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Keiiti Aki
Japanese-American professor of Geophysics
Keiiti Aki | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 3, 1930 Yokohama, Japan |
| Died | May 17, 2005(2005-05-17) (aged 75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | the United States |
| Alma mater | University of Tokyo |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geophysics |
| Institutions | MIT University of Southern California |
| Doctoral students | Shamita Das |
Keiiti Aki (安芸 敬一, Aki Keiichi, March 3, 1930 – May 17, 2005) was a Japanese-American professor of Geophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and then at the University of Southern California (USC), seismologist, author and mentor.
He and Paul G. Richards coauthored "Quantitative Seismology: theory and methods".[1]
Biography
Aki was born in Yokohama, Japan. He received his bachelor's degree in 1952 and doctoral degree in 1958, both from the University of Tokyo.
Until 1960, he conducted research at that university's Earthquake Resear