Laboratory List
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Graduate School

Department

Research Group

Research Area

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth Environmental Systems

Designing a sustainable Earth and social
system, renewable energy technologies

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth Environmental Systems

Eco-physiological study of forest belowgroundecosystem

Earth Environmental Systems

Interactions between human andenvironmental systems

Geology and Geobiology

Sedimentology, sedimentary petrology, andstructural geology

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Job title

Name

Professor

⾼野 雅夫
Masao Takano

Associate Professor

平野 恭弘
Yasuhiro Hirano

Lecturer

宮坂 隆⽂
Takafumi Miyasaka

Professor

miyataka@nagoya-u.jp

Complex interactions between human and environmental systems, particularly in the context of desertificationand protected area management, addressed by interdisciplinary approaches combining social and ecological fieldsurveys, geospatial techniques, and computer simulations

⽵内 誠
Makoto Takeuchi

takeuchi.makoto.d2@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Research in the fields of sedimentology, sedimentary petrology, and structural geology to reconstruct thegeological history of East Asia, particularly the study of the tectonic evolution of East Asia based on provenanceanalyses of clastic sedimentary rocks• Structural evolution of crustal and mantle rocks• Structure and petrological properties of peridotite and seismic wave anisotropy
michibayashi.katsuyoshi.s5@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp • Rheological properties and microstructure of rocks in a ductile field• Mid-ocean ridges, trenches and subduction zones – sea- and land-based approaches

Geology and Geobiology

Structure, protperties, and evolution of mantle
rocks, plate tectonics

Professor

道林 克禎
Katsuyoshi Michibayashi

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Geology and Geobiology

Metamorphic and metasomatic rocks, Raman
and IR spectroscopy

Lecturer纐纈 佑⾐
Yui Kouketsu

Associate Professor

⾼橋 聡
Satoshi Takahashi

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Geology and Geobiology

Mass extinction events, biostratigraphy,
geochemistry

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Geology and Geobiology

Carbonate sedimentology, Quaternary
environmental changes

Associate Professor

ハンブレ マークMarc Humblet

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Geology and Geobiology

Evolution and diversity of mollusks

Lecturer

林 誠司
Seiji Hayashi

Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Isotope geochemistry, evolution of the Solar
SystemProfessor

⽇⾼ 洋
Hiroshi Hidaka

Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Planetary formation, origin and evolution of life
Professor
on the early Earth

三村 耕⼀
Koichi Mimura

Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Planetary science, infrared spectroscopic
analysis

平原 靖⼤Yasuhiro Hirahara

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Isotope geochemistry

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

淺原 良浩
Yoshihiro Asahara

Professor

熊⾕ 博之
Hiroyuki Kumagai

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Seismology, volcanology, volcano andearthquake monitoring

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Study of planetary formation, evolution of small
Associate Professor
system solar bodies

城野 信⼀
Sin-iti Sirono

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Volcanology, geodynamics

並⽊ 敦⼦
Atsuko Namiki

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Associate Professor

Seismology, volcanology, numerical simulations Professor

Seismology, volcanology, disaster mitigation

Designing a sustainable Earth and social system based on the development of small-scale renewable energy
technologies, for example, using micro-hydropower, geothermal energy, or woody biomass energy, andapplication of these technologies to revitalize mountainous areas

Eco-physiological study of forest belowground ecosystem (tree roots and forest soil), particularly to clarify theeffects of soil acidification and global warming, and the contribution of tree roots to the carbon cycle

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

fj.32p.6270@f.thers.ac.jp

Research Interests

yhirano@nagoya-u.jp

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Email

鷺⾕ 威
Takeshi Sagiya

kouketsu.yui.x4@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

takahashi.satoshi.t3@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Development of the analysis methods for rocks using Raman and IR spectroscopy• Research on the formation conditions of metamorphic and metasomatic rocks
Mass extinction events and their recovery process in the geologic past
Biostratigraphy based on micro-fossils such as conodont and radiolarians Geochemical approaches toreconstructing the paleoenvironmental records

