Hiroki Kashimura

Dr. Hiroki Kashimura, formerly known as Hiroki Yamamoto, is now a Associate Professor/Lecturer in Department of Planetology/Center for Planetary Science, Kobe University.

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Associate Professor/Lecturer
Department of Planetology, Kobe University
January 2020 – present
Project Assistant Professor
Center for Planetary Science, Kobe University
October 2016 – December 2019
Postdoctoral Researcher
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) September 2014 – September 2016
Part-time Lecturer
School of Science and Technology, Meiji University Lecture: Computer Simulation (for 2^nd grade undergraduate students) September 2012 – September 2016
Project Researcher
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
April 2012 – August 2014
Research Fellow of JSPS (DC1)
Department of Science, Kyoto University April 2009 – March 2012
Research Assistant
Department of Science, Kyoto University July 2007 – March 2009

Doctor (Ph.D.) Course of Planetary and Earth Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
April 2009 – March 2012
Thesis: Study on the Dynamics of Planetary Atmospheric Superrotation: Development of an Axisymmetric Theoretical Model and Numerical Calculations.
Certificated the Global COE Program of “Sustainability/Survivability Science for a Resilient Society Adaptable to Extreme Weather Conditions”
March 2012
Master Course of Planetary and Earth Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
April 2007 – March 2009
Thesis: Axisymmetric Steady Solutions in an Idealized Model of Atmospheric General Circulations: Hadley Circulation and Super-rotation
Bachelor’s degree of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
April 2003 – March 2007

JMSJ award 2013
Yamamoto, H. and S. Yoden (2013) “Theoretical Estimation of the Superrotation Strength in an Idealized Quasi-Axisymmetric Model of Planetary Atmospheres”, JMSJ, 91(2), 119–141. link
Aid for a Young Researcher from the Kyoto University GCOE-ARS
August 2 to September 4, 2010
Fellowships in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
June 15 to August 21, 2009
Research Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science April 2009 – March 2012