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Atsushi Yamasaki, Professor
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The lab studies resource minerals and waste materials that are not yet in use, and researches how to turn them into new materials. Drawing on mineral science and the physical chemistry of crystals, the lab conducts basic research to clarify the properties of resource minerals. The lab also puts strong effort into applied research that makes use of the resource materials found in waste to create highly functional materials with a low environmental impact.
Kenji Furui, Professor
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The Furui Lab studies technologies for developing and producing underground energy resources, drawing on rock mechanics (geomechanics). Besides technologies to increase oil and natural gas production capacity, the lab also works on geological CO2 storage and underground hydrogen storage. Using both experiments and simulation, the lab investigates phenomena such as sand production and cracking that occur when force is applied to underground rock. The lab also conducts research on applying these technologies to the development of methane hydrate and geothermal energy.
Keiko Sasaki, Professor
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The Sasaki Lab studies how to make use of waste from the steel industry and metal smelting as resources. It works on creating photocatalyst composites from iron and steel slag and copper smelting slag that produce hydrogen using sunlight. It also studies techniques that use the action of microorganisms to extract metals such as gold and zinc from ore and urban mines. Working with resource-rich countries such as Uzbekistan, the lab pursues resource circulation technologies that are considerate of the global environment.
Hiroshi Okochi, Professor
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The Okochi Lab investigates the actual state of pollutants in the air and water in order to detect changes in the global environment at an early stage. Based on observations at Mt. Fuji and in Shinjuku, it studies transboundary air pollution and the movement of microplastics in the atmosphere. It also studies the effects of air pollutants and radioactive materials on ecosystems, focusing on forests and satoyama (rural woodland areas near villages).
Norihiro Itsubo, Professor
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The Itsubo Lab studies LCA (life cycle assessment), which measures the environmental burden of products and services from the time they are made until they are disposed of. LCA is internationally recognized as a method for corporate environmental management, and its procedures are defined by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) standards. In recent years, the lab has also been developing new indicators to assess the impact of land-use change on biodiversity and nature-related risks.
Shinji Tsujikawa, Professor
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The Tsujikawa Lab studies the evolution of the universe from its early stages to the present, as well as the physics of strong-gravity objects such as black holes and neutron stars. The foundation is Einstein's general relativity, but it has not yet been fully tested at the ultra-microscopic scales of the universe's birth or at the large scales involved in cosmic expansion. About 95% of the present universe is occupied by something whose nature is unknown: dark energy and dark matter. The lab aims to unravel these mysteries of the universe by comparing observational data with theory.
Hiromichi Nakazato, Professor
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The Nakazato-Abe Lab theoretically studies quantum mechanics and theoretical particle physics using mathematical formulas. Prof. Nakazato studies topics such as the process by which a quantum system, influenced by its surrounding environment, loses its distinctly quantum-mechanical properties. Prof. Abe studies superstring theory, supersymmetry, and extra-dimension theories as physics beyond the Standard Model of elementary particles. The core of the research is building and testing theories using mathematical formulas and models, rather than relying on experiments.
Shigeki Hirose, Associate Professor
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The Hirose Lab conducts experiments to clarify the properties of elementary particles, aiming to resolve the mysteries that remain in the Standard Model of particle physics. The lab participates in ATLAS, an international collaboration using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Switzerland, and analyzes data from proton-proton collisions. It works on precision measurements of the Higgs boson and searches for new particles that have not yet been found. It is also advancing technology development for new detectors for next-generation experiments.
Shoichi Yamada, Professor
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The Yamada Lab theoretically studies what happens at the end of a star's life. The lab investigates the mechanism of gravitational collapse, in which the core of a star far more massive than the Sun collapses under its own gravity at the end of its evolution. Using models and simulations, the lab studies the resulting supernova explosions and the formation of neutron stars and black holes. The lab also works on high-energy phenomena in the universe, such as gamma-ray bursts and magnetars, which are neutron stars with extremely strong magnetic fields.
Tohru Ozawa
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The Ozawa Lab studies the laws that govern physical phenomena, uncovering them rigorously in the language of mathematics. The lab mathematically proves whether solutions exist for the equations that describe quantum mechanics, plasma, and fluid motion. In mathematical physics, the field where physics and mathematics intersect, the lab aims to open up new areas of mathematics and physics.
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