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Kenji Kawai

カワイ ケンジ | Kenji Kawai
Affiliation and department：
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science

About The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science


Homepage URL  (1)： http://utglobalseismology.org/
Research field  (1)： Solid earth science
Research keywords  (6)： 弾性波動論 ,  Physics of friction ,  Mineral physics ,  Study of the Earth's Deep Interior ,  Global Seismology ,  波形インバージョン
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (22)：
  • 2023 - 2028 超音波速度測定と波形インバージョンの協同による深部マントル部分溶融仮説の検証
  • 2022 - 2026 実験計測・数値計算・理論の融合による強い不均質を含む媒質に対する弾性波動論の構築
  • 2021 - 2024 地震波形インバージョンによる内核境界近傍の詳細構造推定
  • 2020 - 2024 New approach for the mechanical properties and initiation of plate tectonics
  • 2020 - 2023 What is the origin of friction force depending on the sliding velocity? Approach from atomic-scale behavior in real area of contact
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Papers (62)：
  • Hiroshi Sakuma, Ikuo Katayama, Kenji Kawai, Kenji Tamura. A small amount of water reduces the friction of the preferentially oriented montmorillonite gouge. Applied Clay Science. 2023. 243
  • Hanaya Okuda, Kenji Kawai, Hiroshi Sakuma. Atomic-scale interlayer friction of gibbsite is lower than brucite due to interactions of hydroxyls. American Mineralogist. 2022. 108. 8. 1476-1482
  • Trishit Ruj, Goro Komatsu, Kenji Kawai, Hanaya Okuda, Zhiyong Xiao, Deepak Dhingra. Recent boulder falls within the Finsen crater on the lunar far side: An assessment of the possible triggering rationale. Icarus. 2022. 377. 114904-114904
  • Kensuke Konishi, Anselme F. E. Borgeaud, Kenji Kawai, Robert J. Geller. ANISOtime: Traveltime Computation Software for Laterally Homogeneous, Transversely Isotropic, Spherical Media. Seismological Research Letters. 2021
  • Yuki Suzuki, Kenji Kawai, Robert J. Geller. Imaging paleoslabs and inferring the Clapeyron slope in D′′ beneath the northern Pacific based on high-resolution inversion of seismic waveforms for 3-D transversely isotropic structure. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors. 2021. 106751-106751
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Education (1)：
  • - 1996 Shonan High School
Professional career (1)：
  • 理学博士 (東京大学)
Work history (8)：
  • 2016/04 - 現在 University of Tokyo Department of Earth Planetary Science, School of Science Associate Professor
  • 2014/04 - 2016/03 University of Tokyo Department of Earth Science and Astronomy, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Assistant Professor
  • 2012/04 - 2014/03 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology Assistant Professor (GCOE)
  • 2012/04 - 2013/03 University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Earth Science Assistant Project Scientist
  • 2009/04 - 2012/03 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD)
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Awards (2)：
  • 2016 - University of Tokyo Excellent Young Researcher
  • 2012/03 - The Seismological Society of Japan Young Scientist Award
Association Membership(s) (4)：
THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN ,  American Geophysical Union ,  JAPAN GEOSCIENCE UNION ,  SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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