Taikan Oki

Here, it is Saturday, 21-Jan-2017 08:08:22 JST.

• Under the cross-appointment system, my major affiliation is at UNU since October 2016.
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  The United Nations University (UNU) is an international community of scholars engaged in policy-relevant research on pressing global issues, specialised postgraduate training and capacity building, and the dissemination of knowledge. UNU functions as a think tank for the United Nations system. It operates as a global network of institutes and programmes, coordinated by UNU Centre in Tokyo.
  I am a Senior Vice-Rector at UNU, and also an Assistant Secretary-General for United Nations. I would like to strengthen collaboration with The University of Tokyo and other academic institutions in Japan and Asia with the UN system, promote transdisciplinary research, and contribute to achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
  I'll keep my affiliation as a special adviser to the president and a professor at Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, and continue management, education, and research.
  Hope this opportunity will enhance our communications and collaborations.
  (October 3rd, 2016)
• Please enjoy my contribution for the AGU Hyddrology Section Newsletter: AGU Hydrology Section Newsletter (July 2015)
  Opportunities and Fortunes in Global Hydrology (1 MB PDF) It is a record of my award for AGU Fellow of 2014. (July 22nd, 2015)
• UTokyo Research: Lessons learned from 2011 Thailand flood and preparation for the next (November 2014)

Publications in English

Papers, books, abstracts in English:

Papers and Abstracts published in 2006-2010.

Papers and Abstracts published in 2001-2005.

Papers and Abstracts published in 1996-2000.

Papers and Abstracts published in 1991-1995.

Education

• B.S., Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1987.
• M.Eng., Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1989.
• Ph.D., University of Tokyo, 1993.

Professional Interests

• Global water balance and world water resources
• Climatic Variation and the Asian Monsoon
• Land-atmosphere interaction and its modelling
• Remote sensing in hydrology
• Temporal and spatial distribution of rainfall

Welcome!

• IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) for Working Group II (Impact Assessment), Chapter 3 (Freshwater Resources).
• IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Lead Author (LA) for Working Group II (Impact Assessment), Chapter 3 (Water Resources).
• the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Lead Author (LA) for Chapter 9 (Freshwater Resources).
• JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation), CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology), Hydrological Modeling and Water Resources System: Modeling Global Hydrological Cycles and World Water Resources Coupled with Human Activities.
• GEWEX : Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
• GLASS : Science Panel Member of Global Land Atmosphere System Study
• GSWP : Co-Chairing Global Soil Wetness Project.
• GAME : International Science Panel Member of GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment.
• Co-Chairing GAME-T : GAME-Tropics.
• Chairing Hydrology 2020 Working Group of the IAHS. Official Web page at IAHS.
• PUB: Science Steering Group Member of the Project for Prediction of Ungauged Basins of IAHS.
• TRMM : Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
• EOS/IDS/HPC : Hydrological Processes and Climate
• Alliance for Global Sustainability among MIT, ETH, and U of Tokyo.

