Curriculum Vitae

2023-12-31

Translations: JA

Yasunori Sawaki (Ph.D.)

Apr. 2023–now
Post-doctoral researcher in Geological Survey of Japan (AIST)
- Advisor: Dr. Takahiko Uchide ( Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology )
Oct. 2021–Mar. 2023
Kyoto University Graduate Division fellow

Ph.D. (Science), Kyoto University, Japan, March 2023
- Thesis title: “Heterogeneous seismic structure in onshore and offshore areas of the Nankai subduction zone with receiver-side responses to regional deep-focus and teleseismic earthquakes”
- Advisor: Prof. Yoshihiro Ito ( EQHZ, DPRI, Kyoto University )
M.Sc., Kyoto University, Japan, March 2020
- Thesis title: “Spatial Variation of Seismological Structure around Slow Earthquake Rupture Area – Verification of Multi-band Receiver Function Method and its Challenging Application to Laboratory Friction Experiments –”
- Advisor: Prof. Yoshihiro Ito ( RCEP, DPRI, Kyoto University )
B.Sc., Tohoku University, Japan, March 2018
- Thesis title: “Crystallographic preferred orientation of phase A and its relationship with seismic anisotropy in a cold slab”
- Advisors: Prof. Akio Suzuki and Dr. Rei Shiraishi (Faculty of Science, Tohoku University)

Apr. 2020–Mar. 2023
Ph.D. student in Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
Apr. 2018–Mar. 2020
Master student in Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
Apr. 2014–Mar. 2018
Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Japan

Apr. 2021–Jul. 2021 | Teaching Assistant
“Experimental Practice of Earth Science”, Kyoto University

Nov. 2022 | Outstanding Student Presentation Awards, Seismological Society of Japan
https://www.zisin.jp/awards/excellence2022.html

Aug. 2023–Mar. 2025 | Principal Investigator
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up, KAKENHI, JSPS, 23K19077
Oct. 2021–Mar. 2023
Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING) operated by Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), as part of an initiative titled SPRING program presented by the Division of Graduate Studies, Kyoto University, JPMJSP2110

Jun. 2022 | R/V Shinsei-Maru (JAMSTEC) KS-22-08 Cruise (Kumano-nada)
Jan. 2022 | R/V Kaiyo-Maru No.3 Cruise: The First & Second Expeditions in Research Project for Compound Disaster Mitigation on the Great Earthquakes and Tsunamis around the Nankai Trough Region (Hyuga-nada)
Aug. 2021 | R/V Nagasaki-Maru (Nagasaki Univ.) 76th August Cruise (Hyuga-nada)
Nov. 2020 | R/V Hakuho-Maru (JAMSTEC) KH-20-11 Cruise (Japan Trench)
Apr. 2019 | R/V Nagasaki-Maru (Nagasaki Univ.) 25th April Cruise (Hyuga-nada)
Jan. 2019 | R/V Kaiyo-Maru No.2 Cruise: The Second Expedition in Science of Slow Earthquakes (Hyuga-nada)
Aug. 2018 | R/V Shinsei-Maru (JAMSTEC) KS-18-10 Cruise (Japan Trench)
May. 2018 | R/V Ryofu-Maru (JMA) 18-04 Cruise (Kumano-nada, Nishinoshima Island)