معرفی
Masumi Zaiki is a Professor at the Department of Contemporary Economic Studies, Faculty of Economics, Seikei University (2020-present) and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University's Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (2024-2025). With a Ph.D. in Science from Tokyo Metropolitan University (2004), their work bridges climatology, historical geography, and data rescue initiatives.
- Education:
- Ph.D. (Science), Tokyo Metropolitan University, 2004
- M.S., Tokyo Metropolitan University, 2001
Research Focus: Zaiki specializes in historical climatology, particularly East Asia's climate during the Little Ice Age (16th-19th century) and its transition to modern global warming. Their methodology integrates qualitative weather descriptions, private instrumental records, and data rescue projects to reconstruct climate variability. Key subfields include typhoon analysis, monsoon climate studies, and the history of meteorological science.
Article Trends: Their recent work emphasizes global historical reanalysis (2024), typhoon reconstruction using foreign ship logs (2023), and data rescue projects in Japan and Southeast Asia. Collaborations span institutions like the University of Tokyo and Harvard, focusing on climate extremes, data digitization, and interdisciplinary climate history.
Scientific Awards:
- Seikei University Teaching Award (2022)
- Best Oral Presentation Award for Young Scientist, ESF-JSPS Frontier Science Conference (2006)
Grants & Projects: Zaiki leads grants such as JSPS KAKENHI 24K04404 (2024-2028) for high-resolution climate reconstruction and Harvard's Star-Friedman Challenge Grant (2024-2025) on analog climate data. Past projects include typhoon analysis, monsoon variability, and historical disaster assessment in Turkey.
Professional Roles: Beyond academia, Zaiki serves on committees for the Association of Japanese Geographers and Japan Geoscience Union, promotes SDGs education, and contributes to public climate lectures at Tokyo Metropolitan University and Meguro City College.
