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Research Staff

As of April 1, 2025

Title Full Name Major
Professor Jun INOUE Polar Meteorology
Professor Satoshi IMURA Plant Ecology
Professor Shuki USHIO Polar Oceanography
Professor Masaki OKADA Plasma Physics
Professor Yasunobu OGAWA Ionospheric Physics
Professor Kenji KAWAMURA Paleoclimatology
Professor Sakae KUDOH Aquatic Ecology
Professor Yusuke SUGANUMA Quaternary Geology, Paleomagnetism, Rock magnetism
Professor Akinori TAKAHASHI Animal Ecology
Professor Takeshi TAMURA Polar Oceanography
Professor Masaki TSUTSUMI Atmospheric Physics
Professor Takuji NAKAMURA Upper Atmosphere Physics, Remote-sensing of Earth’s Atmosphere
Professor Yoshifumi NOGI Solid Earth Geophysics
Professor Gen HASHIDA Polar Marine Biogeochemistry
Professor Toru HIRAWAKE Satellite Oceanography, Marine Optics
Professor Shuji FUJITA Glaciology, Ice Core Studies, Remote Sensing, Applied Physics
Professor Tomokazu HOKADA Geology
Professor Kentaro NISHIMOTO International Law
Professor Masato MOTEKI Ichthyology
Associate Professor Yuichi AOYAMA Geodesy
Associate Professor Masaki UCHIDA Microbial Ecology
Associate Professor Mitsumu EJIRI Upper Atmosphere Physics
Associate Professor Masaki KANAO Seismology, Solid Earth Geophysics
Associate Professor Kunio TAKAHASHI Marine Ecology
Associate Professor Yoshimasa TANAKA Upper Atmosphere Physics
Associate Professor Yutaka TOBO Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor Yoshihiro TOMIKAWA Middle Atmosphere Science
Associate Professor Fumio NAKAZAWA Glaciology
Associate Professor Ryosuke MAKABE Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Associate Professor Akira YAMAGUCHI Meteoritics
Associate Professor Akira Sessai YUKIMATU Space physics, Aeronomy
Assistant Professor Taiki ADACHI Animal ecology
Assistant Professor Takeshige ISHIWA Geophysics, Paleoclimatology
Assistant Professor Yasuko ISONO Research Administration
Assistant Professor Naoya IMAE Meteoritics
Assistant Professor Ikumi OYABU Glaciology
Assistant Professor Jun'ichi OKUNO Geophysics
Assistant Professor Hiroshi KAIDEN Mineralogy, Meteoritics
Assistant Professor Masayuki KIKUCHI Plasma Physics
Assistant Professor Nobuo KOKUBUN Marine Ecology
Assistant Professor Daisuke GOTO Atmospheric Physics
Assistant Professor Kazutoshi SATO Meteorology
Assistant Professor Daisuke SHIMIZU Polar Oceanography
Assistant Professor Tomomi TAKAMURA Polar Marine Biogeochemistry
Assistant Professor Shun TSUTAKI Glaciology
Assistant Professor Takanori NISHIYAMA Upper Atmosphere Physics
Assistant Professor Taishi HASHIMOTO Instrumentation Engineering
Assistant Professor Naohiko HIRASAWA Climatology
Assistant Professor Daisuke HIRANO Physical Oceanography, Polar Oceanography
Assistant Professor Masakazu FUJII Marine Geology and Geophysics, Rock Magnetism
Assistant Professor Teruo FURUKAWA Glaciology
Assistant Professor Kenji HORIE Isotopic Geochemistry
Project Professor Kumiko GOTO-AZUMA Glaciology
Project Professor Hiroyuki ENOMOTO Glaciology, Climatology, Remote Sensing Engineering
Project Professor Akira KADOKURA Magnetospheric Physics
Project Professor Tetsuo SUEYOSHI Glaciology, Paleoclimatology
Project Professor Hironori YABUKI Glaciology
Project Associate Professor Jun ONO Polar Oceanography
Project Assistant Professor Monica OGAWA Animal Ecology
