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Space and Upper Atmospheric Sciences Group
As of September 1, 2010
Professor Natsuo SATO Aurora Physics
Professor Hisao YAMAGISHI Upper Atmosphere Physics
Professor Takuji NAKAMURA Atmospheric Dynamics
Associate Prof. Hiroshi MIYAOKA Plasma Physics
Associate Prof. Akira KADOKURA Magnetospheric Physics
Associate Prof. Masaki TSUTSUMI Atmospheric Physics
Associate Prof. Akira YUKIMATU Magnetospheric Physics
Lecturer Yasunobu OGAWA Ionospheric Physics
Assistant Prof. Yoshihiro TOMIKAWA Middle Atmosphere Science
Assistant Prof. Mitsumu EJIRI Upper Atmosphere Physics
Meteorology and Glaciology Group
As of September 1, 2010
Professor Takashi YAMANOUCHI Atmospheric Science
Professor Kokichi KAMIYAMA Geochemistry
Professor Makoto WADA Atmospheric Physics
Professor Hideaki MOTOYAMA Snow Hydrology, Glaciology
Associate Prof. Masataka SHIOBARA Atmospheric Physics
Associate Prof. Kumiko GOTO-AZUMA Glaciology
Associate Prof. Shuji FUJITA Glaciology
Associate Prof. Shuki USHIO Polar Oceanography
Associate Prof. Shinji MORIMOTO Atmospheric Physics
Associate Prof. Naohiko HIRASAWA Climatology
Associate Prof. Teruo FURUKAWA Glaciology
Associate Prof. Gen HASHIDA Polar Marine Biogeochemistry
Associate Prof. Kenji KAWAMURA Paleoclimatology
Geoscience Group
As of September 1, 2010
Professor Kazuyuki SHIRAISHI Geology
Professor Kazuo SHIBUYA Solid Earth Geophysics
Professor Hideyasu KOJIMA Meteoritics
Professor Yoichi MOTOYOSHI Geology
Associate Prof. Minoru FUNAKI Rock Magnetism
Associate Prof. Yoshifumi NOGI Solid Earth Geophysics
Associate Prof. Keiji MISAWA Cosmochemistry
Associate Prof. Koichiro DOI Geodesy
Associate Prof. Tomokazu HOKADA Geology, Petrology
Associate Prof. Masaki KANAO Seismology, Solid Earth Geophysics
Associate Prof. Hideki MIURA Quaternary Geology
Associate Prof. Naoya IMAE Meteoritics
Associate Prof. Akira YAMAGUCHI Meteoritics
Associate Prof. Hiroshi KAIDEN Mineralogy, Meteoritics
Associate Prof. Yuichi AOYAMA Geodesy
Associate Prof. Yusuke SUGANUMA Quaternary Geology,
Paleomagnetism, Rock magnetism
Bioscience Group
As of September 1, 2010
Professor Mitsuo FUKUCHI Marine Ecology
Professor Tsuneo ODATE Biological Oceanography
Professor Kentaro WATANABE Marine Ecology
Associate Prof. Sakae KUDOH Aquatic Ecology
Associate Prof. Satoshi IMURA Plant Ecology
Associate Prof. Akinori TAKAHASHI Animal Ecology
Associate Prof. Masaki UCHIDA Microbial Ecology
Associate Prof. Takahiro IIDA Satellite Oceanography
Associate Prof. Yuuki WATANABE Marine Zoology
Associate Prof. Kunio TAKAHASHI Marine Ecology
Polar Engineering Group
As of September 1, 2010
Assistant Prof. Masayuki KIKUCHI Plasma Physics
Polar Date Center
As of September 1, 2010
Assistant Prof. Masaki OKADA Plasma Physics
Foreign Researcher
As of September 1, 2010
Visiting Prof. Chiao-Yao She Laser Physics, Laser Engineering,
Upper Atmosphere Physics
Polar Engineering Group
As of September 1, 2010
Assistant Prof. Masayuki KIKUCHI Plasma Physics
Project Researcher
As of September 1, 2010
  Kazue SUZUKI Polar Climatology
  Tetsuo MOTOBA Upper Atmosphere Physics
  Hideaki HAYAKAWA Geodesy, Solid Earth Geophysics
  Jun'ichi OKUNO Solid Earth Geophysics
  Takayuki KURAMOTO Glaciology
  Kenji HORIE Isotopic Geochemistry
  Daiki NOMURA Marine Life Geochemistry
  Yukiko TANABE Plant Physiological Ecology
  Takayuki MIYAKE Environmental Chemistry
  Motohiro HIRABAYASHI Analytical Chemistry
  Hidehiko SUZUKI Upper Atmosphere Physics
  Nobuo KOKUBUN Animal Ecology
  Hisashi OIWANE Marine Geology
  Makoto IGARASHI Glaciology
  Chikako TAKAMURA Atmospheric Science
  Hiroyasu TADOKORO Upper Atmosphere Physics
  Takurou KOBASHI Paleoclimate
  Daniel DUNKLEY Petrology
  Surdyk SYLVIANE Remote Sensing in Glaciology
Project Researcher
As of September 1, 2010
  Takahiro SEGAWA Glacier Microbiology
  Fumio NAKAZAWA Glaciology
  Koji NISHIMURA Instrumentation Engineering
  Jun UETAKE Glacier Microbiology
  Tetsuto HIMENO Mathematical Statistics
  Satoshi KOBAYASHI Molecular Ecology,Forest Ecology
Project Faculty Member
As of September 1, 2010
Project Prof. Hiroshi KANDA Plant Taxonomy
Project Associate Prof. Shogo NISHIKAWA Power and Energy Engineering
Project Associate Prof. Yoshimasa TANAKA Upper Atmosphere Physics
Project Associate Yoshihisa KIMURA Upper Atmosphere Physics
  John ZEPERNICK Lecture for English Presentation
Visiting Staff
As of September 1, 2010
Visiting Prof. Giichiro OHNO Antarctic Medical
Visiting Prof. Naomasa NAKAI Astronomy
Visiting Prof. Kaoru SATO Atmospheric Dynamics,
Middle Atmosphere Sciences
Visiting Prof. Makoto ABO Laser Remote Sensing
Visiting Prof. Takashi ISHIMARU Marine Ecology,Planktology
Visiting Prof. Mitsuru EBIHARA AnalyticalChemistry,Cosmochemistry
Visiting Prof. Shuhei TAKAHASHI Glaciology
Visiting Associate Prof. Hitomi MIYAMOTO Meteorology
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