Hiroo Kanamori
Hiroo Kanamori ( Japanese 金森 博 雄 , Kanamori Hiroo ; born October 17, 1936 in Tokyo Prefecture ) is a Japanese geophysicist specializing in seismology .
Life
Hiroo Kanamori studied at Tokyo University , where he received his doctorate in 1964. Until 1970 he worked as an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, where he briefly researched at the California Institute of Technology (1965-66) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1969). From 1970 to 1972 he was a professor at the Earthquake Research Institute at Tokyo University. He then moved to the California Institute of Technology, where he is a professor to this day.
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Hiroo Kanamori wrote his most cited scientific publication in 1977 on the seismic moment , the basis of the moment magnitude scale , which he developed together with Tom Hanks as a new measuring unit and proposed as a replacement for the Richter scale .
Awards
In 1987 Kanamori was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 2012 to the National Academy of Sciences . In 2007 he received the Kyoto Prize . For 2014 he was awarded the William Bowie Medal .
Web links
- Personal description at the California Institute of Technology
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kanamori, Hiroo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 金森 博 雄 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese geophysicist specializing in seismology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo prefecture |