Quartärgeochronologie

Prof. Dr. Sumiko Tsukamoto

Research interests

  • Method developments of luminescence and electron spin resonance dating as both geo- and thermos-chronometers
  • Quaternary landscape evolution affected by active tectonics and climate change
  • Dating and evaluation of fault activity
  • Human, climate and landscape interactions

Current Projects

Temari: Tectonic and wave controls on the generation and preservation of marine terraces (DFG), PIs: L. Malatesta, S. Tsukamoto

LION-ii: Loess in India as record of the Indian Monsoon system: Exploring terrestrial responses to climate changes in the Late Quaternary (DFG), PIs: C. Zeeden, J. Meister, S. Tsukamoto
https://www.leibniz-liag.de/en/research/projects/third-party-funded-projects/lion-ii.html

Paleonile:  Evolution on the Nile: Faunal regionalization and continuity in the Pleistocene of Sudan. European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator, PI: F. Bibi, partner: S. Tsukamoto
https://amniota.org/paleonile/

CCEHN: Climate change and early humans in the north (MWK/Volkswagenstiftung) Speakers: T. Terberger, A. Schwalb, PIs: B. Urban, S. Tsukamoto, J. Winsemann
https://ccehn.de/

Hope: Structural characterization and dating of an active strike-slip fault that passes from bedrock into unconsolidated sediments (DFG), PIs: C. Brandes, J. Igel, D.C. Tanner, S. Tsukamoto
https://www.leibniz-liag.de/en/research/projects/third-party-funded-projects/lunar-1.html
 

Academic education and professional experience

since 2023
Professor of Quaternary Geochronology

University of Tübingen

since 2008
Senior Scientist

Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, Germany

2006-2008
Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Institute for Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University, U.K.

1995-2006
Assistant Professor

Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

1993-1995
Postdoctoral Fellow

Marine Geology Department, Geological Survey of Japan

1993
Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Physics, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

1992-1993
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Osaka University, Japan

1992
PhD in Physics

Osaka University, Japan

Activities in the Research System

since 2023President of the International Luminescence and ESR Dating (LED) Society
since 2021Editorial Board Member of Radiation Measurements
2021Organiser of German LED Meeting (DLED)
since 2019Associate Editor of Geochronology
2019-2023Chair of the Working Group to establish the LED Society
since 2017Member of the International Steering Committee for the International LED Conferences
since 2017Special Issue Guest Editor of the International LED Conferences, Radiation Measurements
since 2011Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Asia Pacific Luminescence and ESR Conference

Publications

ORCID  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4626-4784

Google scholar https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=ItI6kK8AAAAJ&hl=en

Teaching

MSc course
Dating Quaternary sediments
Practical module to learn all procedures of luminescence dating of sediments, including sampling, sample preparation, measurements and age calculation.

BSc course
Quaternary Geology
5th semester elective module introducing Quaternary climate cycles, different sedimentary records, and landscape evolution. The course includes lectures, student presentations, short excursions and exercises.