CURRICULUM VITAE

OHMURA, Atsumu (Dr.sc.nat.ETH Zürich)
Birth: January 13th, 1942. Masago-cho, Hongo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Address:
Institute for Climate Research
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Winterthurerstrasse 190
CH-8057 Zürich
Switzerland
Phone: +41 1 635 5220
FAX: +41 1 362 51 97
e-mail: ohmura@geo.umnw.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
  • 1983-1986 Assistant-Professor at the Department of Geography, ETH, Zürich
  • 1986-1992 Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, ETH, Zürich
  • 1992- to date Professor of Physical Geography and Chairman at the Department of Geography, ETH, Zürich
  • 1996-1998 Joint Professor of Basic Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
  • 2000- to date Chairman, Institute for Climate Research, ETH, Zürich

National and international academic functions

  • Schweizerische Kommission für Klima- und Atmosphärenforschung (CCA), SANW (letzter Präsident)
  • Schweizerische Kommission für Polarforschung, SANW (Mitglied)
  • Aufsichtskommission für das World Radiation Centre und das Physikalisch-meteorologische Observatorium Davos (Mitglied)
  • International Radiation Commission (IRC), IAMAS (member)
  • World Radiation Monitoring Centre, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) (director)
  • Science Panel, Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX), WCRP (member)
  • International Arctic Science Committee (Councillor and Swiss national delegate))
  • Arctic Ocean Sciences Board (member)
  • Scientific Steering Committee, International Arctic Polynya Programme, IORB (member)
  • Scientific Planning Committee, World Climate Programme-Water (member)
  • Science Advisory Committee, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (Co-chairman)
  • Scientific Editorial Board, Meteorologische Zeitschrift (member)
  • Academia Europeae (member)
  • International Commission on Polar Meteorology, IAMAP (member, 1983-1991)
  • International Glaciological Society (Councillor, 1990-1994)
  • 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)
  • President, International Glaciological Society


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1 June 2001