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Family name: Ikehara

First name: Minoru

Address:
Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University
B200 Monobe, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8502, Japan

Phone: 81-88-864-6719
Fax: 81-88-864-6727

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

Education:
B.Sc., Kanazawa University, 1992

• Geology
• Surpervisor, Prof. K. Konishi
• Thesis Title: Cyclicity in the deep-sea core from the off Great Barrier Reef -Sedimentary environmental changes by the galcial sea-level changes-

M.Sc., Kanazawa University, 1994

• Geology
• Surpervisor, 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
• Surpervisor, Prof. A. Taira
• Thesis Title: Late Pleistocene Southern Ocean Paleoceanography based on Organic and Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Professional Experience:

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

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-present)

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 Aisa 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 Curcumpolar 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,