Faculty&Staff

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Division of Climate System Research

Department of Climate System Modeling

Climate System Modeling

	Associate Professor	Ayako Abe-Ouchi abeouchi@
Research Fellow		Ryota O'ishi ryo@
Research Fellow		Chan, Wing Le wlchan@
Research Fellow		Alexandre LAINE laine@

Atmospheric System Modeling

	Associate Professor	Ryoichi Imasu imasu@
Research Fellow		Yu Someya y_someya@

Ocean System Modeling

	Professor	Hiroyasu Hasumi hasumi@
	Associate Professor	Akira Oka akira@
	Project Assistant Professor	Takao Kawasaki kawasaki@
Research Fellow		Takashi Sakamoto teng@
Research Fellow		Hiroto Abe abeh@
Research Fellow		Noriaki Kimura kimura_n@

Department of Climate Variability Research

Climate Variability Research

	Professor	Masahide Kimoto kimoto@
	Associate Professor	Kentaro Suzuki ksuzuki@
	Project Assistant Professor	Tomoki Miyakawa miyakawa@
Research Fellow		Takahito Kataoka tkataoka@
Research Fellow		Hisayuki Kubota kubota@
Research Fellow		KONDAPALLI 　NIRANJAN KUMAR niranjan@

Comprehensive Climate Data Analysis

	Professor	Yukari Takayabu yukari@
	Associate Professor	Masahiro Watanabe hiro@
	Project Research Associate	Atsushi Hamada a-hamada@
Research Fellow		Chie Yokoyama chie@
Research Fellow		Chiharu Takahashi chiha@

Climate and Hydrology Research

	Associate Professor	Kei Yoshimura kei@
Research Fellow		Tomoko Nitta t_nitta@

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@
Research Fellow		Takahiro Tanaka tanaka-t@

Dynamic Marine Meteorology

	Professor	Hiroshi Niino niino@
	Associate Professor	Keita Iga iga@
	Assistant Professor	Wataru Yanase yanase@
	Research Fellow	Eigo Tochimoto tochimoto@
	Research Fellow	Shun-ichi Watanabe watanabe-s@

Ocean Variability Dynamics

Associate Professor

Shinzou Fujio fujio@

 

Department of Chemical Oceanography

Marine Inorganic Chemistry

	Professor	Toshitaka Gamo gamo@
	Associate Professor	Hajime Obata obata@
Research Fellow		KIM, Taejin tjkim@

Marine Biogeochemistry

	Professor	Toshi Nagata　 nagata@
	Associate Professor	Hiroshi Ogawa hogawa@
	Assistant Professor	Toshihiro Miyajima miyajima@
Research Fellow		Yanhui Yang yang@
Research Fellow		Naoko Morimoto nmorimoto@
Research Fellow		Alex Wyatt wyatt@
Research Fellow		Yasuhiko Yamaguchi y-t-yamaguchi@
Research Fellow		Yosuke Yamada yosuke-y@

Marine Analytical Chemistry

	Professor	Yuji Sano ysano@
	Assistant Professor	Naoto Takahata ntaka@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Kentaro Tanaka kentaro. tanaka@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Yasuhisa Nakajima ynakajima@
Research Fellow		Satoko Motai motai@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Overseas Researchers		LAN,Zhongwu lzw1981@

 

Department of Ocean Floor Geoscience

Marine Geology

	Professor	Kyoko Okino okino@
	Associate Professor (GSFS)	Juichiro Ashi ashi@
	Assistant Professor	Asuka Yamaguchi asuka@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Akiko Omura a-omura@

Submarine Geophysics

	Professor	Toshitsugu Yamazaki yamazaki@
	Associate Professor	Park Jin-Oh jopark@
	Assistant Professor	Toshihiro Yoshimura yoshimura@

Ocean Floor Environments

	Professor	Hodaka Kawahata kawahata@
	Assistant Professor	Junichiro Kuroda kuroda@
JSPS Reseach Fellowship		H.M. Zakir zakir@

