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Shogo Tachibana, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace2 student voices
The Tachibana Lab studies how the diverse planets of the solar system, including Earth, were formed. By combining laboratory experiments, analysis of extraterrestrial materials, astronomical observation, modeling, and solar system exploration, the lab investigates the chemical evolution of the early solar system. The lab experimentally investigates evaporation, condensation, phase transitions, and isotopic fractionation of silicates, metallic iron, and iron sulfides, and incorporates the resulting reaction rates into models of dust dynamics. The lab takes part in the asteroid sample-return missions Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx. In Hayabusa2, Professor Tachibana led the development of the sampler and coordinated the initial analysis of the Ryugu samples.
Satoshi Kasahara, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Kasahara Lab develops particle detectors to be mounted on space probes and analyzes the observational data obtained with those instruments. The questions the lab wants to answer are wide-ranging, including the formation and evolution of the solar system, water on the Moon, the physics of auroras, the tails of comets, and the clouds of radiation surrounding planets. The lab takes part as a key player in missions such as JAXA's Arase geospace exploration satellite, the Comet Interceptor comet exploration mission, and a lunar polar exploration mission. There is a great deal of freedom in instrument development, and students can lead their own research.
Hiroaki Miura, Associate Professor
Environment & Sustainability1 student voices
The Miura Lab studies weather and climate phenomena related to clouds. The lab aims to understand large-scale organized cloud systems in the tropics, focusing on the roles of atmospheric waves and water vapor. The lab works on numerical simulations using supercomputers and on improving numerical models. Its research is wide-ranging, from analyzing satellite data and in-situ observational data to visualizing large-scale datasets.
Tomoki Tozuka, Associate Professor
Environment & Sustainability1 student voices
Tozuka Lab studies climate variability phenomena that occur from the tropics to the mid-latitudes, as well as the interactions between the atmosphere and the ocean. Climate variability phenomena, typified by El Niño, cause extreme weather in many parts of the world. On timescales longer than a few months, the ocean plays a major role because it stores heat, so the lab investigates these phenomena from the perspective of physical oceanography. The lab also carries out fundamental research aimed at accurately predicting climate variability phenomena in advance.
Tomoki Miyakawa, Associate Professor
Environment & Sustainability1 student voices
Miyakawa Lab studies phenomena such as the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO), a huge cluster of clouds that forms in the tropics. The lab uses NICAM, a global cloud-resolving model that can calculate clouds across the entire Earth in fine detail, and NICOCO, which couples NICAM with an ocean model. It also combines the MIROC climate model, satellite data, in-situ observational data, and theoretical models. The lab aims to reproduce, understand, and predict these phenomena.
Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Kurokawa Lab studies the origin and evolution of planets at the Komaba Campus. Its targets are wide-ranging, from terrestrial planets such as Earth and Mars to gas giants, ice giants, small bodies, and the protoplanetary disks where planets are born. The main methods are theoretical modeling and computer simulation, and the lab also collaborates with researchers in experiments, observations, and planetary exploration. The lab also takes part in solar system exploration missions such as Hayabusa2 and MMX.
ASGARI-TARGHI Mahboubeh, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Asgari-Targhi Lab studies the Sun's magnetic fields and plasma turbulence. The lab investigates how the motion of plasma involving magnetic fields and turbulence determines the structure and evolution of the solar atmosphere, from the photosphere to the corona. From this, the lab aims to uncover how the corona is heated and how the solar wind is accelerated. The lab extends the same perspective to the magnetic fields of stars and galaxies, combining numerical models, analysis of observational data, and theory.
Taiyo Ikoma, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The Ikoma Lab studies the origins, structure, and diversity of planets and planetary systems outside the solar system. Thousands of planets have already been discovered beyond the solar system, but not a single one has the same characteristics as the solar system. Through theoretical modeling and observations, the lab seeks to clarify how diverse the planetary systems of the Milky Way are, and whether our Earth is an ordinary planet. The lab is based at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, with faculty who also serve in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science.
Masanao Shinohara, Professor
Earth & Climate1 student voices
The Shinohara Lab is a marine seismology lab that focuses on seismic observation at sea. The Earth's outer layer, made up of the crust and upper mantle, is considered the most active part of the planet. Most of the plate boundaries, where this activity is most intense, now lie on the seafloor. The lab places great importance on observing seismic activity in the field, and works on observations using ocean bottom seismometers and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), as well as on instrument development.
Masaki Satoh, Professor
Earth & Climate1 student voices
The lab's goal is to theoretically elucidate the circulation structure of Earth's atmosphere. It investigates how cloud and precipitation systems, such as typhoons and tropical cumulonimbus clouds, connect to the global general circulation. The lab uses numerical models at many levels of hierarchy, from one-dimensional radiative-convective equilibrium models to three-dimensional atmospheric general circulation models. The global cloud-resolving model the lab has developed covers the entire Earth at a horizontal resolution of a few kilometers and reproduces the multiscale structure of cumulonimbus clouds and typhoons.
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