Faculty&Staff

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Division of Climate System Research

Department of Climate System Modeling

Climate System Modeling

	Professor	Masahide Kimoto kimoto@
	Associate Professor	Masakazu Yoshimori masakazu@

Atmospheric System Modeling

	Professor	Ryoichi Imasu imasu@
	Assistant Professor	Tomoki Miyakawa miyakawa@
Project Academic Support Specialist		Yutaka Arai yarai@
Project Researcher		Chisa Iwasaki c_iwa@

Ocean System Modeling

	Professor	Hiroyasu Hasumi hasumi@
	Associate Professor	Akira Oka akira@
	Project Assistant Professor	Takao Kawasaki kawasaki@
Project Researcher		Takashi Sakamoto teng@
Project Researcher		Noriaki Kimura kimura_n@
Project Researcher		Ryu Saiki saiki@
Project Researcher		Hidetaka Kobayashi hidekoba@
Project Researcher		Hoshiba Yasuhiro hoshi-y@

Department of Climate Variability Research

Climate Variability Research

	Professor	Masahiro Watanabe hiro@
	Associate Professor	Kentaro Suzuki ksuzuki@
Project Researcher		Chiharu Takahashi chiha@
Project Researcher		Akira Hasegawa hakira@
Project Researcher		Yoko Yamagami yamagami@
Project Researcher		Akira Yamauchi yamauchi@
Project Researcher		Takashi Nagao tmnagao@
Project Academic Support Specialist		Syo Arakane

Comprehensive Climate Data Analysis

	Professor	Yukari Takayabu yukari@
	Project Assistant Professor	Chie Yokoyama chie@
Project Researcher		Hiroki Tsuji h-tsuji@
Project Researcher		Hirotaka Kamahori kamahori@
Project Researcher		Kenta Shibuya shibuyar@

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@
Project Researcher		Lee Keunjong leekj@
Project Researcher		Mamoru Tanaka tanaka. mamoru0@
Project Researcher		Jiro Yoshida jiroy@
Project Researcher		Tomonori Matsuura matsuura@

Dynamic Marine Meteorology

	Professor	Masaki Satoh satoh@
	Associate Professor	Keita Iga iga@
	Assistant Professor	Junshi Ito junshi@
Project Researcher		Hiroshi Niino niino@
Project Researcher		Eigo Tochimoto tochimoto@
Project Researcher		Woosub Roh ws-roh@
Project Researcher		Naomi Kuba kuba@
Project Researcher		Kozo Nakamura nakamura@
Project Researcher		CHEN YING WEN yingwen@
Project Researcher		Tamaki Suematsu suematsu＠

Ocean Variability Dynamics

	Associate Professor	Shinzou Fujio fujio@
	Assistant Professor	Yusuke Kawaguchi ykawaguchi@

Department of Chemical Oceanography

Marine Inorganic Chemistry

	Professor	Hajime Obata obata@
	Associate Professor	Shigeyoshi Otosaka otosaka@
Project Researcher		Wong Kuhon kh_wong@

Marine Biogeochemistry

	Professor	Toshi Nagata nagata@
	Professor	Hiroshi Ogawa hogawa@
	Assistant Professor	Toshihiro Miyajima miyajima@
Project Researcher		Yanhui Yang yang@
Project Researcher		Naoko Morimoto nmorimoto@
Project Researcher		Ray Raghab raghab.ray@
Project Academic Support Specialist		Chia-Jung  LU lucj@
Project Academic Support Specialist		Yohei Matsui matsui@

Marine Analytical Chemistry

	Professor (concurrent)	Yuji Sano ysano@
	Associate Professor	Kotaro Shirai kshirai@
	Assistant Professor	Naoto Takahata ntaka@
Project Researcher		Tsubasa Miki miki@
Project Researcher		Kentaro Tanaka kentaro. tanaka@
Project Researcher		Hiroshi Amakawa amakawah@
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan		ZHAO, Liqiang lzhao@

