Research Interest:

Earthquake source physics; Rupture propagation in heterogeneous media; finite element methodology; Theoretical modeling of slip-weakening and time-healing friction law; Slip-rupture propagation with dynamically self-chosen faulting path; elastodynamic boundary integral equation methodology; fault interaction with potential bend paths.

Present Address:

Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo,

1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan

FAX: +81-3-5802-3391, E-mail: kame [at] eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Educational Background:

[1] 03/1993 : B.Sc. in Geophysics, Kyoto University.

[2] 03/1995 : M.Sc. in Geophysics, the University of Tokyo.
[3] 03/1998 : D.Sc. in Geophysics, the University of Tokyo (Supervised by Prof. T. Yamashita).

Positions Held:

[1] 04/1998 - 08/1998: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Prof. Y. Fukao's Group, Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo.

[2] 09/1998 - 03/2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University.
[3] 10/2000 - 09/2002: Visiting scientist, Prof. J. R. Rice's Group, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University.
[4] 04/2007 - 03/2009: Assistant Professor, Institute of Seismology and Volcanology & Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University.
[5] 04/2009 - present: Associate Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo.

Professional Activities:

Societies:

SSJ - Seismological Society of Japan (1993 - )

AGU - American Geophysical Union (1995 - )

Awards:

[1] 02/01/2002: The 17th Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists for the D.Sc. thesis "Theoretical study on arresting mechanism of dynamic earthquake faulting - A new method of the analysis of spontaneous rupture growth with geometrical complexity-", Inoue Foundation for Science, 2001, Japan.

[2] 05/12/2004: The 1st Research Award of Seismological Society of Japan for Young Scientists for "Theoretical study on dynamic earthquake faulting in self-chosen rupture path modelling-", Seismological Society of Japan, 2003, Japan.
[3] 04/17/2007: The Young Scientists' Prize for " Simulation of dynamic rupture propagation on non-planar fault system", The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2007, Japan

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