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Yuka Fujii, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Fujii Lab studies the properties of small planets outside the solar system (exoplanets). By learning about exoplanets, the lab aims to place Earth and the solar system in a larger context. The lab is particularly interested in the surface environments of Earth-like planets, including assessing whether life could exist there. Associate Professor Fujii is affiliated with the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan and accepts graduate students through the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the University of Tokyo and through SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies).
Noriyuki Namiki, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Namiki Lab studies the internal structure and evolution of planets and moons. In the RISE Lunar and Planetary Exploration Project of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, led by Prof. Namiki, the lab works on planetary geodesy, which applies geodetic methods for studying Earth's shape and gravity to the Moon and planets. Working with JAXA and universities, the lab has developed and operated instruments that measure the topography and gravity of celestial bodies on the lunar orbiter Kaguya and the asteroid explorer Hayabusa2. Its goal is to reveal the internal structure and evolution of the Moon, planets, and asteroids.
Toshiya Mori, Associate Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Mori Lab, part of the Geochemical Research Center in the Graduate School of Science, studies volcanoes using volcanic gases as clues. The composition and emission rate of volcanic gases reflect the state of the magma and hydrothermal system underground. The lab focuses on developing new methods for measuring volcanic gases from a distance, and conducts observations at volcanoes across Japan. It aims to move closer to understanding how gas escapes from magma and how eruptions work.
Aitaro Kato, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Kato Lab studies the mechanisms by which earthquakes occur, based on seismic observations. The lab focuses on how slow earthquakes, in which a fault slips slowly, interact with ordinary earthquakes. By analyzing seismicity observed before large earthquakes (foreshock activity), the lab has shown that slow slip occurred near the mainshock hypocenter before events such as the Tohoku-Oki earthquake.
Masataka Kinoshita, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
Kinoshita Lab studies marine geophysics, measuring the movement of heat and water on the seafloor. Its main focus is subduction zones, where an oceanic plate slides beneath a continent. There, the lab investigates the temperature of the strata, the flow of groundwater below the seafloor, and the stress acting on the rocks. The lab's research combines seafloor observation and drilling with numerical computation. According to the Earthquake Research Institute's guidance, the lab is not recruiting graduate students for the 2027 academic year.
Hiroaki Ohfuji, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Ohfuji Lab studies where and how minerals form, and by what mechanisms they become crystals. Using electron microscopes, the lab observes natural samples and experimentally synthesized samples in fine detail down to the nanometer scale, examining their structures and chemical compositions. From fieldwork to microscope observation, the lab pursues the question "why?" at many different scales. By connecting information obtained from tiny regions to an understanding of large-scale geological phenomena, the lab aims to find the universal physics and chemistry that underlie them.
Seiji Sugita, Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Planetary Exploration Research Group uses planetary exploration as its main approach to study the formation of the solar system and the mystery of how life began. The group consists of three labs: the Sugita Lab, the Kasahara Lab, and the Morota Lab. The Kasahara Lab develops particle detectors to be carried on spacecraft, and uses the data from these instruments to investigate planetary magnetospheres and the formation of celestial bodies. The Morota Lab investigates the history of impacts by celestial bodies on the Earth and the Moon from records of lunar craters and spacecraft data, and takes part in exploration missions such as Hayabusa2.
Masaoki Uno, Associate Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
Uno Lab studies reactions between rocks and fluids that take place deep inside the Earth. The research ranges from reactions and fracturing in earthquake source zones to the mineral fixation of carbon dioxide and the development of supercritical geothermal resources, and the key to all of it is the reaction between rocks and fluids. The lab combines field geological surveys, chemical analysis, hydrothermal reaction experiments, numerical simulation, and statistics and machine learning. The aim is to gain a deep understanding of the dynamic changes inside the Earth, and to predict and make use of them.
Kentaroh Suzuki, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Suzuki Lab studies how clouds, rain, and particles in the atmosphere affect Earth's climate. Clouds both cool the Earth by reflecting sunlight back to space and warm it by trapping heat. Which effect wins out depends on the height and thickness of the clouds, and this is one reason why predicting climate change is so difficult. The lab investigates these cloud effects by combining analysis of satellite observation data with numerical models.
Hiroyasu Hasumi, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Hasumi Lab studies the large-scale currents that circulate through the world's oceans and the mechanisms of climate that operate through them. The ocean can store more than a thousand times as much heat as the atmosphere, so it is essential for understanding climate, which changes slowly and on a large scale. The interior of the ocean is difficult to observe, and many phenomena there are still not understood. The lab develops its own numerical models of the ocean and climate, and investigates ocean currents by reproducing them on computers.
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