Division of Marine Life Science

Department of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics

Marine Planktology

	Professor	Atsushi Tsuda　 tsuda@
Research Fellow		Aiko Tachibana t.aiko@
Research Fellow		Hidefumi Fujioka fujioka@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Yuki Takabe takabey@

Marine Microbiology

	Professor (concurrent)	Kazuhiro Kogure kogure@
	Associate Professor	Koji Hamasaki hamasaki@
	Assistant Professor	Masahiko Nishimura nisimura@
Research Fellow		Minoru Ijichi nitrification@
Research Fellow		Wong Shu kuan skwong@
Research Fellow		CHIURA, Hiroshi Xavier hxchiura@

Benthos

	Professor (GSFS)	Shigeaki Kojima　 kojima@
	Associate Professor	Yasunori Kano kano@
	Assistant Professor	Koji Seike seike@
Research Fellow		Hajime Ito hitou@
Research Fellow		Hiroaki Fukumori fukumori@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Tsuyoshi Takano ttakano@

Department of Marine Bioscience

Physiology

	Professor	Yoshio Takei takei@
	Associate Professor	Susumu Hyodo hyodo@
Project Assistant Professor		Marty Wong martywong@
Research Fellow		Shigenori Nobata nobata@
Research Fellow		Supriya Pipil supriya.pipil@

Molecular Marine Biology

	Professor	Koji Inoue inouek@
	Research Fellow	Koji Mabuchi mabuchi@
Post Doctoral Research Fellow		Toshihiro Nagasaki nagasakit@

Behavior, Ecology and Observation Systems

	Professor	Katsufumi Sato katsu@
	Associate Professor	Teruhisa Komatsu komatsu@
	Assistant Professor	Kenichi Ishida ishidak@
Research Fellow		Shuji Sasa ss_sasa@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Ippei Suzuki isuzuki@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Takashi Iwata tiwata@
Research Fellow		Attachai Kantachumpoo attachai@
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers		ROBSON,　Anthony Albert anthony. robson@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Tomohiko Mori isana-137@
Research Fellow		Masahiro Hamana hamana@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Tomoko Narazaki tnarazaki@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Kagari Aoki aokikagari@

Department of Living Marine Resources

Fisheries Environmental Oceanography

	Professor	Shin-ichi Ito goito@
	Associate Professor (GSFS)	Kosei Komatsu kosei@
Research Fellow		Tomihiko Higuchi thiguchi@
Research Fellow		Takaaki Yokoi tak.yokoi@

Fish Population Dynamics

	Professor (GSFS)	Kunio Shirakihara shirak@
	Associate Professor	Kazuhiko Hiramatsu khiramatsu@
	Assistant Professor	Takahiro Irie irie@

Biology of Fisheries Resources

	Professor	Yoshiro Watanabe ywatanab@
	Assistant Professor	Yoko Iwata iwayou@
	Assistant Professor	Toshiro Saruwatari tsaruwat@

Department of Collaborative Research

Biological Oceanography

	Professor (GSFS)	Shingo Kimura s-kimura@
	Assistant Professor (GSFS)	Yoichi Miyake miyakey@
Research Fellow		Aigo Takeshige a-takeshige@

Ocean Alliance

Professor (GSFS)(concurrent)		Shingo Kimura s-kimura@
Professor (concurrent)		Toshitaka Gamo gamo@
	Project Associate Professor (OA)	Mitsuo Yamamoto mitsuo@
	Project Assistant Professor (OA)	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@
Research Fellow		Miho Ishizu mishizu@
Research Fellow		Tomihiko Higuchi thiguchi@

Coastal Conservation

	Professor	Jun Aoyama jaoyama@
	Professor (concurrent)	Katsufumi Sato katsu@
	Associate Professor	Hideki Fukuda hfukuda@
Research Fellow		Yuki Minegishi y.minegishi@

Coastal Ecosystem Restoration

	Professor/ Director	Tomohiko Kawamura kawamura@
	Associate Professor	Takashi Kitagawa takashik@
	Assistant Professor	Jun Hayakawa jhayakawa@
	Project Assistant Professor	Masato Hirose mhirose@
Research Fellow		Naoya Ohtuchi ohtsuchi@
Research Fellow		Houki Shouji houki@
Research Fellow		Motohiro Ito ito.motohiro@

