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2013 Report of the Section President Election

The section president election have ended to accept candidates.
(Announcement https://www.jpgu.org/news/131101sp-kouji-e.html )
All sections have one candidate each, therefore, besed on 3rd sesolution of the steering committee in Oct 26th 2009, the election is not conducted,
and the candidates become the section president automatically.

■Space and Planetary Sciences

SASAKI, Sho (Osaka University)

[aspiration]Having experienced long/short term various subjects such as EPS/PEPS, student awards, roadmaps, education/capacity building and international cooperation, I believe firmly the further development of Space and Planetary sciences. Let us make more breakthroughs in the field in collaboration with board members, section members, and relating societies.

■Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences

NAKAJIMA, Teruyuki (University of Tokyo)

[aspiration]I like to make effort for promotion of interaction among researchers in the atmosphere, ocean and environmental sciences and creation of new horizon through the interaction. We should also contribute to the new journal problem, AOGS2014 and other community conferences.

■Human Geosciences

HIMIYAMA, Yukio (Hokkaido University of Education)

[aspiration]Human Geoscience is a new scientific realm which is essential for the understanding of dynamic nature of human geo-sphere, its impacts on and interrelationships with human. It has been found to be crucial in coping with growing global environmental problems and disasters. If re-elected as president of the section, I would like to lead the section in order to increase its contribution to the society in general, and to such global environmental initiative as Future Earth in particular.

■Solid Earth Sciences

OHTANI, Eiji (Department of Earth Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)

[aspiration]I would like to activate Solid Earth Science Section of JPGU by special emphasis on four issues, promoting international exchange by establishing focus groups in this section, establishing our new journal, PEPS, introduction of section awards for recognition of scientific and social activities of members, and improving our section website for intimate communication among members.

■Biogeosciences

KOBAYASHI, Kensei (Yokohama National University)

[aspiration]Biogeoscience Section is small but highly interdisciplinary. We will have many related international conferences in 2014-5. I would make effort to develop our section more international and more interdisciplinary by using these chances.


November 25, 2013
Board of Elections of Japan Geoscience Union
Chairman: Michinari Sunamura
Members: Akira Sessai Yukimatsu
Kenji Kawamura
Hiroyuki Tsubomoto
Masataka Shinohara
Morihisa Hamada

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