Faculty&Staff

AORI Director, Vice Directors and Adviser to the Director

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Division of Climate System Research

Department of Climate System Modeling

Climate System Modeling

	Professor (concurrent)	Teruyuki Nakajima teruyuki. nakajima@
	Associate Professor	Ayako Abe-Ouchi abeouchi@

Atmospheric System Modeling

	Professor	Masaaki Takahashi masaaki@
	Associate Professor	Ryoichi Imasu imasu@

Ocean System Modeling

	Professor	Hiroyasu Hasumi hasumi@
	Associate Professor	Akira Oka akira@

Department of Climate Variability Research

Climate Variability Research



Professor

Masahide Kimoto kimoto@

Comprehensive Climate Data Analysis

	Professor	Yukari Takayabu yukari@
	Associate Professor	Masahiro Watanabe hiro@

Climate and Hydrology Research

Associate Professor

Kei Yoshimura kei@

Division of Ocean-Earth System Science

Department of Physical Oceanography

Ocean Circulation

	Professor	Ichiro Yasuda ichiro@
	Associate Professor	Eitarou Oka eoka@
	Assistant Professor	Daigo Yanagimoto daigo@
Administrative Assistant		Eriko Fukumura

Dynamic Marine Meteorology

	Professor	Hiroshi Niino niino@
	Associate Professor	Keita Iga iga@
	Assistant Professor	Wataru Yanase yanase@
Research Fellow		Junshi Itoh junshi@
Research Fellow		Eigo Tochimoto tochimoto@
Technical Assistant		Nobuhiko Misawa misawa@
Assistant Clerk		Hidemi Hibino hibino-h@

Ocean Variability Dynamics

	Associate Professor	Shinzou Fujio fujio@
Research Fellow		Kojiro Ando kojiro-ando@

Department of Chemical Oceanography

Marine Inorganic Chemistry

	Professor	Toshitaka Gamo gamo@
	Associate Professor	Hajime Obata obata@
	Assistant Professor	Noriko Nakayama noriko@
Assistant Clerk		Sanae Koike skoike@
Technical Assistant		Rie Sato rsato@

Marine Biogeochemistry

	Professor	Toshi Nagata　 nagata@
	Associate Professor	Hiroshi Ogawa hogawa@
	Assistant Professor	Toshihiro Miyajima miyajima@
Research Fellow		Yanhui Yang yang@
Research Fellow		Toshihiro Usui usui@
Research Fellow		Naoko Morimoto nmorimoto@
Technical Assistant		Yoko Fujimoto yokof@
Technical Assistant		Noriko Sekine ten-sekine@
Assistant Clerk		Arisa Shimizu ashimizu@

Marine Analytical Chemistry

	Professor	Yuji Sano ysano@
	Assistant Professor	Naohito Takahata ntaka@
Research Fellow		Masako Hori horizon@
Research Fellow		Akizumi Ishida ishidaki@
Assistant Clerk		Akemi Furusho furusho@

Department of Ocena Floor Geoscience

Marine Geology

	Associate Professor (GSFS)	Juichiro Ashi ashi@
	Assistant Professor	Asuka Yamaguchi asuka@
Technical Assistant		Tomiko Kanehara kanehara@
Assistant Clerk		Yoko Omori omori@

Submarine Geophysics

	Professor	Toshitsugu Yamazaki yamazaki@
	Associate Professor	Kyoko Okino okino@
	Associate Professor	Park Jin-Oh jopark@
Research Fellow		Chie Honsho c-honsho@
Assistant Clerk		Chieko Komatsu c-komatsu@
Assistant Clerk		Junko Yamanaka ttm@

Ocena Floor Geotectonics

	Professor (concurrent)	Hodaka Kawahata kawahata@
	Associate Professor　(concurrent)	Yusuke Yokoyama yokoyama@
Research Fellow		Azumi Kuroyanagi a- kuroyanagi@
Research Fellow		Yosuke Miyairi miyairi@
Research Fellow		Stephen Obrochta obrochta@
Assistant Clerk		Rika Uchida r-uchida@
Assistant Clerk		Megumi Ikeda ikeda@
Technical Assistant		Chikako Sawada c.sawada@

Division of Marine Life Science

Department of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics

Marine Planktology

	Professor	Atsushi Tsuda　 tsuda@
	Associate Professor	Hiroaki Saito
Assistant Clerk		Tomomi Suzuki suzuki-tomomi@
Technical Assistant		Aiko Tachibana t.aiko@