Resume

• POSITIONS:
  • 1989-1995 Research Associate, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
  • 1995-1997 Assistant Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
  • 1997-2002 Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
  • 2002-2003 Associate Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
  • 2003-2006 Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
  • November 2006 -, Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo.
  • June 2016 -, Special Advisor to the President, The University of Tokyo.
  • October 2016 -, Senior Vice-Rector, United Nations University. Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations.
• CONCURRENT (time sharing) POSITIONS (mostly unpaid):
  • 1995-97: Visiting Scientist, Climate and Radiation Branch, Goddard Space Flight Center /NASA, USA.
  • 1998-: researcher at Frontier Research System for Global Change/ Hydrological Cycle Research Program.
  • 1998-: Visiting researcher at National Institute for Environmental Studies
  • 1999-: Visiting researcher at Earth Science and Technology Organization
  • 2000-: Senior Specialist for Scientific Research, at Science and International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.
  • 2001-2003 Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.
  • June 20th, 2016 - March 31, 2017: Special Adviser to the President of The University of Tokyo.
• PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
  • American Geophysical Union
    • AGU Fellow, 2014
    • Hydrology Section Remote Sensing Technical Committee, July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2012.
    • Associate Editor of JGR-Atmospheres, Sep 2000 - Dec 2004.
  • American Meteorological Society
  • International Association of Hydrological Sciences
    • Chair of the Hydrology 2020 Working Group
      also Web Page at: the Hydrology 2020 Working Group
  • Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences
  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers
    • Fellow, 2013
  • Japan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources
  • Meteorological Society of Japan
• HONORS AND AWARDS:
  • 2014 (Dec.) AGU Fellow, American Geophysical Union (First Japanese AGU Fellow in Hydrology Section)
  • 2014 (Oct.) JICA President Award
  • 2011 (Jul.) Biwako Prize for Ecology, The Ecological Society of Japan
  • 2009 (Aug.) JSHWR Paper Award, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
  • 2009 (Jul.) Ocean Research Promotion Award, Cabinet Office
  • 2008 (Nov.) Nikkei Global Environmental Technology Award, Nikkei News Paper
  • 2008 Science and Technology Prize, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, & Technology.
  • 2008 Japan Academy Medal, The Japan Academy.
  • 2008 JSPS PRIZE, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
  • 2005 Award in the field of Environment, JSCE.
  • 2004 Incentive Award, Japan Water Award.
  • 2003 IAHS Tison Award.
  • 2000 Award for the Paper on the Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE.
  • 2000 Selected as one of the Future Water Leaders by the International Water Resources Association, the Stockholm International Water Institute, and the Third World Centre for Water Management as potential water leaders of the future.
  • 1998 Scientific Award from Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources (winning with Prof. K. Musiake, Dr. T. Nakaegawa, and M. Koike).
  • 1996 Award for the Paper on Journal of Hydraulic, Coastal and Environmental Engineering, JSCE.
  • 1995 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
  • 1992 Award for the (Student/Young) Paper on the Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, JSCE.
• Organizer/Secretariat
  • Secretariat for the Fifth International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar --Radar Hydrology--, November 19-22, 2001, Heian-Kaikan, Kyoto, Japan
  • Convener for the International Symposium S5; Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transfer Schemes and Large-Scale Hydrological Models during the Sixth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) at Maastricht, The Netherlands, 18-27 July 2001.

Miscellaneous

• UTokyo Research: Lessons learned from 2011 Thailand flood and preparation for the next (November 2014)
• Japanese government issues a newsletter "Highlighting Japan" every month. February Issue in 2014 has a special report "Living with water" and my interview is included.

  • Whole Issue: http://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/index.html (HTML), PDF file (30MB)
  • English HTML: http://dwl.gov-online.go.jp/video/cao/dl/public_html/gov/pdf/hlj/20140201/06-07.pdf
  • English in PDF filehttp://dwl.gov-online.go.jp/video/cao/dl/public_html/gov/pdf/hlj/20140201/06-07.pdf (591KB)
  • Japanese HTML: http://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/201402/201402_01_jp.html

  Enjoy! (February, 2014)
• Dr. Hiroshi Matsuyama kindly wrote a review in English about my book published in 2012, written in Japanese :-)
  • https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/geogrevjapanb/85/2/85_850204/_article
  • https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/geogrevjapanb/85/2/85_850204/_pdf
  (February, 2014)
• Inquire abbreviations and acronyms
• Try SiB2 on Web: Graphical User Interface for Simple Biosphere Model 2.
• Enjoy Data Visualization System for Researchers of Global Environmental Issues. The system has been developed by the support by one of the Research for the Future Programs by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
• TRIP --- Total Runoff Integrating Pathways, the river channel network information on the Earth in 1 degree by 1 degree global grid boxes.