Dr. Gakuji Kurata
(24 August 1969 - 12 June 2017)

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Prof. Dr. Kurata died of disease on 12 June 2017 at the age of 47. He worked on environmental problems diligently in the field of atmospheric environmental engineering.
May his soul rest in peace.

Education

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1994-1996 Leave Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto
1992-1994 Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto
1988-1992 Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto

Degrees:

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1998 Doctor of Engineering Degree, Kyoto University
1994 Master of Engineering Degree, Kyoto University
1992 Bachelor of Engineering Degree, Kyoto University

Employment Record

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2017- Professor, Kyoto University
2007-2017 Associate Professor, Kyoto University
2001-2002 Postdoc, University of Iowa
1998-2007 Research Associate, Toyohashi University of Technology
1996-1998 Teaching Associate, Toyohashi University of Technology

Awards Received

  • JSCE(Japan Society of Civil Engineers), Award on Global Environment Research Presentation, FY2005
  • JSCE(Japan Society of Civil Engineers), Award on Global Environment Research, FY2004
  • JSCE(Japan Society of Civil Engineers), Chubu Branch , Research Presentation Award, FY1999

Publications

  • Gakuji Kurata, Muhammad Rafee, Muhammad Azahar Z., Kyousuke Yamamoto, Yuzuru Matsuoka: Quantification of Co-benefits of Low Carbon Policies to Mitigation of Air Pollution in Iskandar Malaysia. The Society of Environmental Instrumentation Control and Automation (2016), 21(2/3): 98-105.
  • Nordin, N., M. R. Majid, H. C. Siong, G. Kurata: Co-benefit modeling and optimization of air pollution control in Iskandar Malaysia: A methodology using BenMAP. Planning Malaysia (2016), 4(Special Issue 4): 285-294.
  • Zahari, M. A. Z., M. R. Majid, H. C. Siong, G. Kurata, N. Nordin: An investigation on the relationship between land use composition and PM10 pollution in Iskandar Malaysia. Planning Malaysia (2016), 4(Special Issue 4): 395-410.
  • Pribadi, A., G. Kurata: Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions from Land and Forest Fire in Indonesia during 2015 Based on Satellite Data. The 3rd International Symposium on LAPAN-IPB Satellite for Food Security and Environmental Monitoring 2016 (LISAT-FSEM 2016): 2016; Bogor, Indonesia; (2016): 8pages.
  • Pribadi, A., G. Kurata: Multi-year Emissions Inventory from Biomass Burning in Indonesia during 2006-2015. The Fourth Joint Seminar of Japan and Indonesia Environmental Sustainability and Disaster Prevention (ESDP-2016): 2016; Bandung, Indonesia; (2016): 16pages.
  • Zahari, M. A. Z., M. R. Majid, C. S. Ho, G. Kurata, N. Nadhirah, S. Z. Irina: Relationship between land use composition and PM10 concentrations in Iskandar Malaysia. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (2016), 18(8): 2429-2439.
  • Minna GUO, Gakuji KURATA, Yuzuru MATSUOKA: Estimation of Personal Exposure of PM2.5 from the Use of Domestic Fuels in China. The Society of Environmental Instrumentation Control and Automation (2014), 19(2): 166-175.
  • Lalitaporn, P., G. Kurata, Y. Matsuoka, N. Thongboonchoo, V. Surapipith: Long-term analysis of NO2, CO, and AOD seasonal variability using satellite observations over Asia and intercomparison with emission inventories and model. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health (2013), 6(4): 655-672.
  • Lalitaporn, P., G. Kurata, Y. Matsuoka: Satellite Observations of Tropospheric NO2 over Asia: Analysis of Seasonal Variations and Comparison with Model. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.G (2012), 68(5): I_171-I_182.
  • Minna GUO, Gakuji KURATA, Yuzuru MATSUOKA: Estimation of Human Exposure of PM2.5 by Indoor Source and Road Traffic in China. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.G (2012), 68(5): I_193-I_204.
  • Yoko SHIMADA, Minna GUO, Gakuji KURATA, Yuzuru MATSUOKA: A Cross-province Analysis of Urban and Rural Indoor PM2.5 Exposure in China Using Time Use Survey. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser.G (2011), 67(6): II_307-II_314.
  • Chie YAMAGI, Yoko SHIMADA, Gakuji KURATA, Yuzuru MATSUOKA: Estimation of human exposure to PM2.5 in Asia. Global environment engineering research (2010), 18: 19-27.
  • Kurata, G., C. Yanagi, Y. Shimada, Y. Matsuoka: Model Simulation of Human Exposure to PM2.5 in Asian Countries. The 18th Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2010; Beijing, China; (2010): 301-306.
  • Yuichi HARA, Gakuji KURATA, Taku KATSUMOTO, Kei MIZUNO, S. Herath: Harmonization of environmental impact assessment and socioeconomic effects using scenario model analysis in basin unit. Japan Society for Impact Assessment (2009), 7(1): 72-83.
