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2019.9.27 Taken.

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Faculty

SANO, Yuji

Director, Professor

Isotope Geochemistry
+81-(0)88-864-6714
yuji.sano[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme:Research on terrestrial and submarine volcanoes using volatile elements such as helium and carbon

IWAI, Masao

Vice-director, Professor

Biological Paleoceanography, Paleoseismology
+81-(0)88-864-6737
iwaim[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme:Antarctic Ice Sheet history, Diatoms and biotic response to paleoclimate during the Cenozoic, Biostratigraphy and chronostratigraphic data assimilation, Mode and temporal variations of great earthquakes along the Nankai Trough.

YAMAMOTO, Yuhji

Vice-director, Professor

Paleomagnetism
+81-(0)88-864-6722
y.yamamoto[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme:Paleomagnetic field variations as recorded in geologic samples

IKEHARA, Minoru

Professor

Paleoceanography
+81-(0)88-864-6719
ikehara[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme:Global climate change, restoration, and mechanisms in the Cenozoic

UJIIE, Yurika

Professor

Evolutionary Paleobiology
+81-(0)88-864-6734
yujiie[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme:Molecular evolution and diversity of marine unicellular shell-forming eukaryotes

OKUMURA, Tomoyo

Associate Professor

Biogeosciences
+81-(0)88-864-6772
tomoyook[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme:Interaction between biological activity and mineral formation

URAMOTO, Go-Ichiro

Lecturer

Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
+81-(0)88-864-6725
uramoto.go[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme:Formation of subseafloor environments from nanoscale and microscale perspectives

KATO, Yuji

Lecturer

Micropaleontology, Stratigraphy, Paleoceanograhy
+81-(0)88-864-6729
yuji.kato[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Paleoceanographic reconstruction based on siliceous microfossils

TANAKA, Erika

Assistant Professor

Isotope geochemistry, Earth resource science
+81-(0)88-864-6748
erikat[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme:Cenozoic climate change and formation of deep-sea resources

Specially Appointed Faculty

USUI, Akira

Specially Appointed Professor

Geology of Subseafloor Resources
+81-(0)88-844-8319
a-usui[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme:Geology of underwater mineral resources (especially manganese deposits)

KIRSCHVINK, Joseph

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Paleomagnetism, Biogeoscience
kirschvink[※]caltech.edu

KOBAYASHI, Atsuko

Specially Appointed Professor

Microscopic Science
+81-(0)88-864-6728
atsuko.kobayashi[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme: Application of various magnetic analysis methods to Vietnamese and Japanese archaeology

KITAHARA, Yu

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Archaeomagnetism, Archaeo-rock magnetism
+81-(0)88-864-6749
kitahara.yu[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Research theme: Application of various magnetic analysis methods to Vietnamese and Japanese archaeology

Mori, Fumiaki

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Geomicrobiology, Environmental microbiology
+81-(0)88-864-6724
morifu[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Diversity and ecological role of subseafloor microorganisms

Technician

MATSUZAKI, Takuya

Technician

Center
+81-(0)88-864-6742
jm-takuya[※]kochi-u.ac.jp

Associate Faculty

Name

Position

Specialty

E-mail address

Personal homepage

ASHIUCHI, Makoto

Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Biomaterials Chemistry, Biopolymer Chemistry

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ADACHI, Masao

Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Marine Microbiology

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UEDA, Tadaharu

Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Coordination Chemistry/ electroanalysis chemistry

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OKAMURA, Kei

Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Analytical Geochemistry

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TSUDA, Masashi

Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Natural Product Chemistry

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NAGASAKI, Keizo

Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Marine Virology

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NISHIOKA, Takashi

Professor
(Faculty of Science and Technology)

Magnetism

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HASHIMOTO, Yoshitaka

Professor
(Faculty of Science and Technology)

Structural Geology

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MURAYAMA, Masafumi

Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Isotope Geochemistry

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ICHIE, Tomoaki

Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Tree Ecophysiology, Forest Ecology

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OGO, Shuhei

Associate Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Catalytic Science

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NISHIO, Yoshiro

Associate Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Isotope Geoscience

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NOGUCHI, Takuro

Associate Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Geochemistry

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HASEGAWA, Hitoshi

Associate Professor
(Faculty of Science and Technology)

Paleoclimatology

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WAKAMATSU, Taisuke

Associate Professor
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Biochemistry

