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Hiroyuki Nagahama, Professor
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The Fault and Crustal Mechanics Lab studies earthquakes and rock deformation. Earthquakes and crustal deformation are complex deformation processes of the crust that occur in non-equilibrium systems, where energy is not conserved. By combining mathematical-physical theory, laboratory rock experiments, and field geological surveys, the lab links the deformation of rocks and minerals to crustal deformation and seismic activity across the Japanese Islands. The lab also studies the relationship between fluctuations in atmospheric radon concentration and earthquakes, as well as the postseismic deformation that follows major earthquakes.
Tatsuki Tsujimori, Professor
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The Crustal Evolution Lab (KREATE) takes a materials science approach to study reactions between rocks and fluids in the lithosphere, material transport, and the geological evolution of planets. By combining field geological observation with methods from petrology, mineralogy, and geochemistry, as well as numerical simulation and experiments, the lab aims to understand a wide range of geological processes, not only those on Earth. It is a new lab, established in December 2024 in the Geoenvironmental Sciences Division of the Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University. The lab welcomes students, postdoctoral researchers, and collaborators from around the world.
Kazuaki Hori, Professor
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The Geomorphology and Physical Geography Lab studies how various landforms, such as coasts, rivers, slopes, and tectonic landforms, have formed. Using a range of methods, including geomorphology, Quaternary geology, and geophysics, the lab clarifies the developmental history and formation processes of landforms. Through this basic research, the lab also works on determining when past earthquakes occurred on active faults and on investigating shallow structures a few kilometers underground. The lab has close ties with the Terrestrial Seismology and Volcanology research division at the International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, and holds lab seminars and conducts research together with it.
Tomoki Nakaya, Professor
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The Human Geography Lab studies geographic disparities in health, food production and purchasing in Mongolia, and methods of geographic information science. Using cartographic techniques and spatial statistics, the lab investigates the relationships between society and space that underlie regional differences. The lab respects student independence: for bachelor's and master's theses, students pursue research on themes they choose themselves. The lab works jointly with the Environmental Geography group (Nakaya Lab) in the Graduate School of Environmental Studies.
Shinji Toda, Professor
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The Natural Disaster Science Lab studies how earthquakes and tsunamis occur, using landforms, geological strata, and satellite observation. The lab's research rests on three pillars: surveys of coastal terraces and active faults, surveys of tsunami deposits, and measurement of landform change using satellite data. By combining field surveys with numerical calculation, the lab works to understand the magnitude of past earthquakes and tsunamis and the mechanisms by which earthquakes occur. In the faculty list of the Department of Earth Science, the lab is listed as an affiliated division (Natural Disaster Science Division) of the International Research Institute of Disaster Science.
Takahiro Kuribayashi, Assistant Professor
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The Mineralogy Lab studies the rocks that make up the Earth and planets, treating minerals as their smallest constituent unit. The lab believes that understanding the physical and chemical properties of minerals can clarify the history and internal structure of the Earth. Studying the minerals that make up meteorites, which arrive from outside the Earth, can also provide information about other planets. Minerals are also used in familiar places such as gemstones, quartz clocks that use quartz, and cosmetics, and there are attempts to use their properties to address environmental pollution and nuclear waste.
Takeshi Kakegawa, Professor
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The Resources and Environmental Geochemistry Lab uses geochemistry to investigate when and how life emerged, and how the Earth and life have evolved together. Using geological and geochemical methods, the lab searches for the oldest traces of life, reconstructs the Earth environments where early life lived, and studies how life contributed to the formation of ore deposits. The lab investigates the formation of organic matter and the chemical evolution leading to the birth of life using methods from geochemistry, organic chemistry, and molecular biology. A distinctive feature of the lab is that it pursues the origin of life from two sides: fieldwork and simulation experiments.
Yoshihiro Furukawa, Professor
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The Planetary Organic Geochemistry Lab studies how the building-block molecules of life formed and evolved chemically. The lab analyzes samples from meteorites and asteroids, and also conducts experiments that recreate the environment of the early Earth. For the molecules that gave rise to life, there are two hypotheses: that they were formed on Earth, and that they were delivered from outside Earth. The lab also studies the process by which RNA and proteins form from the building-block molecules of life.
Tomoki Nakamura, Professor
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The Early Solar System Evolution Lab studies when, where, and how our solar system was born. Through analytical and recreation experiments, the lab examines primitive planetary materials such as meteorites originating from asteroids, interplanetary dust originating from comets, and samples brought back by space probes. Using clues such as the characteristics of minerals and the isotopic and noble gas compositions, the lab aims to clarify the origin of the solar system and the path of its early evolution.
Akio Suzuki, Associate Professor
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The Quantum Beam Earth Science Lab conducts research that experimentally investigates the structure and properties of the materials that make up the Earth and other planets, in order to clarify their interiors. The lab uses high-pressure, high-temperature apparatus to recreate the environment of Earth's interior, and uses quantum beams to study how materials behave under those conditions. Experiments are carried out in the university's laboratories, at synchrotron radiation facilities, and at the Bayerisches Geoinstitut of the University of Bayreuth in Germany, a partner institution. A distinguishing feature of the lab is that it links the microscopic properties of minerals and rocks to phenomena occurring on the Earth and other planets.
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