Department of Ocean Floor Geoscience

Marine Geology

	Professor	Kyoko Okino okino@
	Associate Professor (GSFS)	Juichiro Ashi ashi@
	Associate Professor	Asuka Yamaguchi asuka@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Kazuko Usami k-usami@

Submarine Geophysics

	Professor	Toshitsugu Yamazaki yamazaki@
	Associate Professor	Park Jin-Oh jopark@
	Assistant Professor	Norikatsu Akizawa akizawa@
Project Researcher		JAMALI HONDORI, EHSAN ehsan.jamali@
Project Researcher		Yuho Kumagai yuho.kumagai@

Ocean Floor Environments

	Professor	Hodaka Kawahata kawahata@
	Associate Professor	Junichiro Kuroda kuroda@
	Assistant Professor	Matsuzaki Kenji Marc Raymond km.matsuzaki@

Division of Marine Life Science

Department of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics

Marine Planktology

	Professor	Atsushi Tsuda tsuda@
	Associate Professor	Yuichiro Nishibe ynishibe@
	Assistant Professor	Junya Hirai hirai@
JSPS Reseach Fellowship for Young Scientists		Yoshiyuki Abe y.abe@
Project Researcher		Rei Yamashita ryamashita@
Project Researcher		Takuya Ohnishi ohnishi@

Marine Microbiology

	Professor	Koji Hamasaki hamasaki@
	Assistant Professor	Masahiko Nishimura nisimura@
Project Academic Support Specialist		Yoko Kobayashi kobayashiy@
JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists		Yota Sugai ysugai@

Marine Benthology

	Professor (GSFS)	Shigeaki Kojima kojima@
	Associate Professor	Yasunori Kano kano@
	Assistant Professor	Takuya Yahagi yahagi@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Eriko Seo seoe@

Department of Marine Bioscience

Physiology

	Professor	Susumu Hyodo hyodo@
	Associate Professor	Shinji Kanda shinji@
	Assistant Professor	Wataru Takagi watarutakagi@
Project Researcher		WONG Marty K.S. martywong@
Project Researcher		Chika Fujimori c-fujimori@

Molecular Marine Biology

	Professor	Koji Inoue inouek@
	Associate Professor	Chuya Shinzato c.shinzato@
	Assistant Professor	Toshiyuki TAKAGI takagi@
Project Researcher		Azusa kakumura kinjokakumura@

Behavior, Ecology and Observation Systems

	Professor	Katsufumi Sato katsu@
	Associate Professor	Kentaro Sakamoto kqsakamoto@
	Assistant Professor	Kagari Aoki aokikagari@
Project Researcher		Takashi Iwata tiwata@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Tomoko Narasaki tnarazaki@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Hiromi Kudo kudo@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Yuka Mishima yuka. mishima@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Yusuke Goto gotooo@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Yu Akiyama yu_akiyama@

Department of Living Marine Resources

Fisheries Environmental
Oceanography

	Professor	Shin-ichi Ito goito@
	Associate Professor (GSFS)	Kosei Komatsu kosei@
	Assistant Professor	Yoshimasa Matsumura ymatsu@
Project Researcher		Tomihiko Higuchi thiguchi@
Project Researcher		Hitoshi Kaneko h_kaneko@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Mizuno Shizuha smizuno@

Fish Population Dynamics

	Associate Professor	Kazuhiko Hiramatsu khiramatsu@
	Assistant Professor	Takahiro Irie irie@

Biology of Fisheries
Resources

	Professor	Tomohiko Kawamura kawamura@
	Associate Professor	Yoko Iwata iwayou@
	Assistant Professor	Toshiro Saruwatari tsaruwat@
Project Researcher		Nobuhiko sato sato.nobuhiko@
JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists		Satoshi Tomano tomano@

Division of Integrated Ocean Research

Biological Oceanography

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

Ocean Alliance

	Professor (GSFS)		Shingo Kimura s-kimura@
	Project Professor (GSFS)		Naoki Hosaka naokihska@