humblet.marc.n3@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Study of modern and fossil coral reef ecosystems; in particular, research on the responses of reef and reef
communities to environmental and sea-level changes during the Quaternary

seijih@nagoya-u.jp

Evolution and diversity of mollusks based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses

hidaka.hiroshi.f3@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Evolution of the primitive solar system based on isotopic analyses of planetary materials• Isotopic study of the interaction between planetary materials and cosmic rays
• Development of new methods for detecting natural nuclear reactions based on isotopic chemistry

mimura@eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Stability of organic molecules at high temperature and high pressure• Experimental study of the behavior of volatiles and their isotopic composition during planetary formation• Origin and evolution of life on the early Earthyasu@nagoya-u.jp

Infrared spectroscopic analysis of interstellar molecules and planetary atmospheres, development of new
astronomical observation devices, and laboratory study of short-lived molecular species important in cosmologicalchemistry

asahara.yoshihiro.z8@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

kumagai@eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Reconstructions of ocean paleocirculation based on geochemical analyses of marine sediments• Paleoenvironmental reconstructions based on geochemical analyses ofsedimentary rocks• Dating and petrogenetic analyses of igneous rocks and ore deposits• Volcano seismicity and mechanisms of volcanic eruptions• Large earthquakes along subduction zones in Asia and Pacific regions• Volcano and earthquake monitoring using seismological methods

sirono.sin-iti.v8@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Numerical simulations of the evolution of matter during planetary formation• Theoretical study of the evolution of small system solar bodies, such as asteroids and comet nuclei

namiki.atsuko.r0@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Physical volcanology, geodynamics, dynamics of geological fluid, rheology of complex fluids. I mainly use
experimental approaches and sometimes combine them with field observations and theoretical approachessagiya@seis.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Theoretical and observational study of crustal deformation processes• Research on earthquake occurrence cycles and fault slip behavior• Study of seismicity, volcanism and tectonics in the Japanese Archipelago based on crustal deformation• Crustal activity prediction based on numerical simulations and analyses of observational data

• Visualization and monitoring of underground structures and physical properties using geophysical exploration
methods• Study of earthquakes and volcanoes using seismic wave field analysis• Application of geophysical exploration to energy, environmental and disaster mitigation studies

Professor

渡辺 俊樹
Toshiki Watanabe

tad@seis.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Development of ocean bottom crustal movement observation systems• Study of the structure and evolution of fault fracture zones based on seismological data
• Study of crustal heterogeneity based on seismic wave analysis

watanabe.toshiki.c2@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Dynamics and structure of the crust

Associate Professor

⽥所 敬⼀
Keiichi Tadokoro

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Seismology, volcanology

Associate Professor

⼭中 佳⼦
Yoshiko Yamanaka

sanchu@seis.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Research on earthquake occurrence mechanism (hypocenter, asperity map, tectonics)• Study of volcanic phenomena based on seismic wave analysis

Associate Professor

橋本 千尋
Chihiro Hashimoto

hashi@seis.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Theoretical study of crustal activities due to tectonic plate interactions, particularly themes related to physics ofearthquake generation cycles and tectonic activities in plate boundary zones, numerical simulations of crustal
activities in the Japanese Archipelago

Associate Professor

伊藤 武男
Takeo Ito

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Earthquake physics, plate tectonics

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Seismology, numerical simulations, GNSSbased research

take@seis.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Research on crustal activity based on numerical simulations• Study of the ionosphere, Earth and ocean tides based on GNSS observations• Theoretical and observational study of earthquake occurrence cycles based on crustal deformation data

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Earthquake physics, plate tectonics

Associate Professor

寺川 寿⼦
Toshiko Terakawa

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Earth and Planetary Dynamics

Volcano seismology

Lecturer

前⽥ 裕太
Yuta Madea

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Chronology and Natural History

Diagenesis, material migration in rockformations and fault zones

Professor

吉⽥ 英⼀
Hidekazu Yoshida

Chronology and Natural History

Cosmogenic nuclide dating, study of geological
Professor
processes and environmental changes

