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		Personal Information
		
  
		Name: Yuji MURAYAMA
		
  
		Citizenship: Japanese
		
  
		Address: Division of Spatial Information Science 
						Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences 
						University of Tsukuba 
						Tsukuba, 305-8572, Japan.
  
		Email: mura@geoenv.tsukuba.ac.jp
  
		Degrees:
  
			1987, D.Sc., Geography  
			1979, M.A., Area Studies 
			1977, B.Sc., Geography 
		 
		Research Interests/Specialty
  
			GIS, Spatial Analysis, Urban /Transport Geography
  
		
		Professional Positions
  
			2004-present: Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Tsukuba 
			2001-2004: Professor, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba 
			1999-2001: Associate Professor, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba 
			1988-1999: Assistant Professor, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba 
			1987-1988: Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Mie University 
			1985-1987: Lecturer, Department of Geography, Mie University 
			1983-1985: Research Associate, Division of Human Geography, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba
  
			
		Professional Affiliations Activities
  
			2011-present: Member, Science Council of Japan 
			2012-present: Steering Committee Member, IGU Commission on Transport and Geography 
			2012-present: Director, Tokyo Geographical Society 
			2012-2014: Director, The Association of Japanese Geographers 
			2006-2008: President, Geographic Information Systems Association of Japan 
			2005-present: Adjunct Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo 
			2002-present: Organizer, GIS Forum for Education, Japan 
			2000-2008: Secretary and Steering Committee Member, IGU Commission on Monitoring Cities of Tomorrow
  
			Member of Editorial Boards
  
			2015-present: Geoinformatics & Geostatistics: An Overview 
			2015-present: (Associate Editor) Euro-Mediterranean Journal of Environmental Integration 
			2015-present:  Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 
			2013-present: Open Journal of Remote Sensing and Positioning 
			2015-present: Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 
			2012-present: Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 
			2012-present: Transactions in GIS 
			2011-present: (Editor) Urban Studies Research 
			2010-present: (Managing Editor) AJG Library: International Perspectives in Geography 
			2010-present: Positioning 
			2001-present: Journal of Transport Geography 
			2001-present: GeoJournal 
			2008-2012: Theory and Applications of GIS 
			2002-2012: Urban Geography 
			2006-2008: (Editor-in-Chief) Geographical Review of Japan (Series B)
  
			
			Academic Prizes/Awards
  
			2014: Excellence Award, Geospatial World Forum 
			2009-present: Marquis Whofs Who in the World 
			2008-present: Marquis Whofs Who in America,  
			2012: Geospatial World Excellence Award (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 
			2011: Asia Geospatial Excellence Award (Jakarta, Indonesia) 
			2008: GIS, Outstanding Scientist, IBC England  
			2007: Marquis Whofs Who in Asia 
			2003: Association Prize, Association of Japanese Geographers, Japan 
			2002: Association Prize, Best Book Award, JSRSA, Japan 
			1991: Abe Fellow Award, Social Science Research Council, USA
  
	
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