Dr. Hajime Akimoto Program Director (fulltime) Address Frontier Research Center for Global Change 3173-25 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-0001, Japan. Tel: +81-45-778-5710 Fax: +81-45-778-5496 e-mail: akimoto(@jamstec.go.jp) URL: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/frcgc/research/p3/akimoto.htm Research Experience and Education: April, 2000-present 　Director, Atmospheric Composition Research Program, FRCGC (FRSGC till June 2004) January, 1993 　Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo July, 1990 　Director, Global Environmental Division, 　National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) April, 1987 　Director, Atmospheric Environment Division, NIES July, 1974 　Head, Atmospheric Chemistry Section, NIES April, 1967 　Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology March, 1967 　Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology (Chemistry) March, 1964 　M. Sc., Tokyo Institute of Technology (Chemistry) March, 1962 　B. Sc., Tokyo Institute of Technology (Chemistry) Research area: 1. Transport and chemical transformation of species in the troposphere. 2. Air quality and climate change. Selected publication: Sadanaga, Y., J. Hirokawa, and H. Akimoto, Formation of molecular chlorine in dark condition: Heterogeneous reaction of ozone with sea salt in the presence of ferric ion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4433-4436, 2001. Kanaya, Y., Y. Sadanaga, K. Nakamura, and H. Akimoto, Behavior of OH and HO2 radicals during the observations at a remote island of Okinawa (ORION99) filed campaign 1. Observation using a laser-induced fluorescence instrument, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 24,197-24,208, 2001. Kanaya, Y., J. Matsumoto, S. Kato, and H. Akimoto, Behavior of OH and HO2 radicals during the observations at a remote island of Okinawa (ORION99) campaign 2. Comparison between observations and calculations, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 24,209-24,223, 2001. Wild, O., and H. Akimoto, Intercontinental transport of ozone and its precursors in a three dimensional global CTM, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 27,729-27,744, 2001. Pochanart, P., H. Akimoto, S. Maksyutov, and J. Staehelin, Surface ozone at the Swiss Alpine site Arosa: the hemispheric background and the influence of large scale anthropogenic emissions, Atmos. Environ, 35, 5553-5566, 2001. Wild, O., and H. Akimoto, Intercontinental transport and chemical transformation of ozone and its precursors from East Asia, Present and Future of Modeling Global Environmental Change, Eds., T. Matsuno and H. Kida, pp.375-382, 2001. Toyota, K., M. Takahashi, and H. Akimoto, Modeling multi-phase halogen chemistry in the marine boundary layer with size-segregated aerosol module: Implications for quasi-size dependent approach, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2899-2902, 2001. Tanimoto, H and H. Akimoto, A new peroxycarboxylic nitric anhydride in the atmosphere; CH2=CH(O)OONO2 (APAN), Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2831-2834, 2001. Kanaya, Y., Y. Sadanaga, J. Hirokawa, Y. Kajii, and H. Akimoto, Development of ground based-LIF instrument for measuring HOx radicals: Instrumentation and calibrations, J. Atmos. Chem., 38, 73-110, 2001. Matsumoto, J., J. Hirokawa, H. Akimoto, and Y. Kajii, Direct measurement of NO2 in the marine atmosphere by laser induced fluorescence technique, Atmos. Environ., 35, 2803-2814, 2001. Pochanart. P., J. Kreasuwun, P. Sukasem, W. Geeratihadaniyon, M.S. Tabukanon, J. Hirokawa, Y. Kajii, and H. Akimoto, Tropical tropospheric ozone observed in Thailand, Atmos. Environ., 35, 2657-2668, 2001. Wild, O., M.J. Prather, and H. Akimoto, Indirect long-term global radiative cooling from NOx emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1719-1722, 2001. Message: I enjoy visiting art museums. My particular favorites are Northern Renascence and contemporary arts. I loved mountain climbing when I was young and wish to enjoy it again before getting too old. Unfortunately, it is a bit hard to find free time now a days.