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Yoichi Okimoto, Associate Professor
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The Okimoto Lab studies the properties of various polar materials using nonlinear optical methods with laser light. It focuses in particular on new ferroelectric materials, in which the direction of the crystal's polarity can be switched by an electric field. Beyond probing their properties with laser light, the lab also takes on the challenge of controlling new ferroelectric functions with light. Ferroelectrics are materials used in memory devices and piezoelectric elements.
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.
Bun'Ei Sato, Professor
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The Sato Lab is an observational astronomy lab that studies planets orbiting stars other than the Sun (exoplanets). Through observations with large telescopes, the lab discovers diverse planetary systems around a variety of stars and clarifies their properties. Based on these results, it aims to achieve a unified understanding of how planetary systems form and evolve. The lab's research covers not only exoplanets themselves but also planet-hosting stars, observing instruments, and data analysis methods.
Tetsuya Yokoyama, Professor
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The Yokoyama Lab studies how the universe and Earth formed and evolved. Its clues are the isotope ratios of elements contained in meteorites and other samples. Using instruments called mass spectrometers, the lab measures isotope ratios with extremely high precision. It tackles a wide range of topics, from the origin of the elements to the evolution of the early solar system, planetary differentiation, and the formation of Mars and Earth.
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