Project Assistant Professor Keishi SHIMADA Physical Oceanography
Project Assistant Professor Takeshi SUGIMURA Numerical Fluid Dynamics
Project Assistant Professor Mami TAKEHARA Isotope geology
Project Assistant Professor Tomoko TANABE Forest Ecology
Project Assistant Professor Motohiro HIRABAYASHI Analytical Chemistry
Project Assistant Professor Mizuki FUKIZAWA Upper Atmosphere Physics
Project Assistant Professor Akiko MOHRI Science Communication, Molecular Genetics
Project Assistant Professor Atsushi YOSHIDA Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences
Project Assistant Professor Hisatomo WAGA Satellite Oceanography
Project Assistant Jun OGATA Analytical Chemistry
Project Professor Makoto KIMURA Environmental Science Meteoritics, Mineralogy
Project Professor Takashi YAMANOUCHI Atmospheric Science
Project Professor Ryoichi FUJII Natural science, Space and planetary science
Project Researcher Bronzatto Favilla Arina Marine Mammal Biology
Project Researcher Masato ITO Sea ice physics
Project Researcher Yuri ITO Upper Atmosphere Physics
Project Researcher Ryo INOUE Glaciology
Project Researcher WEHMEYER Jonna Marie Upper Atmospheric Physics
Project Researcher Yoshihiko OHASHI Polar Oceanography
Project Researcher Ayaka SAITO Animal Physiology
Project Researcher Masayoshi SANO Marine Ecology
Project Researcher Tomotaka TANAKA Upper Atmosphere Physics
Project Researcher Manami TOZAWA Polar Marine Biogeochemistry
Project Researcher Yoshihiro NIWA Physical Oceanography, Ocean Education
Project Researcher Shuntaro HATA Glaciology, Satellite remote sensing
Project Researcher Jumpei YOSHIOKA Paleoenvironmental Science, Paleoceanography, Geochemistry
Project Researcher LI Bofeng Marine biogeochemistry
Project Researcher Hina WATANABE Animal Behaviour
Project Researcher Wong Shu Kuan Environmental microbiology
Project Researcher Kyohei YAMADA Atmospheric Radiation
Visiting Professor Shigeru AOKI  
Visiting Professor Jun AKAMINE  
Visiting Professor Ayako ABE  
Visiting Professor Naga OSHIMA  
Visiting Professor Takashi OSONO  
Visiting Professor Masayuki KATSURAGAWA  
Visiting Professor Yujiro KITADE  
Visiting Professor Kaoru SATO  
Visiting Professor Takanobu SAWAGAKI  
Visiting Professor Koutarou TAKAYA  
Visiting Professor Dapeng ZHAO  
Visiting Professor Seiji TSUBOI  
Visiting Professor Takayuki NAKATSUBO  
Visiting Professor Takaaki NOGUCHI  
Visiting Professor Hiroyasu HASUMI  
Visiting Professor Naomi HARADA  
Visiting Professor Yoshihiro HIRAMATSU  
Visiting Professor Hitoshi FUJIWARA  
Visiting Professor Tamotsu HOSHINO  
Visiting Professor Keisuke HOSOKAWA  
Visiting Professor Hiromichi MITAMURA  
Visiting Professor Yasunobu MIYOSHI  
Visiting Professor Yoshizumi MIYOSHI  
Visiting Professor Masayuki YAMAMOTO  
Visiting Associate Professor Shinji OTANI  
Visiting Associate Professor Shin-ichiro OYAMA  
Visiting Associate Professor Ryuho KATAOKA  
Visiting Associate Professor Osamu SEKI  
Visiting Associate Professor Masaharu TSUJI  
Visiting Associate Professor Takuo TSUDA  
Visiting Associate Professor Nozomu NISHITANI  
Visiting Associate Professor Koji NISHIMURA  
Visiting Associate Professor Satonori NOZAWA  
Visiting Associate Professor Daiki NOMURA  
Visiting Associate Professor Tatsuru FUJITA  
Visiting Associate Professor Tsutomu YAMANOKUCHI  
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