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Yosuke Aoki, Associate Professor
Earth & Climate1 student voices
The Space Geodesy Lab uses space geodetic techniques to study Earth's changes, such as earthquakes and volcanic activity. Using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), the lab measures how much the ground has moved. By combining observational data with numerical modeling, the lab aims to understand how earthquakes and volcanic activity occur. Disturbances in the atmosphere and ionosphere, which get in the way of observation, are also reinterpreted as signals and studied in their own right.
Masahiro Watanabe, Professor
Earth & Climate1 student voices
The Watanabe Lab studies the mechanisms and predictability of climate change. The lab belongs to the Climate Variability Research Section of the Climate System Research Division at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute. Research combines numerical experiments using climate models and Earth system models with data analysis ranging from in-situ observations to satellite observations. The main themes are the dynamics of large-scale atmospheric circulation, climate modeling, and air-sea interaction.
Keita Iga, Associate Professor
Earth & Climate1 student voices
The Iga Lab studies the mechanisms of disturbances such as vortices and low-pressure systems that occur in the atmosphere and ocean. The lab belongs to the Dynamic Marine Meteorology Group at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, and students in the group join either the Sato Lab or the Iga Lab. The group uses a variety of methods, including observational data analysis, numerical simulation, dynamical theory, and laboratory fluid experiments. The Iga Lab works on the motion of vortices such as typhoons and polar lows, and on the fundamental properties of vortices in the atmosphere.
Yukiko Imada, Associate Professor
Earth & Climate1 student voices
The Imada Lab studies the mechanisms of climate variability on timescales of several years to several decades, and its predictability. Extreme weather events such as heat waves, heavy rainfall, and droughts occur irregularly over periods of several days to about two weeks. Their frequency and intensity are influenced by climate variability on longer timescales, such as the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The lab uses atmospheric models and coupled atmosphere–ocean models to investigate the link between extreme weather and climate variability.
Kanako Seki, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace1 student voices
The lab studies plasma phenomena in the space surrounding planets. About 100 km above the ground, the atmosphere becomes ionized, and the environment is one where space radiation flies about and electromagnetic fields and plasma interact in complex ways. The lab combines in situ observations by scientific satellites with computer simulations. The central themes are understanding space weather phenomena and the effect that atmospheric escape from terrestrial planets has on the habitability of their environments.
Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Associate Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Tanaka Lab studies geodesy, the science of precisely measuring changes in the Earth's shape and gravity. Through observations of crustal deformation and gravity and through numerical simulations, the lab investigates everything from global-scale changes to the mechanisms of plate boundaries. The lab covers a wide range from observation to theory, so students can do research in the way that suits them best, whether that means collecting data in the field, programming, or building theory with mathematics.
Kawai Kenji, Associate Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Kawai Lab studies the structure of the Earth's interior by analyzing records of earthquake shaking (seismic waveforms). Its main theme is investigating the deep Earth near the core-mantle boundary using a method called waveform inversion. The lab's research spans multiple fields, from interpreting seismic waves based on the properties of minerals, to the science of mineral friction, to the planetary geology of Mars and the Moon. The lab has also carried out fieldwork in regions with limited data, such as deploying an array of seismometers in Thailand.
Ryosuke Ando, Associate Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
Ando Lab studies the mechanisms of tectonics, including earthquake generation. The lab aims to build a comprehensive framework for understanding how stress accumulates on faults until they rupture, and how Earth's interior and surface deform. In many of its studies, the lab uses numerical computation to explain a wide range of observational data in terms of fundamental physical components. To reconstruct past earthquakes preserved in strata and landforms, the lab also conducts field surveys and develops new analysis methods.
Yasuko Takei, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
Takei Lab studies the properties of rocks inside the Earth and the dynamics of Earth's interior. Rock is a polycrystalline material made up of many mineral crystals. Under the high temperatures and pressures found inside the Earth, the behavior of atomic-scale defects governs the properties of the rock as a whole. Through experiments on low-melting-point "analog" polycrystals combined with theory, the lab aims to explain the large-scale behavior of rocks from their microscopic mechanisms.
Kei Hirose, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Hirose Lab studies the true nature of Earth's deep interior and how planets form, using a method called ultrahigh-pressure and high-temperature experiments. Using a device called a diamond anvil cell, made with natural diamonds, the lab creates conditions of pressure and temperature that exceed those at the center of the Earth, and can synthesize any material found inside the Earth in the laboratory. In addition to phase transitions of materials in the deep mantle and core, the lab investigates the speed at which seismic waves travel, how easily electricity and heat are conducted, how materials melt, and how elements separate from one another. Even undergraduate and master's students can take on challenges in world-leading research.
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