  • Sofyan, A., T. Kitada, G. Kurata: Numerical Study of NOX and SOX Dynamics under Land/Sea Breezes in Dry Season in Jakarta, Indonesia. Journal of Global Environment Engineering (2008), 13: 69-96.
  • Kurata, G., C. Yanagi, Y. Matsuoka: Verification and calibration of the emission inventory for East Asia. The 15th Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2008; Toyohashi, Japan; (2008): 239-245.
  • Song, C. H., K. M. Han, H. J. Cho, J. Kim, G. R. Carmichael, G. Kurata, N. Thongboonchoo, Z. He, H. S. Kim: A lagrangian model investigation of chemico-microphysical evolution of Northeast Asian pollution plumes within the MBL during TRACE-P. Atmospheric Environment (2007), 41: 8932-8951.
  • Moteki, N., Y. Kondo, Y. Miyazaki, N. Takegawa, Y. Komazaki, G. Kurata, T. Shirai, D. R. Blake, T. Miyakawa, M. Koike: Evolution of mixing state of black carbon particles: Aircraft measurements over the western Pacific in March 2004. Geophysical Research Letters (2007), L11803, doi:10.1029/2006GL028943.
  • Sofyan, A., T. Kitada, G. Kurata: Difference of Sea Breeze in Jakarta between Dry and Wet Seasons: Implication in NO2 and SO2 Distributions in Jakarta. Journal of Global Environment Engineering (2007), 12: 63-85.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada: Evaluation of the contribution of ozone and its precursors from East Asian countries onto the urban air pollution in Japan. The 3rd Seminar of JSPS-VCC: 2007; Johor Bahru, Malaysia; (2007): 155-160.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada: Evaluation of the contribution of ozone and its precursors from East Asian countries onto the urban air pollution in Japan. The 13th Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2007; Beijing, China; (2007): 33-38.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada, Z. Wu: Performance evaluation of the chemical transport model for East Asia by using backward trajectory analysis. The 12th Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2006; Kyoto, Japan; (2006): 315-320.
  • Guttikunda, S. K., Y. Tang, G. R. Carmichael, G. Kurata, L. Pan, D. G. Streets, J. H. Woo, N. Thongboonchoo, A. Fried: Impacts of Asian megacity emissions on regional air quality during spring 2001. Journal of Geophysical Research (2005), 110(D20301), doi:10.1029/2004JD004921.
  • Kitada, T., Y. Shirakawa, G. Kurata, K. Yamamoto: Relative contribution of fuel combustion, biomass-fire, biogenic hydrocarbon, and soil dust emissions on aerosol concentration in cities over East Asia: Numerical simulation of AGCTM. The 9th-10th Joint Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2005; Kunming, China; (2005): 409-416.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada: Estimation of the contribution of long-range transport from East Asia to the urban pollution in Japan. The 9th-10th Joint Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2005; Kunming, China; (2005): 403-408.
  • Tang, Y., G. R. Carmichael, L. W. Horowitz, I. Uno, J. H. Woo, D. G. Streets, D. Dabdub, G. Kurata, A. Sandu, J. Allan, E. Atlas, F. Flocke, L. G. Huey, R. O. Jakoubek, D. B. Millet, P. K. Quinn, J. M. Roberts, D. R. Worsnop, A. Goldstein, S. Donnelly, S. Schauffler, V. Stroud, K. Johnson, M. A. Avery, H. B. Singh, E. C. Apel: Multiscale simulations of tropospheric chemistry in the eastern Pacific and on the U.S. west coast during spring 2002. Journal of Geophysical Research (2004), 109(D23S11), doi:10.1029/2004JD004513.
  • Tang, Y., G. R. Carmichael, G. Kurata, I. Uno, R. J. Weber, C. H. Song, S. K. Guttikunda, J. H. Woo, D. G. Streets, C. Wei, A. D. Clarke, B. Huebert, T. L. Anderson: Impacts of dust on regional tropospheric chemistry during the ACE-Asia experiment: A model study with observations. Journal of Geophysical Research (2004), 109(D19S21), doi:10.1029/2003JD003806.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada, G. R. Carmichael, Y. Tang, J.-H. Woo: Estimation of the emission ratio of hydrocarbons from biomass burning by using backward trajectory analysis from airborne observation for East Asia. Journal of Global Environment Engineering (2004), 10: 39-51.
  • Kurata, G., G. R. Carmichael, D. G. Streets, T. Kitada, Y. Tang, J. H. Woo, N. Thongboonchoo: Relationships between emission sources and air mass characteristics in East Asia during the TRACE-P period. Atmospheric Environment (2004), 38(40): 6977-6987.
  • Kitada, T., G. Kurata, K. Yamamoto: Numerical Simulation of AGCTM (Aerosol Global scale Chemical Transport Model) during TRACE-P Field Campaign. The 7th Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2004; Naha, Okinawa, Japan; (2004): 121-130.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada, G. R. Carmichael: A Hydrocarbon Emission Ratio of East Asia Estimated from Aircraft Observation and 3-D Model. The 7th Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2004; Naha, Okinawa, Japan; (2004): 113-120.
