PERSONAL:
Date of Birth: 18 August 1953
Place of Birth: Japan
Japanese Citizen
EDUCATION:
Ph. D. Geology and Geochemistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1985
M.S. Geology and Geochemistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1980
B.S. Geology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1978
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2001-present: Professor, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan
Head of Department (2005, 2009)
1994-2001: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan
1989-1994: Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, Shimane University, Japan
1981-1989: Research Associate, Faculty of Science, Shimane University., Japan
(1987-1988): Postdoctoral Research Fellow (NSF), School of Geology and Geophysics,
University of Oklahoma, OK, USA
AWARD:
Award for Excellent Researcher in Organic Geochemistry,
Japanese Association of Organic Geochemists (1999)
RESEARCH INTEREST:
Long-term carbon cycle and evolution of Earth system. Biomarker geochemistry, maturation of organic matter, and formation of conventional and unconventional petroleum deposits.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium (J-DESC) [Chair of IODP Japan National Office and Chair of IODP Section (2005-2007)], Agency for Natural Resources and Energy [Domestic Basic Survey Execution Review Board (2004-present)], Japan National Oil Corporation (JNOC) and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) [Chief Instructor of Exploration Geology Course for Foreign Trainees (1992-2004), Specialized Subcommittee for Petroleum Exploration (1995-1998), Specialized Evaluator for Researches of Geology and Geophysics (1996-2000)], Science Council of Japan (SCJ) [Liaison Committee: Cosmochemistry & Geochemistry (2003-present), Subcommittee of Sedimentology (1995-present)], and Others.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
International Society: International Geochemical Society, European Association of Organic Geochemists, SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology, The Society for Organic Petrology, American Geophysical Union. Afro-Asia Association of Petroleum Geochemistry and Exploration [Vice Chairperson (2001-2006)], and Others.
Domestic Society: Geological Society of Japan [Board Member of Representatives (2004-2006), Council Member (2002-2004)], Geochemical Society of Japan [Council Member (1992-1996)], Japanese Association of Petroleum Technologists [Board Member of Directors (2004-present)]. Japanese Association of Organic Geochemists [Chief Secretary (1991-present), Member of Steering Committee (1991-present)], Sedimentological Society of Japan [Member of Steering Committee (2002-2004)], and Others.
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Shiine, H., Suzuki, N., Motoyama, I., Hasegawa, S., Gladenkov, A.Y., Gladenkov, Yu. B., and Ogasawara, K.(2008) Diatom biomarkers during the Eocene/Oligocene transition in the Il'pinskii Peninsula, Kamchatka, Russia. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclima. Palaeoecol. 264, 1-10
Amo, M., Suzuki, N., and Takahashi, K.(2008) Diagenesis and distribution of acyclic isoprenoid hydrocarbons in Late Miocene to Pliocene marine siliceous rocks from Horonobe (Hokkaido, Japan), Org. Geochem. 39, 387-395.
Saito, H. and Suzuki, N. (2007) Distributions and sources of hopanes, hopanoic acids and hopanols in Miocene to Recent sediments from ODP Leg 190, Nankai Trough. Org. Geochem. 38, 1715-1728.
Saito, H. and Suzuki, N. (2007) Distributions and sources of hopanes, hopanoic acids and hopanols in Miocene to Recent sediments from ODP Leg 190, Nankai Trough. Org. Geochem. 38, 1715-1728.
Amo, M., Suzuki, N., Shinoda, T., Ratnayake, N. P., and Takahashi, K. (2007) Diagenesis and distribution of sterenes in Late Miocene to Pliocene marine siliceous rocks from Horonobe (Hokkaido, Japan), Org. Geochem. 38, 1132-1145.
Yessalina, S., Suzuki, N., Nishita, H., and Waseda, A. (2006) Higher plant biomarkers in Paleogene crude oils from the Yufutsu oil and gas field and offshore wildcats, Japan. J. Petrol. Geol. Vol. 29 (4) , 327-336.
Yessalina, S., Suzuki, N., and Saito, H. (2006) Geochemical characteristics of Tertiary Sagara oil from active forearc basin, Shizuoka, Japan. Island Arc, Vol.15(3), 292-303.
Ratnayake, N. P., Suzuki, N., Okada, M., and Takagi, M. (2006) The variations of stable carbon isotope ratio of land-derived n-alkanes in deep sea sediments from the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean during the last 250, 000 years. Chem. Geol. Vol. 228, 197-208.
Ratnayake, N.P., Sampei, Y., Tokuoka, T., Suzuki, N., and Ishida, H. (2005) Anthropogenic impacts in the sediments of a small tropical estuary recorded in the sediments of Lunawa Estuary, Sri Lanka. Environmental Geology, 47. (in press)
Ratnayake, N.P., Suzuki, N., and Matsubara, M. (2005) Sources of fatty acids in deep sea sediments from the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean. Org. Geochem. 36, 531-541.
Suzuki, N., Saito, H., and Sawada, K. (2004) Data Report: n-Alkanes, Fatty acids, and Hopanoids for ODP Leg 190 . In Moore, G. F., Taira, A., Klaus, A. et al., Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, vol. 190/196. 1-10.
Sampei, Y., Inaba, T., and Suzuki, N. (2003) Abnormally abundant alkenone-derived C37 and C38 n-alkanes in Miocene Onnagawa siliceous mudstones, northeast Japan. Org. Geochem. 34, 1247-1258.
Inaba T. and Suzuki N. (2003) Gel permeation chromatography for fractionation and isotope ratio analysis of steranes and triterpanes in oils. Org. Geochem. 34, 635-641.
BOOKS:
Suzuki N. (2008) Chapter II-1, Origin and Reserves of Conventional Natural Gas, In: ed. Division of Natural Gas, n Inst. of Energy, “All About Natural Gas”, Corona Pub. Co., Tokyo, pp.231. (in Japanese)
Suzuki, N. and Yamamoto, M. (2004) Chapter VIII Reconstruction of the Earth’s Environment by Organic Molecules in Sediments. In: eds. Drs. R. Ishiwatari and M. Yamamoto, “Organic Geochemistry”, Baifu-kan, Tokyo, pp.291. (in Japanese)
