[SPA] SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER, Volume XXVI, Issue 58

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AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
SPA SECTION NEWSLETTER
Volume XXVI, Issue 58
Oct.24,2019

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1. Obituary of Kiyohumi Yumoto

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Obituary of Kiyohumi Yumoto

From: Akimasa Yoshikawa (yoshikawa.akimasa.254 at m.kyushu-u.ac.jp)

With our deepest sorrow, we announce that Emeritus Professor Kiyohumi Yumoto of Kyushu University has passed away on 7 October 2019 at the age of 68 in Fukuoka, Japan.

Prof. Yumoto received his Ph.D. in Geophysics at Tohoku University in 1988 based on his research on global Pc3-4 ULF pulsations. He started his academic career in 1979 at Tohoku University as a research associate.  He later joined the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory (STEL) at Nagoya University in 1988 as an associate professor, and in 1995 he joined Kyushu University as a professor and stayed at that position until his retirement in 2016.

At Kyushu University, Japan, Prof. Yumoto was the executive director of Space Environment Research Center (SERC) which later became the International Center for Space Weather Science and Education (ICSWSE).  He was also the PI of the MAGDAS/CPMN/210MM ground magnetometer network project.  He is also a founding member of the ULTIMA Consortium for an ultra-large terrestrial international magnetic array, and a key member of the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) through this magnetometer array.  Prof. Yumoto made numerous pioneering contributions to the development of this global magnetometer network with his international colleagues.

In addition to his outstanding research, Prof. Yumoto will be remembered for his tireless mentorship that motivated both domestic and international students, including many from developing countries. He was truly a friend to many of us all over the world.

Prof. Yumoto should be remembered not only as a remarkable scientist, but also as a global leader of international collaboration.  Through the MAGDAS/CPMN/210MM project, he made a great contribution to the nurture of space weather science, especially in Asian and African countries.

We are collecting information, anecdotes, remembrances about Prof. Yumoto's career and life. If you would like to share with us such material, please contact me <mailto:yoshikawa.akimasa.254 at m.kyushu-u.ac.jp>.

Condolences and other messages will be forwarded to his wife, Shiori Yumoto, through the same address.


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