Takaaki Kawazoe: Profile

▪ Personal Information 　Takaaki KAWAZOE, Ph.D. 　　　　・ Born in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan in 1978 ▪ Research Interests 　　○ Rheological properties of deep mantle & planetary minerals 　　　　・ Viscosity 　　　　　　(steady-state deformation (creep strength), transient deformation) 　　　　・ Crystallographic preferred orientation 　　　　・ Dislocation (slip system, activity, mobility) 　　○ Synthesis of deep mantle minerals 　　　　・ High-quality large single crystal, polycrystalline aggregate 　　　　・ Wadsleyite, ringwoodite, majorite, bridgmanite, etc. 　　○ Technical development for high-pressure (deformation) experiments 　　　　・ Expansion of experimental conditions 　　　　・ Miniature multianvil apparatus for optical measurements 　　□ Special field 　　　　・ High-pressure Earth science 　　　　・ Experimental mineral physics ▪ Address 　　Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, 　　Hiroshima University 　　　Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan 　　　　・ TEL:　　+81-82-424-5271 　　　　・ FAX:　　+81-82-424-0735 　　　　・ E-mail:　kawazoe (at) hiroshima-u.ac.jp
▪ Professional Experience 　　2017/10 - Present　Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Hiroshima University, Japan 　　2013/ 2 - 2017/ 9　　Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany 　　2011/ 5 - 2013/ 1　　Global COE Research Fellow 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Japan 　　2008/11 - 2011/ 4　　Global COE Postdoctoral Fellow 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Japan 　　2008/ 8 - 2008/10　　Postdoctoral Researcher 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Japan 　　2006/ 3 - 2008/ 7　　Postdoctoral Associate, Prof. Karato Laboratory, 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, USA
▪ Education 　　2006/3　　Doctor of Science (Earth Science), Tohoku University, Japan 　　　　　　　　　(Supervisor: Professor Eiji Ohtani) 　　　　　　　　　(Earth and planetary material physics research group) 　　2003/3　　Master of Science (Earth Science), Tohoku University, Japan 　　2001/3　　Bachelor of Science (Earth Science), Tohoku University, Japan
▪ Teaching 　　○ Supervision of an undergraduate student 　　　　・ Kei Shiraishi (from April 2018) 　　○ Supervision of master students 　　　　・ Alok Chaudhari (April - September 2015) 　　　　・ Haihao Guo　　　(April - September 2014) 　　○ Second examiner of master students 　　　　・ Lin Wang (August 2014) 　　□ Qualification 　　　　・ High school specialized teacher's certificate (science)
▪ Professional Membership 　　・ American Geophysical Union (AGU) 　　・ Mineralogical Society of America (MSA) 　　・ Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) 　　・ Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences 　　・ Japan Society of High Pressure Science and Technology
▪ Motto 　The best way to predict the future is to invent it (by Alan Kay).

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