Curriculum Vitae

OHMURA, Atsumu (Dr.sc.nat.ETH Zürich)

Birth: January 13th, 1942. Masago-cho, Hongo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Address:

Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Universitätstrasse 16
ETH-Zentrum, CHN N 12.1
CH-8092 Zürich

Phone: +41 44 632 82 83
Fax: +41 44 633 1058
E-Mail: Atsumu.Ohmura@env.ethz.ch

Education

* B.Sc. Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 1965
* M.Sc. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1969
* Dr.sc.nat. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland, 1980

Professional Experience

* 1966-1967 Teaching assistant, McGill University, Montreal
* 1967-1969 Research assistant, Tropical Research Programme, McGill University, Montreal
* 1969-1970 Research assistant, Arctic Research Programme, McGill University, Montreal
* 1970-1972 Research associate, at the Department of Geography, ETH, Zürich
* 1972-1980 Assistant at the Department of Geography, ETH, Zürich
* 1980-1983 Senior assistant at the Department of Geography, ETH, Zürich
* 1983- to date Professor, ETH, Zürich
* 1996-1998 Joint Professor of Basic Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
* 2000-2002 Distinguished scholar of the JSPS at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo.
* 2005 Brenda Ryman Visiting Fellow, Girton College, University of Cambridge

National and international academic functions

- International Glaciological Society (President)
- World Radiation Monitoring Centre, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) (Director)
- International Radiation Commission (IRC), IAMAS (Member)
- Radiation Panel, Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), WCRP (Member)
- Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (Member)
- Scientific Steering Committee, International Arctic Polynya Programme, IORB (Member)
- Aufsichtskommission für das World Radiation Centre, Davos (Mitglied)
- Scientific Editorial Board, Meteorologische Zeitschrift (Member)
- International Commission on Polar Meteorology, IAMAP (Member, 1983-1991)
- International Glaciological Society (Councillor, 1990-1994; Vice-president, 2000-2005)
- International Arctic Science Committee (Councillor and Swiss national delegate, 1992-2000)
- Scientific Planning Committee, World Climate Programme-Water (Member, 1988-1996)
- Science Advisory Committee, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Co-chairman, 1998-2003)
- Swiss delegate, First Inter-governmental Meeting on World Climate Programme (Geneva, May 1991)
- Swiss delegate, Framework Convention on Climate Change, Conference of the Parties, Third session (Kyoto, December 1997)
- Schweizerische Kommission für Klima- und Atmosphärenforschung (CCA), SANW (letzter Präsident)
- Schweizerische Kommission für Polarforschung, SANW (Mitglied, 1986-2002)

Awards

1989 Fellow, Arctic Institute of North America
1991 Horiuch Foundation Prize, Meteorological Society of Japan
1998 Member, Academia Europaea
2001 JSPS Award, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2005 Brenda Ryman Visiting Fellowship, Girton College, University of Cambridge
2006 Geographical Society Special Contribution Prize, Geographical Society of Japan