Yoshiharu Omura
Professor of
Computer Space Science
Research Institute
for Sustainable Humanosphere
Kyoto University
Address: Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
E-mail: omura[at]rish.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Awards:
l Award
for the best quality paper presented at American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Chapman conference on Plasma Waves and Instabilities in Magnetospheres and at
Comets, Oct. 12--16, 1987
l Young
Scientist Award of URSI, 1990
l Zeldovich
Award, COSPAR Commission D, 1992, "in recognition of his basic
contributions to the new area of Computational Space Physics Simulations"
l Tanakadate
Award, SGEPSS,1996
l Science
and Technology Award presented by
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, of Japan, 2006
l Asia
Oceania Geosciences Society, Solar Terrestrial Section, Distinguished Lecturer
2009, “Nonlinear
Wave-Particle Interactions in the Magnetosphere”, August 12, 2009.
Education:
l Bachelor
of Engineering
Department of Electronics, Kyoto University, Japan
April 1976 -- March 1980
l Master
of Engineering
Department of Electronics, Kyoto University, Japan
April 1980 -- March 1982
l Ph.D (Dr.
of Engineering)
Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
April 1982 -- March 1985
l Dissertation:
"Study of Nonlinear Wave-Particle Interactions in Space Plasmas via computer
Simulations", conferred September 1985.
Professional
Positions:
l 1983
May - 1983 August: Visiting Research Staff
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California,
Los
Angeles, USA
l 1985
May - 1988 February : Research Associate
Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan
l 1988
March - 1989 March : Research Associate
Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University, Japan
l 1988
July - 1988 August : Visiting Scientist
Upper Atmospheric Science Division,
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross,
Madingley Road, Cambridge, U.K.
l 1991
July - 1992 July : NRC Senior Research Associate
Code 930.2, NSSDC NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
l 1989 April
– October 2000: Associate Professor
Radio Atmospheric Science Center, Kyoto University, Japan
l 2000
November – 2004 March: Professor
Radio Science Center for
Space and Atmosphere, Kyoto University, Japan
l 2004
April － present:
Professor
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere,
Kyoto University, Japan
Previous experience in organising scientific meetings:
1.
Co-convener of Session JS4 (Commissions H & G) of URSI GA, 1990
2.
Chairman of the local organizing committee of The Forth International
School for Space Simulations (ISSS-4), 1992, Kyoto and Nara, Japan
3. Chairman of the science program committee
of The Fifth International School
for Space Simulations
(ISSS-5), 1995, Kyoto, Japan
4.
Co-convener
of Session H2 (Commission H) of URSI GA, 1999
5. Chairman of the Scientific Program
Committee of The First S-RAMP Conference, 2000, Sapporo, Japan
6. Member of the steering committee of 2001 Asia-Pacific Radio Science
Conference, Tokyo, Japan
7. Co-convener of Session H2 (Commission H) of
URSI GA 2002
8. Co-convener of Special Session on Space
Power Satellites, 2004 Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, Qingdao, China
9. Co-convener of Session H3 (Commission H) of
URSI GA 2005
10.
Chairman of the local organizing
committee of The Seventh International School for Space Simulations (ISSS-7),
2005, Kyoto, Japan
11.
Chairman of Science Program Committee of
International CAWSES Symposium, Kyoto Japan, 2007.
12.
Vice-chair of Commission H of URSI (2005
– 2008)
13.
Chair of Commission H of URSI (2008
– 2011)
14.
Chair of Long Range Planning Committee
of URSI (2011- )
Books:
2. M. Hoshino, Y. Omura and L. J. lanzerotti,
Frontiers in Magnetospheric Plasma Physics, COSPAR
Colloquia Series, Vol.16, 2004
3. H. Usui and Y. Omura , Advanced
Methods for Space Simulations, TERRAPUB, Tokyo, 2007.