Syun-Ichi Akasofu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Syun-Ichi Akasofu

Japanese-American geophysicist and climatologist

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1930

Place of Birth: Saku, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

Profession: earth scientist

Nationality: Japan, United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Syun-Ichi Akasofu (??? ??, Akasofu Shun'ichi, born December 4, 1930, Saku, Nagano, Japan) is the founding director of the International Arctic Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), serving in that position from the center's establishment in 1998 until January 2007.
Previously he had been director of the university's Geophysical Institute from 1986.