| Family name: | Kameyama |
| Forename(s): | Masanori |
| Sex: | Male |
| Date of birth: | 3 September, 1970 |
| Place of birth: | Hyogo, Japan |
| Marital status: | Married |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Affiliation: | Professor, Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University |
| Present address: | 2-5 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime, 790-8577, Japan. |
| E-mail address: | ![]() |
Education:
| 1989-1993: | Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
Awarded the degree of BSc in geophysics |
| 1993-1995: | Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Awarded the degree of MSc in geophysics for a thesis entitled "A Numerical Model of Magma-Migration in a Convecting Upper Mantle". Work supervised by Professors Hiromi Fujimoto and Masaki Ogawa. |
| 1995-1998: | Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Awarded the degree of PhD in geophysics for a thesis entitled "Conditions for plate tectonics inferred from numerical experiments of mantle convection and shear zone formation". Work supervised by Professors Hiromi Fujimoto and Masaki Ogawa. |
Research and professional experience:
| 1998: |
Research Student,
Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo (from April to September) |
| 1998: |
Research Fellow,
Department of Geology and Geophysics,
University of Minnesota (from July to September) |
| 1998-2001: |
Research Scientist,
Frontier Research Program for Subduction Dynamics, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center |
| 2001-2003: |
Research Staff, Program for Plate Dynamics, Institute for Frontier Research on Earth Evolution, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center |
| 2003-2007: |
Research Scientist,
Solid Earth Simulation Group, Computational Earth Science Research Program, Earth Simulator Center, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, since April 2004.) |
| 2007-2016: | Associate Professor, Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University |
| 2016-: | Professor, Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University |
Membership of academic societies:
- Japan Geoscience Union (日本地球惑星科学連合)
- Seismological Society of Japan (日本地震学会)
- The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences (日本惑星科学会)
- The Visualization Society of Japan (可視化情報学会)
