Dr. Kenji Satake
postal address: Site C7 AIST,1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8567 Japane-mail address: kenji.satake@aist.go.jp
phone:+81-29-861-3640;

fax:+81-29-852-3461

Narrative
Dr. Satake is one of the world leaders in tsunami research. He is interested inearthquake source process, tsunami generation process, studies of earthquakes andtsunamis from historical and geological data. After the 2004 tsunami in Indian Ocean,
he immediately carried out numerical simulation of the tsunami and his animation wasbroadcasted all over the world. He also visited the affected coasts for tsunami survey tomeasure the tsunami heights, and also estimated the tsunami source from instrumental
records of tsunamis. He was educated in geophysics at Hokkaido University andUniversity of Tokyo, and has had research and teaching experience in Tokyo Institute ofTechnology, California Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, and Geological
Survey of Japan. Currently he is a deputy director of Active Fault Research Center,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and serves asa chair of Tsunami Commission of International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, andsecretary general of Asia Oceanic Geosciences Society.

Current Position
Deputy Director of Active Fault Research Center, National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Academic Service
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Tsunami Commission, Chair, 2003Asia Oceanic Geosciences Society, Secretary General, 2004-

Educational Background
Bachelor of Science and Master of Science, Hokkaido University, 1982, 1984
Doctor of Science, University of Tokyo, 1987

Professional Carrier
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Research Assistant, 1985-1990
California Institute of Technology, Visiting Research Associate, 1988-1990
University of Michigan, Assistant Professor, 1990-1995
Geological Survey of Japan, Senior Researcher, 1995-2001
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), AFRC, TeamLeader 2001-2003, Deputy Director of AFRC 2003-

Research Interests
Seismology, tsunamis, paleoseismology

Selected Publications
Satake, K., F. Nanayama, S. Yamaki, Y. Tanioka, and K. Hirata, Variability among
tsunami sources in the 17th-21st centuries along the southern Kuril trench, in K.
Satake (ed.), Tsunamis: Case Studies and Recent Developments, Springer,
157-170, 2005.
Sawai, Y., K. Satake, T. Kamataki, H. Nasu, M. Shishikura, B.F. Atwater, B.P. Horton,H. Kelsey, T. Nagumo and M. Yamaguchi, Transient uplift after a 17th-century
earthquake along the Kuril subduction zone, Science, 306, 1918-1920, 2004.
Satake, K, K. Wang, and B.F. Atwater, Fault Slip and Seismic Moment of the 1700
Cascadia Earthquake Inferred from Japanese Tsunami Descriptions, J. Geophys.
Res.,

108

(B4),2196,

doi:J.

Geophys.

Res.,

108

(B11),2535,

doi:10.129/2003JB00252, 2003.
Satake, K. and Y. Tanioka, The July 1998 Papua New Guinea Earthquake: Mechanism
and Quantification of Unusual Tsunami Generation, Pure Applied Geophys., 160,2087-2118, 2003.
Nanayama F, K. Satake, R. Furukawa, K. Shimokawa, B.F. Atwater, K. Shigeno, and S.
Yamaki, Unusually large earthquakes inferred from tsunami deposits along theKuril trench, Nature, 424 (6949): 660-663, 2003.
Satake, K., Tsunamis, in W.H. K. Lee, H. Kanamori, P. C. Jennings, and C. Kisslinger(eds.) International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, 81A,437-451, 2002.
Satake, K., K. Shimazaki, Y. Tsuji and K. Ueda, Time and size of a giant earthquake inCascadia inferred from Japanese tsunami records of January 1700, Nature, 379,246-249, 1996.