Arata Kioka's Website

Overview

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Arata Kioka (喜岡 新) is an Associate Professor at School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan. He earned a Sc.D. degree in the Earth and Planetary Science from The University of Tokyo in Summer 2016. Arata joined the School of Engineering at The University of Tokyo in April 2024, after postdoctoral research at Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI) of The University of Tokyo (2016), Lomonosov Moscow State University (2016), and University of Innsbruck (2016–2019), and Assistant Professor at Kyushu University (until 2024). Arata is broadly interested in the Earth and Planetary Surface Processes, Geoenergy, Granular media, and Colloid & Interface Science, through a combination of approaches, including experiment, numerical computation, theoretical studies, data processing, and sea-going observations.

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Background

Sc.D., 7/2016, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan.

Place & Year of Birth: Nagoya (Japan), 1988.

4/2024–present	Department of Systems Innovation, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan Associate Professor (without tenure) Social Cooperation Program Project Associate Professor
7/2019–3/2024	Department of Earth Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan Assistant Professor (with tenure since 4/2021)
12/2016–6/2019	Institut für Geologie, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck (UIBK), Austria/EU FWF Project Postdoctoral Researcher
8/2016–11/2016	Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Japan Uchida Ocean Science Postdoctoral Researcher
7/2016–9/2016	Department of Geocryology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (МГУ), Russian Federation Visiting Research Fellow (ArCS Research Capacity Building Fellow)

Research Interests

I am broadly interested in the Earth and Planetary Surface Processes, Geoenergy, Granular Media, and Colloid & Interface Science, including but not limited to: nanobubbles, geocryology, oceanic trenches/hadal trenches, green nanomaterials, regolith, turbulent combustion, sustainable hydrocarbon exploration & production, and submarine mud volcanism. My current projects combine different disciplines and methodologies, including experiments, numerical computation, theoretical studies, data processing, and sea-going observations.

I am always seeking for Early Career Researchers (Postdocs and Graduate students) enthusiastic about (Geo)cryology, Granular Media, Interface science, Marine Geoscience, or (Geo)science/engineering in general, to have fun in working their new and challenging studies with me. If you would like to join the amazing UTokyo, please find more information on the Admission webpages (e.g., JSPS Fellowships and University) and email me.