Marine Microbiology

	Professor (concurrent)	Kazuhiro Kogure kogure@
	Associate Professor	Koji Hamasaki hamasaki@
	Assistant Professor	Masahiko Nishimura nisimura@
Research Fellow		Hiroshi Chiura hxc@
Research Fellow		Ryo Kaneko kanekor@
Research Fellow		Yui Takahashi yuta@
Research Fellow		Minoru Ijichi nitrification@
Research Fellow		Eiko Ikemoto ikemotoe@
Assistant Clerk		Hiromi Inagawa hiromi@

Benthos

	Professor (GSFS)	Shigeaki Kojima　 kojima@
	Associate Professor	Yasunori Kano kano@
	Assistant Professor	Koji Seike seike@
Assistant Clerk		Reiko Koseki koseki@

Department of Marine Bioscience

Physiology

	Professor	Yoshio Takei takei@
	Associate Professor	Susumu Hyodo hyodo@
	Assistant Professor	Makoto Kusakabe　 kusakabe@
Project Assistant Professor		Marty Wong martywong@
Research Fellow		Masaaki Ando ando@
Research Fellow		Shigenori Nobata nobata@

Molecular Marine Biology

	Associate Professor	Koji Inoue inouek@
	Assistant Professor	Koji Mabuchi mabuchi@
Research Fellow		Mikumi Takada takada@
Research Fellow		Ikumi Kusakabe ikumik@
Assistant Clerk		Misako Seimiya seimiyam@

Behavior, Ecology and Observation Systems

	Professor	Katsufumi Sato katsu@
	Associate Professor	Teruhisa Komatsu komatsu@
	Assistant Professor	Kenichi Ishida ishidak@
Technical Assistant		Hideo Hatase hatase@
Research Fellow		Shingo Sakamoto sakamoto shingo sakamoto@

Department of Living Marine Resources

Fisheries Environmental Oceanography

	Associate Professor (GSFS)	Kosei Komatsu kosei@
Research Fellow		Toru Ikeya ctikeya@
Research Fellow		Akira Tomosada atomosada@
Technical Assistant		Tamami Nabeshima nabeshima@

Fish Population Dynamics

	Professor (GSFS)	Kunio Shirakihara shirak@
	Associate Professor	Kazuhiko Hiramatsu khiramatsu@

Biology of Fisheries Resources

	Professor	Yoshiro Watanabe ywatanab@
	Assistant Professor	Toshiro Saruwatari tsaruwat@
Research Fellow		Kodai Yamane yamanek@
Assistant Clerk		Tomomi Mita t-mita@

Department of Collaborative Research

Biological Oceaography

	Professor (GSFS)	Shingo Kimura s-kimura@
	Assistant Professor (GSFS)	Yoichi Miyake miyakey@

Ocean Alliance

Professor (GSFS)(concurrent)		Shingo Kimura s-kimura@
	Project Associate Professor (GSFS)	Mitsuo Yamamoto mitsuo@
Research Fellow		Hideaki Nomura nmr@

Research Facilities

International Coastal Research Center

Coastal Ecosystem

Professor (concurrent)		Yutaka Michida ymichida@
	Associate Professor	Kiyoshi Tanaka ktanaka@
	Project Associate Professor	Yuichiro Nishibe ynishibe@
	Assistant Professor	Kotaro Shirai kshirai@

Coastal Conservation

	Professor	Jun Aoyama jaoyama@
	Professor (concurrent)	Katsufumi Sato katsu@
	Assistant Professor	Hideki Fukuda hfukuda@

Coastal Ecosystem Restoration

	Professor/ Director	Tomohiko Kawamura kawamura@
	Associate Professor	Takashi Kitagawa takashik@
	Assistant Professor	Jun Hayakawa jhayakawa@
	Project Assistant Professor	Masato Hirose mhirose@
Technical Assistant		Kaito Fukuda fukuda@
Assistant Clerk		Junko Miyaki miyaki@

Regional Linkage

Center for International Collaboration

　＊No Particular Belongings

Associate Professor (concurrent)		Koji Inoue inouek@
Associate Professor (concurrent)		Ryoichi Imasu imasu@
Associate Professor (concurrent)		Park Jin-Oh　 jopark@

Center for Earth Surface System Dynamics

Paleo-environmental Research

	Professor	Hodaka Kawahata kawahata@
	Associate Professor (concurrent)	Yusuke Yokoyama yokoyama@

Ecosystem Research

	Professor (concurrent)	Hiroyasu Hasumi hasumi@
	Associate Professor	Sachi-hiko Itoh itohsach@

