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Makiko K. Haba, Associate Professor
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The Haba Lab precisely analyzes the chemical composition and isotope ratios of meteorites to study how the solar system formed and evolved. Meteorites are a "recording medium of the universe" that conveys information from the time the solar system had just formed. Centered on dating and combining mineral observation with chemical analysis, the lab investigates when the parent bodies of meteorites formed and how they have changed. The lab aims to depict the history of the solar system along the flow of time.
Yoko Kebukawa, Associate Professor
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The Kebukawa Lab studies where organic matter in space originates and how it has changed. It combines analysis of meteorite and asteroid samples with experiments that simulate space environments. It focuses in particular on how the organic matter that served as raw material for life was formed.
Yuichiro Ueno, Professor
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The Ueno Lab studies how biospheres arose and evolved on Earth and other planets. Using geochemical methods, including analysis of stable isotopologues, the lab has deciphered the changing history of Earth's biosphere from records preserved in sedimentary strata. Because the history from the origin of life to the acquisition of genomes is preserved neither in rock strata nor in genes, the lab is also reproducing Hadean environments in the laboratory. The lab also conducts fieldwork in ancient strata and in present-day hot springs that resemble ancient environments.
Wataru Kanda, Professor
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The Kanda Lab studies the underground structure of volcanoes and the mechanisms leading up to eruptions. It mainly uses electromagnetic methods to investigate the hidden areas beneath the ground. The main targets are volcanoes that repeatedly produce phreatic eruptions, with research under way at Kusatsu-Shirane, Midagahara, Adatara, and others. Prof. Kanda is based at the Kusatsu-Shirane Volcano Observatory in Gunma Prefecture and also supervises the research of students in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Kazumi Ozaki, Associate Professor
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The Ozaki Lab studies how Earth's environment came to be as it is today and how it will change in the future. It treats Earth as a single system in which the atmosphere, oceans, and life interact, and approaches it through the theory of biogeochemical cycles. Based on its findings, the lab aims to build a foundation for considering the evolution of Earth-like planets outside the solar system. As a new lab in a new field, it welcomes motivated students who want to take on research challenges.
Hidenori Genda, Professor
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The Genda Lab studies fundamental questions in planetary science. Its starting points are questions such as why Earth has oceans while other planets do not, and whether there is life beyond Earth. Mainly using computers, the lab tries to explain, from the laws of physics and chemistry, how celestial bodies form and evolve. The lab also takes part in solar system exploration missions such as Hayabusa2 and MMX, and collaborates with researchers who conduct experiments and observations.
Yasuhito Sekine, Professor
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The Sekine Lab studies how planets and moons that have life, or may have life, came to be as they are today. By investigating how planetary atmospheres and oceans formed and have changed, it seeks to understand what makes a planet capable of nurturing life. It focuses on chemistry related to atmospheric chemical reactions, volcanic and hydrothermal activity, and meteorite impacts, and investigates it through laboratory experiments, theoretical calculations, and fieldwork. Its targets include Earth, Mars, and bodies such as Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus.
Akira Ishikawa, Associate Professor
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The Ishikawa Lab studies how the solid Earth has evolved from its birth to the present. Its clues are natural rocks and minerals collected through fieldwork and research cruises. In particular, the lab reads the information recorded in rocks and minerals that came from the mantle, deep within the Earth.
Junichi Nakajima, Professor
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The Nakajima Lab studies the mechanisms of earthquakes and volcanic activity in subduction zones. When an earthquake occurs, seismic waves are generated and travel through the Earth's interior. By analyzing observed seismic waves, the lab investigates where earthquakes occurred, how faults slip, where magma reservoirs are located, and more. The lab covers a wide range of topics, from how earthquakes occur to plate structure, the deep parts of volcanoes, and mantle convection.
Kenji Ohta, Professor
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The Ohta Lab studies how materials inside the Earth and planets behave under high pressure. Using a device called a diamond anvil cell, the lab creates ultrahigh pressures like those in the deep Earth and conducts experiments. It examines the crystal structure of minerals and how they conduct electricity and heat, using the results as clues to the behavior of the Earth and planets over long timescales. The lab also works on developing new methods for measuring the properties of minerals under extreme conditions.
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