Background
Ohtake, Masakazu was born on November 26, 1939 in Tokyo. Son of Yozo and Nobuko (Okubo) Ohtake.
Ohtake, Masakazu was born on November 26, 1939 in Tokyo. Son of Yozo and Nobuko (Okubo) Ohtake.
Bachelor of Science, University Tokyo, 1963. Master of Science, University Tokyo, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tokyo, 1979.
Research associate Earthquake Research Institute, University Tokyo, 1966—1973. Researcher Building Research Institute, Tokyo, 1973—1974, senior researcher, 1975—1977. Research associate Marine biomedical Institute, University Texas, Galveston, 1974—1975.
Head laboratory National Research Center for Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan, 1977—1988. Professor seismology Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1988—2003, professor emeritus, since 2003, councilor, 1999—2001. Technical counselor Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, since 2003.
Vice president Coordinator Committee Earthquake Prediction, Tsukuba, 1997-2001, president, since 2001. Member Nuclear Plant Safety Judgement Committee, Tokyo, 1985-2007. Expert member Nuclear Safety Commission Japan, Tokyo, 1995-1998, since 2001.
Member Seimsological Society Japan (vice president 2000-2002, president 2002-2006), Seismological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Association for Development of Earthquake Prediction Research (council since 1995).
Married Nobuko Sasaki, December 18, 1965. 1 child, Kazuo.