Scientific Missions

1. 1994 – 1995: Scientific mission to obtain the Master degree from Louis Pasteur University, Institute of Geology, Strasbourge, France.

2. 1998 – 2001: Scientific mission from the Japanese Government to obtain the Doctorate degree of Science from Kanazawa University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Earth Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan.

3. 2002 – 2004: Scientific mission from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), as a visiting provessor in Kanazawa University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Earth Science, Kanazawa, Japan.

4. Short Scientific Collaboration Visits at: a). April-May, 1998, to Modena University, Italy. b). May – June, 2001, to Woods Whole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), MS, U.S.A. c). July – August, 2005, 2006, 2008, to Kanazawa University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Earth Sciences, Kanazawa, Japan.