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Rie Nakata (Kamei)

Earth Research Scientist

Building 074A, Room 0107

M/S 74R316C

rnakata@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Rie Nakata (Kamei) is a Research Scientist and joined LBL in 2021. She is also an assistant professor at Earthquake Research Institute of University of Tokyo.  She obtained a PhD at University of Western Ontario on the topic of seismic full waveform inversion. After a half-year post-doctoral position at University of Western Ontario, she was a research fellow at University of Western Australia in 2013-2018, University of Oklahoma in 2018, and MIT in 2019, before joining University of Tokyo in May 2019.

Research Interests

Rie Nakata is interested in exploiting seismic wave phenomena for understanding, monitoring and predicting behaviors of Earth system. Her research area includes earthquake hazard analysis, Carbon Capture and Storage programs, oil/gas exploration and near-surface engineering programs. She extensively uses large-scale full seismic waveform simulation, imaging, inversion and monitoring of Earth's seismic properties in various scales ranging from rock samples to crustal scales.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Geophysics, The University of Western Ontario, 2012,
    Dissertation: Strategies for visco-acoustic waveform inversion in the Laplace-Fourier domain, with application to the Nankai subduction zone
  • M. Eng., Kyoto University, 2005,
    Dissertation: Random heterogeneous model for methane hydrate exploration
  • M. Eng., Kyoto University, 2003,
    Dissertation: Velocity model for methane hydrate exploration

Experience

  • Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, 2021-Present
  • Assistant Professor (tenured), University of Tokyo, 2019-Present
  • Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019
  • Visiting Researcher, The University of Oklahoma, 2017-2018
  • Research Fellow, The University of Western Australia, 2013-2018
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, The University of Western Ontario, 2013
  • Research Assistant, The University of Western Ontario, 2008-2013
  • Research Assistant, Kyoto University, 2002-2005

Awards

  • Best paper, Japan Association for Petroleum Technology, Japan, 2013
  • Best presentation, 112th Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists In Japan, 2010
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