佐藤 徹

He has been engaged in environmental impact assessment of CO2 sub-seabed geological storage (CCS), development and application of multi-scale ocean model, development of dissociation and formation models of methane and CO2 hydrates, design and feasibility study on CO2 storage in the form of gas hydrate and modelling of the ecological effect of deep ocean water, and has written number of articles on the topics in internationally influential journals. He is currently devoted himself as Counsellor of Headquarters for Ocean Policy in Cabinet Office of Japan, Board member of Japan Federation of Engineering Societies, Board Member of Japan Society of Ocean Policy, Committee Member of Environmental Impact Assessment for Sub-Seabed CCS of Ministry of Environment, Member of CCS Expert Committee of Japan CCS Co., Ltd. etc.

1980-1984 Dept of Naval Architecture, University of Tokyo (B.Eng.)

1984-1986 Dept of Naval Architecture, University of Tokyo (M.Eng.)

1986-1996 Research Engineer, Bridgestone Corporation.

1990-1993 Dept of Chem. Eng. and Chem. Technol., Imperial College London (Ph.D.)

1996-2004 Associate Professor, Dept of Environmental and Ocean Engineering, University of Tokyo.

2004-now Professor, Dept of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, University of Tokyo.