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Yoshifusa Ita, Assistant Professor
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The Ita Lab uses observations to study how low- and intermediate-mass stars evolve while losing mass, as well as stellar pulsation and circumstellar dust. Assistant Professor Yoshifusa Ita has studied Mira variables and variable stars in the Magellanic Clouds through observation since being a student. As a postdoctoral researcher, Ita joined the development team for the Infrared Camera (IRC), a near- and mid-infrared imager and spectrograph aboard the AKARI astronomy satellite. Ita wrote software to analyze imaging data from the IRC and released it worldwide together with a manual.
Shijun Yoshida, Assistant Professor
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The Yoshida Lab studies magnetized neutron stars from the standpoint of theoretical astrophysics. Neutron stars are considered to be central objects in high-energy astrophysical phenomena, but our understanding of their internal magnetic fields remains insufficient, in both observation and theory. The lab develops formulations and numerical codes to efficiently compute theoretically self-consistent models of magnetized neutron stars within the framework of general relativity.
Toru Yamada
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The Yamada Lab conducts observation-based research on the birth and evolution of galaxies. The lab promotes the WISH (Wide-field Imaging Surveyor for High-redshift) mission, a wide-field satellite project for exploring the early universe. The lab is also interested in the search for and observation of exoplanets.
Kenji Toma, Professor
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The Toma Lab conducts theoretical research in physics, mainly dealing with relativistic astrophysics. The lab takes up black hole jets and gamma-ray bursts, and also studies changes in spacetime caused by energy release from black holes. The lab also conducts research that combines physics with life sciences and sociology, as well as research on the social significance of physics. Prof. Toma is a professor at the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences and also holds a concurrent appointment in the Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, but does not accept new graduate students through that concurrent appointment.
Kohei Ichikawa, Associate Professor
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Ichikawa Lab studies how the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies grow and how they meet their end. It is an observational astronomy lab that uses observational and public data in X-ray, infrared, radio, and other wavelengths to study active galactic nuclei and the growth of supermassive black holes. The lab also works on uncovering astronomical and meteorological phenomena preserved in historical records. Associate Professor Kohei Ichikawa, the head of the lab, has been affiliated with the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences since October 2025.
Shigeo Kimura, Associate Professor
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Kimura Lab studies high-energy astrophysical phenomena, such as gas flows around black holes and the processes occurring in active galactic nuclei. The lab also investigates electromagnetic waves and neutrinos from objects that emit gravitational waves, the mechanisms by which particles are accelerated, and the origins of cosmic rays and astrophysical neutrinos. The formation of stars and planets, in particular the dynamics of protoplanetary disks, is also a subject of its research.
Sho Fujibayashi, Assistant Professor
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Fujibayashi Lab studies in which astrophysical phenomena some of the heavy elements, such as gold and platinum, were produced. Using numerical simulations, the lab investigates mergers of neutron star or black hole binaries, and predicts the elements synthesized and the electromagnetic waves emitted in them. By comparing these predictions with observational data, the lab hopes to clarify the origin of heavy elements and the properties of the merged binaries. Assistant Professor Sho Fujibayashi belongs to the Division for the Creation of New Research Fields at the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences.
Satoshi Yamada, Assistant Professor
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The Yamada Lab studies why black holes exist in the universe through multiwavelength astronomical observations centered on X-rays. The lab investigates how gas moves around the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies and what elements that gas is made of. Its ultimate aim is to uncover the role black holes played in the formation of galaxies and galaxy clusters, and even in the origins of the solar system and humankind. The lab belongs to the New Field Creation Research Division of the Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences (FRIS) at Tohoku University.
Takeshi Nishimura, Professor
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The Seismology and Volcanology Lab aims to clarify, through both theory and observation, the laws that govern fault motion, volcanic eruptions, and related phenomena. In seismology, the lab studies the fault rupture processes of large and moderate earthquakes in Japan and abroad, aiming to use the results for ground motion prediction for disaster mitigation. In volcanology, the lab is building next-generation volcanic eruption forecasting technology through eruption modeling and volcano observations in Japan and overseas. On the lab's website, it is presented under the name "Solid Earth Geophysics Division."
Dapeng Dapeng, Professor
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This page is based on the website of the whole center, which includes the research groups on inland earthquakes, volcanoes, offshore earthquakes, and global earthquakes and volcanoes. The center focuses mainly on Northeast Japan, conducting fundamental research on earthquake and eruption prediction and aiming to contribute to progress in this field. Northeast Japan lies in a typical subduction zone where one plate sinks beneath another. Earthquake and volcanic activity there is extremely high, making it a valuable research field even by global standards. Centered on observation and in collaboration with experimental and theoretical research, the lab comprehensively studies the plate subduction process and the associated earthquake and volcanic phenomena.
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