Dr. Susumu Sakata
"Microbial methanogenesis as the process of methane hydrate formation"

Position

Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, 305-8567, JAPAN

Education

1978-1982

Bachelor of science in chemistry, University of Tokyo

1991

Ph. D. in science (chemistry), University of Tokyo

Thesis

Origin of oil and gas hydrocarbons accumulated in volcanic reservoir rocks.

Career

April 1982 - September 1991

Researcher. Department of Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Japan. Origin of petroleum and natural gas in Japan.

October 1991 - December 2000

Senior Researcher. Department of Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Japan. Carbon isotopic compositions of lipid biomarkers.

November 1994 - March 1996

Visiting Research Associate. Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University. Carbon isotopic fractionation associated with biosynthesis of lipids by bacteria.

April 2001 - present

Group Leader. Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. Methane production by subsurface microbes in natural gas and oil fields.

Memberships

• The Geochemical Society
• The European Association of Organic Geochemists
• The Geochemical Society of Japan
• The Japanese Association of Organic Geochemists
• The Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology
• Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology