
Nov. 2013–Feb. 2015: Research Scholar (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Apr. 2013–Feb. 2015: JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Hokkaido University)
Apr. 2010–Mar. 2013: JSPS Research Fellow (Ph.D. course graduate students)

Apr. 2021: The Young Scientists' Award, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
Oct. 2018: The Best Young Researcher Award, Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences
Jul. 2018: The Zeldovich Medal: Scientific Commission B (Space Studies of the Earth-Moon System, Planets, and Small Bodies of the Solar System), Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
Mar. 2013: The School of Science Research Award, University of Tokyo
Mar. 2008: The Faculty of Science Study Award, University of Tokyo