June 29, 2017
Dr. Shuichi Kodaira, JAMSTEC's senior scientist leading the Research and Development Center for Earthquake and Tsunami (CEAT), was honored as the named lecturer of 2017 Beno Gutenberg Lecture at the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
The Beno Gutenberg Lecture is the seismology section lecture of the Bowie Lecture Series at AGU. The Bowie Lecture was inaugurated in 1989 to commemorate the 50th presentation of the William Bowie Medal, which is named for AGU's first president and is the highest honor given by the organization. Beno Gutenberg is a past recipient of the William Bowie Medal.
The honors ceremony and Dr. Kodaira's invited lecture will take place during the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting scheduled on December 11 to 15, 2017 in New Orleans, the United States.