  • Woo, J. H., D. Streets, G. R. Carmichael, Y. Tang, B. Yoo, W. C. Lee, N. Thongboonchoo, S. Pinnock, G. Kurata, I. Uno, Q. Fu, S. Vay, G. W. Sachse, D. R. Blake, A. Fried, D.C.Thornton: Contribution of Biomass and Biofuel Emissions to Trace Gas Distributions in Asia during the TRACE-P Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(D21):8812 (2003), doi:10.1029/2002JD003200.
  • Tang, Y., G. R. Carmicahel, J. H. Woo, N. Thongboonchoo, G. Kurata, I. Uno, D. G. Street, D. R. Blake, R. J. Weber, R. W. Talbot, Y. Kondo, H. B. Singh, T. Wang: Influences of Biomass Burning during the Transport and Chemical Evolution Over the Pacific (TRACE-P) Experiment Identified by the Regional Chemical Transport Model. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(D21):8824 (2003), doi:10.1029/2002JD00311.
  • Tang, Y., G. R. Carmichael, I. Uno, J. H. Woo, G. Kurata, B. Lefer, R. E. Shetter, H. Huang, B. E. Anderson, M. A. Avery, T. D. Clarke, D. R. Blake: Impacts of Aerosols and Clouds on Photolysis Frequencies and Photochemistry during TRACE-P: 2. Three-dimensional Study using a Regional Chemical Transport Model. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(D21):8822 (2003), doi:10.1029/2002JD003100.
  • Carmichael, G. R., Y. Tang, G. Kurata, I. Uno, D. G. Streets, N. Thongboonchoo, J. H. Woo, S. Guttikunda, A. White, T. Wang, D. R. Blake, E. Atlas, A. Fried, B. Potter, M. A. Avery, G. W. Sachse, S. T. Sandholm, Y. Kondo, R. W. Talbot, A. Bandy, D. Thorton, A. D. Clarke: Evaluating Regional Emission Estimates using the TRACE-P Observations. Journal of Geophysical Research 108(D21):8810 (2003), doi:10.1029/2002JD003116.
  • Carmichael, G. R., Y. Tang, G. Kurata, I. Uno, D. G. Streets, J. H. Woo, H. Huang, J. Yienger, B. Lefer, R. E. Shetter, D. R. Blake, E. Atlas, A. Fried, E. Apel, F. Eisele, C. Cantrell, M. A. Avery, J. D. Barrick, G. W. Sachse, W. L. Brune, S. T. Sandholm, Y. Kondo, H. B. Singh, R. W. Talbot, A. Bandy, D. Thorton, A. D. Clarke, B. G. Heikes: Regional-scale Chemical Transport Modeling in Support of the Analysis of the Observations Obtained during the TRACE-P Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research (2003), 108(D21):10.1029/2002JD003117.
  • Regmi, R. P., T. Kitada, G. Kurata: Numerical simulation of late wintertime local flows in Kathmandu valley, Nepal: Implication for air pollution transport. Journal of Applied Meteorology (2003), 42: 389-403.
  • Kitada, T., G. Kurata, K. Yamamoto: Development of AGCTM (Aerosol Global scale Chemical Transport Model): Emissions of Carbonaceous Aerosols and Soil Dust. The 5th Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2003; Shanghai, P. R. China; (2003): 73-80.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada, G. R. Carmichael, Y. Tang, J.-H. Woo: The Characterization of the Airmass by the Backward Trajectory Analysis - Focused on the Hydrocarbon Emission Ratio from the Biomass Burning in Southeast Asia -. The 5th Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2003; Shanghai, P. R. China; (2003): 13-19.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada, G. R. Carmichael, Y. Tang, J.-H. Woo: Relationship Between Emission Sources and Airmass Characteristics in East Asia Derived by the Backward Trajectory Analysis. Seminar of JSPS-VCC Core University Program on the Planning of Urban Energy System: 2003; Johor Bahru, Malaysia; (2003): 105-113.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada, G. R. Carmichael, Y. Tang: Possible Accumulation of Pollutants over Southeastern China – Implication from TRACE-P Observation and its Numerical Simulation for March 2001 -. The 4th Seminar of JSPS-MOE Core University Program on Urban Environment: 2002; Kurashiki, Japan; (2002): 97-102.
  • Kitada, T., M. Nishizawa, G. Kurata, Y. Kondo: Numerical Simulation of the Transport of Biomass Burning Emissions in Southeast Asia - September and October, 1994. Journal of Global Environment Engineering (2001), 4: 79-99.
  • Kurata, G., T. Kitada: Estimation of the initial lifting height of polluted airmass due to biomass burning using meso-scale meteorological model. Air Pollution VII (2000): 157-166.
  • Kitada, T., M. Nishizawa, G. Kurata, Y. Kondo: Effect of biomass burning on tropospheric chemistry in Southeast Asia - A numerical simulation for September and October, 1994. Millennium NATO/CCMS Int Tech Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and Its Application (2000): 287-296.
  • Kurata, G., K. Oketani, T. Kitada, Y. Hara: Estimation of Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport in the Mekong River Basin using Global Mapping Data. Journal of Global Environment Engineering (1999), 5: 111-125.

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