北川 浩之
Hiroyuki Kitagawa

terakawa.toshiko.a4@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

maeda.yuta.b1@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

yoshida.hidekazu.d8@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp• Theoretical study of tectonic loading process caused by plate motion• Tectonic stress field in the crust• Roles of pore fluid pressures in earthquake generation• Interaction between volcanic activity and seismicity• Waveform analyses of Mt. Ontake region• ACROSS analyses at Sakurajima
Research on the circulation/migration of material in the Earth’s crust and related rock weathering, particularly
dissolution and precipitation processes linked to interactions between rock minerals and groundwater, theformation of secondary minerals, and environmental and applied geology related to material migration in rockformations、concretion formation and fault zones.
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Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

hiroyuki.kitagawa@nagoya-u.jp

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Analyses of cosmogenic nuclides (e.g., Be, C, Al, Cl) for age determination of geological and archeologicalsamples, and for gaining insight into geological processes and environmental changes, with a particular focus onlake sediments and archeological sites in Asia
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C application studies: 14C dating of human bones and charred materials excavated from archeological sites,

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Chronology and Natural History

Radiocarbon dating, isotope geochemistry

Professor

南 雅代
Masayo Minami

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Chronology and Natural History

Radiometric dating, spectroscopic analysis

Associate Professor

加藤 丈典
Takenori Kato

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Chronology and Natural History

Paleogeography, plate tectonics

Associate Professor

束⽥ 和弘
Kazuhiro Tsukada

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Chronology and Natural History

Taxonomy and ecology of plants

Associate Professor

⻄⽥ 佐知⼦
Sachiko Nishida

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Chronology and Natural History

Archeology, human evolution

Professor

⾨脇 誠⼆
Seiji Kadowaki

Environmental Studies

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Chronology and Natural History

Paleontology, paleoecology, functional
morphology

Lecturer

藤原 慎⼀
Shinichi Fujiwara

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Global Environmental Variation

Climatology, drought science, arid land
research.

Professor

篠⽥ 雅人
Masato Shinoda

Professor

中塚 武
Takeshi Nakatsuka

Global Environmental Variation

Paleoclimatology, dendrochronology

長⽥ 和雄
Kazuo Osada

藤⽥ 耕史
Koji Fujita

Environmental Studies

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Global Geochemistry

Atmospheric chemistry, wet and dry deposition,
Professor
Asian dusts

Environmental Studies

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Climate Science

Paleoclimatology, glaciology

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Department of Hydrospheric and Atmospheric Sciences

Climate Science

Climate Science

Climate Science

Global Water Cycle Atmospheric Chemistry

Global Water Cycle Atmospheric Chemistry

Global Geochemistry

Atmospheric chemistry, climatology

Paleoclimatology, isotope geochemistry

Atmospheric chemistry, climate and aerosol
modeling

Atmospheric chemistry, study of aerosols

Oceanography, climate dynamics, numericalmodeling

paleocenography, biogeochemistry

Professor

Professor

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Professor

Professor

Lecturer

須藤 健悟
Kengo Sudo

植村 立
Ryu Uemura

松井 仁志
Hitoshi Matsui

持⽥ 陸宏
Michihiro Mochida

相⽊秀則
Hidenori Aiki

⼭崎敦⼦
Atsuko Yamazaki

minami.masayo.b9@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

development of new methods for high accuracy 14C measurements
Other isotopic studies: nationwide Sr isotopic ratio mapping, paleodietary analyses based on C, N and Sr isotopic
ratios in bones

kato.takenori.n1@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp• CHIME dating and its applications• Electron and X-ray spectroscopic analysis of rock minerals

tsukada.kazuhiro.p3@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Field-based investigation of the paleogeographic evolution of Gondwana and the formation of the Eurasiancontinent with geological field surveys conducted in Mongolia, Russia, Antarctica, and Japannishida.sachiko.e8@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Taxonomy and ecology of plants, particularly ecological study of closely related plants, interactions of plantorgans and animals, and taxonomic study of tropical Lauraceae