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EITOKU, Masamitsu

Associate Professor
(Medical School)

Public Health

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MAEDA, Hiromichi

Associate Professor
(Medical School)

Digestive surgery

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TONAI, Satoshi

Lecturer
(Faculty of Science and Technology)

Structural Geology

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ULANOVA, Dana

Lecturer
(Faculty of Agriculture and Marine Science)

Molecular Microbiology

ulanova

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Visiting Lecturers

Name

Position

Specialty

Affiliation/Title

ISHIKAWA, Tsuyoshi

Guest Professor

Petrology, Geochemistry

Deputy Director, Principal Researcher, JAMSTEC Kochi Core Institute

MORONO, Yuki

Guest Professor

Microbial Ecology, Geomicrobiology

Principal Researcher, JAMSTEC Kochi Core Institute

USHIKUBO, Takayuki

Guest Professor

Planetary Science

Senior Researcher, JAMSTEC Kochi Core Institute

TANIKAWA, Wataru

Guest Professor

Underwater geoarchaeology, Solid-Earth Science

Senior Researcher, JAMSTEC Kochi Core Institute

HOSHINO, Tatsuhiko

Guest Professor

Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Ecology

Senior Researcher, JAMSTEC Kochi Core Institute

HAMADA, Yohei

Guest Associated Professor

Solid-Earth Science

Senior Researcher, JAMSTEC Kochi Core Institute

KUBO, Yusuke

Guest Associated Professor

Core Curation, IODP curator

Techinical Support Group, Group Leader, JAMSTEC Kochi Core Institute

HISAMITSU, Toshio

Guest Associated Professor

Core Curation, IODP Curatorial Superintendent

Techinical Support Group, Deputy Group Leader, JAMSTEC Kochi Core Institute

KIYOKAWA, Shoichi

Guest Professor

Earth Evolution / Field geology

Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University

KUMON, Fujio

Guest Professor

Sedimentology / Paleoclimatology

Emeritus Professor, Shinshu University, Guest Researcher, Gas Hydrate Research Laboratory, Meiji University

KOBAYASHI, Atsuko

Guest Professor

Microscopy Science

Visiting Scientist in Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology
(E-mail address: atsuko.kobayashi)

CONSTABLE, Catherine

Guest Professor

Paleomagnetism / Geomagnetism

Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Xu, Sheng

Guest Professor

Geochemistry

Professor, Institute of Surface-Earth System Science, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin University

FUJIWARA, Osamu

Guest Professor

Geology

Director, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, AIST

FUKAMI, Kimio

Guest Professor

Marine Microbial Ecology, Conservation of marine environment

Professor, The Open University of Japan

YAMASAKI, Toshitsugu

Guest Professor

Paleomagnetism, Rock Magnetism

Emeritus Professor, Atomosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the Univesity of Tokyo

FUJIWARA, Osamu

Guest Professor

Geology

Director, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, AIST

ISHIDA, Naoto

Guest Lecturer

Methane hydrate, Paleooceanography

Kochi University

KAKIZAKI, Yoshihiro

Guest Lecturer

Carbonate Sedimentology, Paleontology

Specialist, Muroto Geopark Promotion Committee

HAGINO, Kyoko

Guest Lecturer

Micropaleontology

Kochi University

ANAI, Chisato

Guest Assistant Professor

Paleomagnetism, Rock Magnetism

Kochi University

KITAHAERA, Yu

Guest Assistant Professor

Archaeomagnetism, Archaeo-rock magnetism

Kochi University

NAKAYAMA, Ken

Guest Assistant Professor

Resource Geology

Kochi University

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Research Fellows

Name

Position

Specialty

E-mail address

SUZUKI, Takuma

MaCRI Fellow

Palaeontology (Foraminifera), Biostratigraphy

jm-takuma_suzuki

NISHIMURA, Tomoyasu

MaCRI-RFD, Specially Appointed Researcher

Palaeontology (Foraminifera), Biostratigraphy

KUROSAKI, Yusuke

Specially Appointed Researcher

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Administrative staff

Name

Position

Phone number / FAX

E-mail address

YASUOKA, Ryuichi

Manager

+81-(0)88-864-6712
+81-(0)88-864-6713

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TSUTSUI, Yoichiro

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CHIKAMI, Rie

Assistant

 

 

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