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@
	Project Assistant Professor	Masakazu Yoshimori masakazu@

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@
	Project Assistant Professor	Yukiko Imada yimada@

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
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

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	Yusuke Yokoyama yokoyama@
	Assistant Professor	Mayuri Inoue mayuri-inoue@
Research Fellow		Azumi Kuroyanagi a-kuroyanagi@
Research Fellow		Yosuke Miyairi miyairi@
Research Fellow		Stephen Obrochta obrochta@
Research Fellow		Masako Yamane yamane@
Assistant Clerk		Mayumi Koga koga-m@
Assistant Clerk		Megumi Ikeda ikeda@
Technical Assistant		Minako Ikeuchi m.ikeuchi@

Division of Marine Life Science

Department of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics

Marine Planktology

	Professor	Atsushi Tsuda　 tsuda@
	Assistant Professor	Jun Nishikawa jn@
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		Ryo Kaneko kanekor@
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@
Research Fellow		Masaaki Ando ando@
Research Fellow		Marty Wong martywong@

Molecular Marine Biology

	Associate Professor	Koji Inoue inouek@
	Assistant Professor	Koji Mabuchi mabuchi@
	Project Assistant Professor (GCOE)	Hirohiko Takeshima takeshim@
Research Fellow		Mikumi Takada takada@
Research Fellow		Ikumi Kusakabe ikumik@
Assistant Clerk		Misako Seimiya seimiyam@

Behavior, Ecology and Observation Systems

	Associate Professor	Teruhisa Komatsu komatsu@
	Assistant Professor	Kenichi Ishida ishidak@
Research Fellow		Jun Inoue jinoue@
Research Fellow		Michael J . Miller miller@
Research Fellow		Shun Watanabe shunwata@
Research Fellow		Hideo Hatase hatase@
Research Fellow		Ryusuke Sudo rs55@
Technical Assistant		Tatsuya Kawakami kawakami@

Department of Living Marine Resources

Fisheries Environmental Oceanography

	Associate Professor (GSFS)	Kosei Komatsu kosei@
Research Fellow		Toru Ikeya ctikeya@
Research Fellow		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)		Shingo Kimura s-kimura@
	Project Associate Professor	Jun Aoyama jaoyama@
	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/ Director (concurrent)	Tsuguo Otake otake@
	Associate Professor	Katsufumi Sato katsu@
	Assistant Professor	Hideki Fukuda hfukuda@
Assistant Clerk		Chisako Sakata chisako@
Research Fellow		Kagari Aoki aokikagari@
Research Fellow		Tomoko Narazaki tnarazaki@
Research Fellow		Shigenori Nobata nobata@

Coastal Ecosystem Restoration

	Professor	Tomohiko Kawamura kawamura@
	Associate Professor (GSFS)	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

Visiting Associate Professor

Ken Yoda (Univ. Nagoya)

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	Wataru Iwasaki iwasaki@
Research Fellow		Susumu Yoshizawa yoshizawa@
Research Fellow		Shotaro Hirase
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

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@
Senior Technician/ Vice Head (concurrent)	Masataka Kurosawa
Technical Staff	Masaaki Hirano
Project Specialist	Takanori Suzuki

Public Relations Office

Professor/ Head (concurrent)	Yutaka Michida ymichida@
Project Senior Specialist	Kaoru Saeki saeki@
Assistant Clerk	Kazumi Saga ksaga@
Assistant Clerk (concurrent)	Yukiko Watanabe watayuki@
Technical Specialist (concurrent)	Akihisa Moriyama moriyama@

Administration Office

General Manager

Tadahiko Takita

Deputy General Manager	Toshiyuki Hirasawa
Specialist (International Affairs and Research Promotion Team)	Kazue Aoki
[General Affairs Team]
Assistant Manager	Yukio Onoguchi
Specialist	Yuki Okabe
Administrative Staff	Satoe Hirai
Assistant Clerk	Sachie Okubo
Assistant Clerk	Noriko Hara
Assistant Clerk	Junko Nemezawa
[International Affairs and Research Promotion Team]
Assistant Manager	Tomonari Suizu
Administrative Staff	Naoko Hara
Assistant Clerk	Fumie Ogawa
[Library Team]
Assistant Manager	Mayumi Mukasa
Assistant Clerk	Naoko Kanai
Assistant Clerk	Satsuki Furudate

Deputy General Manager	Teruaki Odashima
Specialist (Finance Team)	Yujiro Yonemura
Specialist (Accounting and Procurement Team)	Rieko Miura
[Finance Team]
Senior Staff	Reiko Kurosu
[Accounting and Procurement Team]
Assistant Manager	Hisanori Ogino
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	Hitomi Higurashi
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
Noriyuki Nasu	1984
Akihiko Hattori	1987
Syoiti Tanaka	1987
Toshihiko Teramoto	1987
Toshiyuki Hirano	1987
Tomio Asai	1993
Kazuo Kobayashi	1993
Takeo Ishii	1993
Jiro Segawa	1997
Muneo Okiyama	1998
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