Genetic Research

	Professor	Kazuhiro Kogure kogure@
	Assistant Professor (School of Science)	Wataru Iwasaki iwasaki@
Research Fellow		Susumu Yoshizawa yoshizawa@
Research Fellow		Shotaro Hirase shirase@
Research Fellow		Ching-Chia Yang
Research Fellow		Asako Machiyama
Technical Assistant		Shinku Koizumi

Atmosphere and Ocean Research

	Professor/ Director (concurrent)	Teruyuki Nakajima teruyuki. nakajima@
	Professor	Masaki Satoh satoh@
	Project Assistant Professor	Masahiro Sawada sawada@
Assistant Clerk		Kaori Maruyama
Assistant Clerk		Hiroko Yamada
Technical Assistant		Kaoru Shiba

Analytical Center for Environmental Study

Head/Professor (concurrent)

Hiroshi Niino niino@

Environmental Analysis



Associate Professor

Yusuke Yokoyama yokoyama@

Cooperative Research Supporting Organization

Center for Cooperative Research Promotion

Head/Professor (concurrent)

Kazuhiro Kogure kogure@

Coastal Research Support Section

Associate Professor/ Head (concurrent)	Katsufumi Sato katsu@
Project Specialist/ Vice Head	Masataka Kurosawa kurosawa@
Technical Specialist	Masaaki Hirano hirano@
Technical Staff	Takanori Suzuki t.suzuki@
Project Academic Support Staff	Nobuhiko Iwama

Public Relations Office

Professor/ Head (concurrent)	Yutaka Michida ymichida@
Project Specialist	Yoko Ogawa y-ogawa@
Assistant Clerk	Kazumi Saga ksaga@
Technical Specialist (concurrent)	Akihisa Moriyama moriyama@

Administration Office

General Manager

Tadahiko Takita

Deputy General Manager	Kayoko Sugita
[General Affairs Team]
Assistant Manager	Yukio Onoguchi
Specialist	Yuki Okabe
Administrative Staff	Satoe Hirai
Assistant Clerk	Junko Nemezawa
Assistant Clerk	Yuka Yano
Assistant Clerk	Yuko Tanaka
[International Affairs and Research Promotion Team]
Specialist	Kazue Aoki
Assistant Manager	Toshiko Furukawa
Administrative Staff	Naoko Hara
Assistant Clerk	Fumie Ogawa
[Library Team]
Assistant Manager	Kazuhiro Sakamaki
Assistant Clerk	Naoko Kanai
Assistant Clerk	Satsuki Furudate

Deputy General Manager	Teruaki Odashima
[Finance Team]
Specialist	Yujiro Yonemura
Senior Staff	Reiko Kurosu
[Accounting and Procurement Team]
Specialist	Rieko Miura
Assistant Manager	Tatsuya Koreeda
Senior Staff	Hiroko Mizuno
Assistant Clerk	Haruko Yoda
Assistant Clerk	Kazumi Inaba
Assistant Clerk	Yoshiko Ueno
Assistant Clerk	Seiko Kitajima
[External Fund Management Team]
Assistant Manager	Masako Urata
Project Specialist	Kaoru Sanjo
Administrative Staff	Haruka Iio
Assistant Clerk	Asako Nagashima
[Facilities and Safety Management Team]
Assistant Manager	Kenichi Akatsuka
Assistant Manager	Shinichi Tanabe
Assistant Clerk	Yoshimi Takahashi

[International Coastal Research Center]
Assistant Manager	Hiromitsu Omori
Specialist	Takumi Mikami
Assistant Clerk	Hiroe Itoh
Technical Assistant	Mariko Otsuki
Part-time Janitor	Minako Iwama
Part-time Janitor	Yukie Azumaya

Professors Emeritus

Yoshio Horibe	1983
Akihiko Hattori	1987
Syoiti Tanaka	1987
Toshihiko Teramoto	1987
Toshiyuki Hirano	1987
Tomio Asai	1993
Takeo Ishii	1993
Jiro Segawa	1997
Tetsuya Hirano	1998
Ryuji Kimura	2003
Keisuke Taira	2003
Kouichi Oowada	2003
Takashige Sugimoto	2004
Suguru Ohta	2007
Isao Koike	2007
Asahiko Taira	2007
Nobuyuki Miyazaki	2010
Hidekazu Tokuyama	2012
Mutsumi Nishida	2012
Katsumi Tsukamoto	2013
Akimasa Sumi	2013