kadowaki.seiji.u0@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

fujiwara.shin-ichi.h0@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Archeological study of human evolution and the origin of agriculture based on field surveys of archeological sites,
mainly in West Asia, analyses of the morphology of artifacts, such as stone tools, and of production techniques,as well as DNA analysis of animal bones
Research on the relationships between musculoskeletal morphologies of living animals and their locomotor
abilities, and application in paleontology for the paleoecological study of extinct animals

shinoda.masato.f7@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Interactions between climate and terrestrial ecosystems through water, carbon cycle, and energy; field
experiment on drought in Eurasian grasslands; development of early warning systems for dryland disasters;
yellow dust events and desertification; long-distance migration of wildlife and climate change, changes invegetation cover and snow cover; scientific verification of nomadic knowledge (why has nomadism persisted forthousands of years?).

nakatsuka.takeshi.m0@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Reconstruction of multi-millennial and centennial climate variations using tree-ring oxygen and hydrogen isotopic
ratios. Investigation of mechanisms of pre-industrial climate variations and climate-society relationships in thehistorical and archaeological viewpoints.

kosada@nagoya-u.jp

Atmospheric aerosol particles and relating gaseous species, wet and dry deposition, Asian dusts, transformationof particles, based on laboratory experiments, data analysis and observation at remote, rural, and urban sites.
Developing new methods to measure gases and particles in the atmosphere.

fujita.koji.z1@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

kengo@nagoya-u.jp

uemura.ryu.z3@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

matsui.hitoshi.w4@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Study of glacier fluctuations in mountainous regions of Asia, such as Himalaya and Tibet, based on observationsof present-day conditions, numerical models of glacier dynamics, and analyses of ice cores.

• Development of atmospheric chemistry-aerosol coupled climate model and Earth-System model (incl.
ecosystem and carbon/nitrogen cycles)• Study on stratospheric ozone change and its interaction with climate• Study on global tropospheric chemistry and aerosols: interannual variability and long-term trend, focusing on
interactions with climate and terrestrial ecosystem (incl. future projection)• Evaluation of hemispheric-global-scale air pollution and its impacts on climate, health, and agriculture• Development of emission reduction strategy for SLCPs (short lived climate pollutants like black carbon, ozone,
and CH4) toward mitigating climate change and health problem
Past climate and environmental changes by using isotope geochemistry. The target time period ranges frommodern to Quaternary.
• Stable isotope analyses of polar ice cores for temperature reconstruction• Isotope analyses of speleothems (and its fluid inclusions) to estimate past temperature and hydroclimatechanges• Developments of methods and present-day observations to understand the climatic proxy data
Global and regional modeling of atmospheric aerosols and their impacts on the Earth’s climate change andenvironment.
• Development of a climate-aerosol model.
• Interactions between aerosols and radiation, cloud/ precipitation, cryosphere, and ocean/land biogeochemistry
in the past, present, and future climate.
• Aerosol processes and transport on global and regional scales.
• Air pollution, air quality, and aerosol impacts on human health.

mochida.michihiro.u7@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Research on the properties, behavior, and roles of atmospheric aerosols, which relate to the Earth’s hydrologicalcycles through their role as cloud condensation nuclei. Outcome is expected to contribute to the understanding of
the influence of aerosols on air quality and climate as well as hydrological cycles. Approach: field observations
and laboratory experiments based on chemistry, with a focus on the relationship between the properties andcomposition of aerosols, and their formation and aging.

aiki@nagoya-u.jp

We have a coupled atmosphere–ocean–surface-wave model to investigate environmental problems and natural
disasters in the Asia–Oceania region.
We have also been investigating the dynamics of waves and eddies in the ocean and atmosphere focusing on
equatorial climate variations.

yamazaki.atsuko.x5@f.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Oligotrophic oceans account for about 60% of the ocean surface and are home to some of the world's most
biodiverse coral reef seas. Our research aims to understand the interrelationships between climate change,geochemical cycles, and coastal ecosystems including humans, and to consider adaptation measures to climatechange with people living in coral reef areas. The main methods used are fieldwork, geochemical analysis, andstructural observation of corals, bivalves, and other biogenic carbonates to read environmental change andbiological responses.