Prof. Taikan Oki
Important experience / 重要經歷
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
東京大學工學院土木工程系教授
Special Advisor to the President of the University of Tokyo
東京大學校長特別顧問
Previous President of the Japan Society for Hydrology and Water Resources
日本水文科學與水資源學會前會長
Stockholm Water Prize (2024)
斯德哥爾摩水獎
European Geosciences Union John Dalton Medal (2023)
歐洲地球科學聯盟 John Dalton 獎章
International Hydrology Prize – Dooge medal (2021)
國際水文學獎
AGU Fellow (2014)
美國地球物理聯盟會士
Biwako Prize for Ecology (2011)
琵琶湖生態學獎
Japan Academy Medal (2008)
日本學士院獎章
Research Areas / 研究範疇
Hydrology
水文學
Introduction / 簡介
Taikan Oki is a professor at the University of Tokyo in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Graduate School of Engineering in Japan. A man of many talents, Oki has also held the titles of the Special Advisor to the President at the University of Tokyo, the Senior Vice Rector for the United Nations University, and the Assistant Secretary General at the United Nations.
Prof. Oki received his Ph.D in Civil Engineering at The University of Tokyo in 1993. Prof. Oki’s most important and wide-reaching work has been in demonstrating the connections between the hydrologic cycle, renewable water resources, the global economy, and sustainability culminating in his 2006 paper in Science.
He has been the recipient of numerous awards such as the Biwako Prize for Ecology in 2011, and the Japan Academy Medal in 2008. He is the first Japanese AGU Fellow in its Hydrology Section. He became a full member of the Club of Rome and the Science Council of Japan in October 2020, and he won the 2021 International Hydrology Prize. Based on his world-renowned research on the virtual water trade, digital river mapping, and inclusion of human activity in the water cycle – Professor Taikan Oki wins the Stockholm Water Prize 2024.
(Extracted from https://futureearth.org/contacts/taikan-oki/、https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/focus/en/people/people001422.html)
Prof. Taikan Oki 是一名東京大學工學院土木工程學系的教授。身為一位具備多重長才的頂尖學者，他同時擔任東京大學校長的特別顧問、聯合國大學副校長及聯合國助理秘書長等重要職務。
Prof. Oki 於 1993 時在東京大學取得土木工程博士的學位。他最重要且影響深遠的研究，即為他 2006 年刊登在《科學》期刊中的論文，其中展示了水循環、再生水資源、全球經濟及永續發展之間的內在聯繫。
Prof. Taikan Oki 歷年來屢獲殊榮，其中包括 2008 年的日本學士院獎章及 2011 年琵琶湖生態學獎。他也是首位獲選為美國地球物理聯盟水文學部會士的日籍學者。在 2020 年 10 月，他正式成為羅馬俱樂部會員及日本學術會議會員，並於 2021 年得到國際水文學獎。透過在虛擬水貿易、數位河流地圖以及將人為活動納入考量的水循環模型等方面上的卓越研究，Prof. Oki 獲頒 2024 年斯德哥爾摩水獎。
More about the speaker / 更多關於講者
https://stockholmwaterfoundation.org/stockholm-water-prize/laureates/2024-professor-taikan-oki