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Masao Nakatani, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Nakatani Lab studies the mechanisms by which earthquakes occur through experiments and theory on rock friction and fracture. It investigates, from both physical and chemical perspectives, how friction changes over time when faults rub against each other. The lab deploys detectors that capture tiny fractures deep underground in South African mines, and has found fracture activity concentrated on faults and changes in that activity before large earthquakes. Another line of research uses statistics to test how reliable phenomena regarded as earthquake precursors actually are.
Kiwamu Nishida, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Nishida Lab studies the vibrations of the Earth that continue even when no earthquakes are occurring. By carefully analyzing records from many seismometers, barometers, and water pressure gauges, the lab searches for new vibration phenomena hidden in records that were previously dismissed as noise. The lab investigates how ocean waves and the atmosphere shake the Earth, treating the atmosphere, oceans, and solid Earth as one large integrated system. The lab also uses these vibrations to study the structure of the Earth's interior and how it changes over time.
Takehiko Hiraga, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Hiraga Lab studies the Earth as a mixture of solid and liquid, and as rock made up of aggregated mineral grains. In the laboratory, the lab synthesizes rocks and analyzes their structure and chemical composition, especially at the nanoscale. By combining deformation experiments, high-temperature creep experiments, theoretical modeling, and electron microscope observation, the lab investigates phenomena that occur inside the Earth. The lab has accepted students from a variety of fields, including seismology and petrology, and also welcomes students who have studied materials science.
Takao Ominato, Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Ominato Lab studies volcano physics. At volcanoes, magma and hydrothermal activity produce volcanic earthquakes and tremor that are far more diverse than ordinary earthquakes. This diversity is thought to reflect complex physical phenomena inside volcanoes, and the lab analyzes observed seismic waveforms to understand what is happening inside active volcanoes.
Yohei Yukutake, Associate Professor
Earth & Climate0 student voices
The Yukutake Lab uses seismic observation data to study the phenomena occurring beneath volcanoes. Magma chambers lie beneath volcanoes, and the supply of magma and hydrothermal fluids causes a variety of phenomena, including earthquakes, crustal deformation, and eruptions. However, much about the mechanisms behind them remains unknown. The lab aims to elucidate the structure of magma chambers, the causes of volcanic earthquakes, and the process by which magma is supplied from deep in the crust to shallow parts of volcanoes.
Yuki Hibiya, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
Hibiya Lab studies how the solar system was born and how planets such as Earth formed, from the perspective of the evolution of matter. Using knowledge of isotope science, chronology, and mineral chemistry, the lab examines meteorites that fall to Earth as well as rocks from Earth itself. By handling material that came from space firsthand, the lab investigates how Earth and the solar system came to be 4.5 billion years ago.
Kazutaka Katoh, Professor
Bio & Life Sciences0 student voices
The Katoh Lab studies bioinformatics techniques rooted in molecular evolution. The lab continues to develop MAFFT, software that computes multiple sequence alignments, which line up gene or protein sequences for comparison. In parallel, the lab also carries out molecular evolutionary sequence analyses using MAFFT and other tools. While seeking a good balance between biological interest and practical need, the lab has worked for many years on important, long-standing problems.
Fumi Egusa, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Egusa Lab studies how gas moves and how stars form in spiral and barred spiral galaxies. The lab belongs to the Radio Astronomy Group at the Institute of Astronomy, and its observations center on ALMA, which operates in the Atacama highlands of Chile. Using the spectral lines of molecules and atoms visible at radio, millimeter, and submillimeter wavelengths, the lab investigates the interstellar medium of galaxies. The lab is also pursuing statistical studies that compile large numbers of molecular clouds in nearby galaxies and in the Milky Way.
Itsuki Sakon, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Sakon Lab studies what cosmic environments were needed before humans could emerge on Earth, and how common such conditions are. Heavy elements such as carbon and nitrogen, produced over the course of a star's life, are scattered into their surroundings when the star dies, chemically enriching the universe. The lab's main methods are infrared observation from the ground and from satellites, and laboratory astrophysics, in which cosmic dust is made in the laboratory. The lab does not limit itself to particular methods; it tries to move one step at a time toward an answer to this question from every possible angle.
KWON Jungmi, Associate Professor
Space, Particle Physics & Aerospace0 student voices
The Kwon Lab studies how stars, planetary systems, and exoplanets form and evolve. The lab carries out polarimetric observations at multiple wavelengths, which can map the structures around stars and the shapes of magnetic fields. By systematically conducting circular and linear polarization surveys, the lab also investigates the origin of the homochirality of life. The lab also develops polarimetric instruments to be mounted on ground-based and space telescopes, and works on astrobiology experiments.
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