Regional Linkage

 

Center for International Collaboration

　＊No Particular Belongings

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 (concurrent)	Hodaka Kawahata kawahata@
	Professor (concurrent)	Yusuke Yokoyama yokoyama@
Research Fellow		Akitomo Yamamoto akitomo@

Ecosystem Research

	Professor (concurrent)	Hiroyasu Hasumi hasumi@
	Associate Professor	Sachi-hiko Itoh itohsach@
Research Fellow		Yasuhiro Hoshiba hoshi-y@

Genetic Research

	Professor /Director	Kazuhiro Kogure kogure@
	Associate Professor (School of Science)	Wataru Iwasaki iwasaki@
	Research Fellow	Susumu Yoshizawa yoshizawa@
Research Fellow		Reiko Fujimura rfujimura@
Research Fellow		CHIURA, Hiroshi Xavier hxc@
Research Fellow		Yoshiyuki　Ishitani　 ishitani@

Atmosphere and Ocean Research

	Professor	Masaki Satoh satoh@
	Project Assistant Professor	Tomoki Miyakawa miyakawa@
Research Fellow		Toshiro Inoue toshiro@
Research Fellow		Hiroyasu Kubokawa kubok@
Research Fellow		Naomi Kuba kuba@
Research Fellow		Woosub Roh ws-roh@
Research Fellow		Tomoki Ohno t-ohno@

 

Analytical Center for Environmental Study

Director

Atsushi Tsuda tsuda@

Environmental Analysis

	Professor	Yusuke Yokoyama yokoyama@
Research Fellow		Yosuke Miyairi miyairi@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Takeshige Ishiwa t_ishiwa@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Shoko Hirabayashi s-hirabayashi@
Research Fellow		Masako Yamane yamane@

nvironmental Geochemistry

	Professor (concurrent)	Yuji Sano ysano@
	Project Assistant Professor	Takanori Kagoshima kagoshima@

Cooperative Research Supporting Organization

Center for Cooperative Research Promotion

Director

Yutaka Michida ymichida@

Coastal Research Support Section

Associate Professor/ Head (concurrent)	Kiyoshi Tanaka ktanaka@
Technical Specialist/ Vice Head	Masaaki Hirano hirano@
Project Specialist	Masataka Kurosawa kurosawa@
Technical Staff	Takanori Suzuki t.suzuki@

Public Relations Office

Professor/ Head (concurrent)	Hiroshi Niino niino@
Project Academic Support Specialist	Yoko Ogawa y-ogawa@
Technical Specialist (concurrent)	Akihisa Moriyama moriyama@

Administration Office

General Manager

Akihide Inaba

Deputy General Manager	Kayoko Sugita
[General Affairs Team]
Assistant Manager	Takeshi Kato
Specialist	Akiko Yamasue
Administrative Staff	Makiko Iwamoto
[International Affairs and Research Promotion Team]
Assistant Manager	Toshiko Furukawa
Assistant Manager	Hisashi Sato
Administrative Staff	Yuri Takimoto
[Library Team]
Assistant Manager	Kazuhiro Sakamaki

Chief(Accounting)	Hiroki Shibuya
[Finance Team]
Assistant Manager	Takuya Taniguchi
Senior Staff	Yasuko Kagaya
[Accounting and Procurement Team]
Assistant Manager	Tatsuya Koreeda
Senior Staff	Kazuhiro Wada
[External Fund Management Team]
Assistant Manager	Yukinao Yamagishi
Project Specialist	Kaoru Sanjo
[Facilities and Safety Management Team]
Assistant Manager	Kenichi Akatsuka
Assistant Manager	Tsunehiro Hanayama

[International Coastal Research Center]
Assistant Manager	Mitsunobu Sato
Specialist	Shingo Kikuchi

Professors Emeritus

Yoshio Horibe	1983
Akihiko Hattori	1987
Toshihiko Teramoto	1987
Toshiyuki Hirano	1987
Tomio Asai	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
Teruyuki Nakajima	2015