| Staffs and Research Fields |
| Geological and paleontological studies on deep-sea sediments and paleoenvironment. |
| Rie S. Hori |
| Evolution, paleobiogeography, and paleoecology of land mammals during the Cenozoic. Excavation, description, and paleontological study of vertebrate fossils. |
| Takehisa Tsubamoto |
| Evolution and paleoecology of fossil mollusks, especially in the theoretical modeling of ammonoid shell morphology and morphogenesis during the Cretaceous period. |
| Takashi Okamoto |
| Vertebrate paleontology focusing on the evolution and early history of mammals during the Mesozoic. |
| Nao Kusuhashi |
| Based on the viewpoint of interactions and feedbacks among biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere, (a)interaction between microbial activity in the crust, (b)igneous petrology of tephra, and (c)technological development of phytoremediation. |
| Masayuki Sakakibara |
| Petrology and geochemistry. Granite petrogenesis. Evolution of arc and continental crust in convergent margin. |
| Satoshi Saito |
| Mineralogical study of pegmatite by observation of the
microtexture, and descriptive study of rare minera |
| Yohei Shirose |
| Elastic and thermal properties of rocks and minerals applied to the study of the Earth and planetary interiors. |
| Greaux Steeve |
| Experimental study of magmas under pressure using highpressure synchrotron X-ray measurements |
| Yoshio Kono |
| Experimental study on transport properties (such as rheology) of deep Earth materials. |
| Yu Nishihara |
| Rheological properties of rocks under high pressures (e.g., creep and fracture strength, seismological properties) and processes of microstructure formation |
| Tomohiro Ohuchi |
| Study of equations of state of terrestrial planet materials using laser heated diamond anvil cell |
| Takeshi Sakai |
| Understanding solution-mediated nanomineral formation and
transformation mechanisms at the atomic scale |
| Sayako Inoue |
| Elucidation of chemical differentiation of terrestrial planets by
high-pressure experiments. Elucidation of the role of core and
mantle on the formation of surface environment of terrestrial
planets. |
| Hideharu Kuwahara |
| Mantle Dynamics ; Studies on flows, deformations, and evolutions of the Earth's interior based on the computational fluid dynamics. |
| Masanori Kameyama |
| Theoretical and computational study of minerals and modeling the Earth and planetary interiors. |
| Taku Tsuchiya |
| Computational study of the existence and its effects of volatile elements in the Earth's interior. |
| Jun Tsuchiya |
| Theoretical condensed-matter and computational physics on electronic-structural, dynamical, and transport properties of deep Earth and planetary materials |
| Haruhiko Dekura |
| Simulation of the Kuroshio, Interaction of the Kuroshio and coastal water, Marine environmental prediction of Seto Inland Sea |
| Xinyu Guo |
| Studies on variability in ocean currents using remote sensing and hydrographic observation, and material cycle in coastal seas. |
| Akihiko Morimoto |
Long-term variability of ocean-atmosphere-ecosystem : regime shift and fisheries productivity dynamics.
Late Holocene climate dynamics on centennial timescales in the North Pacific.
Impacts of transboundary pollution and global warming on marine and lake ecosystems. |
| Michinobu Kuwae |
| Studies on marine lower-trophic level ecosystem and biogeochemical cycle using field observation and ecosystem modeling |
| Naoki Yoshie |
Earth's Evolution and Environment