Science-Society Interaction Reseach Section

	Professor (concurrent)	Yutaka Michida ymichida@
Project Academic Support Specialist		Yoko Ogawa y-ogawa@

Society Interaction
Reseach Section

Professor (concurrent)

Tomohiko Kawamura kawamura@

Research Facilities

International Coastal Research Center

Coastal Ecosystem

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

Coastal Conservation

	Professor	Jun Aoyama jaoyama@
	Professor (concurrent)	Katsufumi Sato katsu@
	Associate Professor	Hideki Fukuda hfukuda@
	Assistant Professor	Yuki Minegishi y.minegishi@
	Project Assistant Professor	Shigenori Nobata nobata@
Project Researcher		Tatsuya Kawakami kawakami@

Coastal Ecosystem Restoration

	Professor (concurrent)	Tomohiko Kawamura kawamura@
	Assistant Professor	Jun Hayakawa jhayakawa@

Coastal Marineand Social Science

	Professor (concurrent)	Jun Aoyama jaoyama@
	Associate Professor	Takashi Kitagawa takashik@
Project Researcher		Takuya Fukuoka t.fukuoka@
Project Researcher		Kenji Yoshimura k-yoshimura@
Project Researcher		Kenta Nakamoto nakamoto@

Center for International Collaboration

International Scientific Planning

	Professor/ Director	Yutaka Michida ymichida@
Project Academic Support Specialist		Hideaki Nomura nmr@

International Advanced
Research

Professor

Mitsutaku Makino mmakino@

International Research
Cooperation

	Professor	Hiroaki Saito hsaito@
	Project Professor	HIRST ANDREW GARWOOD aghirst@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		Yuka Takagi htakagi@

＊No Particular Belongings

	Professor (concurrent)		Koji Inoue inouek@
	Professor (concurrent)		Ryoichi Imasu imasu@
	Professor (concurrent)		Yusuke Yokoyama yokoyama@
	Associate Professor (concurrent)		Sachi-hiko Itoh itohsach@
	Associate Professor (concurrent)		Park Jin-Oh jopark@

Center for Earth Surface System Dynamics

Paleo-environmental
Research

	Professor	Ayako Abe-Ouchi abeouchi@
	Professor (concurrent)	Hodaka Kawahata kawahata@
	Professor (concurrent)	Yusuke Yokoyama yokoyama@
	Project Assistant Professor	Sheriff Tadano Sam tadano@
Project Researcher		Ryota O'ishi ryo@
Project Researcher		Chan, Wing Le wlchan@
Project Researcher		Takahito Mitsui mitsui@
Project Researcher		Minoru Chikira chikira@
Project Researcher		Takashi Obase obase@
Project Researcher		VADSARIA TRISTAN KARIM vadsaria@

Ecosystem Research

	Professor (concurrent)	Hiroyasu Hasumi hasumi@
	Associate Professor	Sachi-hiko Itoh itohsach@
	Project Assistant Professor	Eisuke Tsutsumi tsutsumi@
Project Researcher		Yasuhiro Hoshiba hoshi-y@

Genetic Research

	Associate Professor (GSFS)	Susumu Yoshizawa yoshizawa@
	Associate Professor (School of Science)	Wataru Iwasaki iwasaki@
Project Researcher		Yosuke Nishimura ynishimura@

Atmosphere and Ocean Research

	Professor /Director (concurrent)	Masaki Satoh satoh@
	Assistant Professor (concurrent)	Kentaro Suzuki ksuzuki@
Project Researcher		Hiroyasu Kubokawa kubok@
Project Researcher		Junya Uchida junya@

Analytical Center for Environmental Study

Environmental Analysis

	Professor	Yusuke Yokoyama yokoyama@
JSPS Reseach Fellowship		SPROSON, Adam sproson@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		Bell Tomoko tbell@

Environmental Geochemistry

	Professor	Yuji Sano ysano@
	Project Assistant Professor	Takanori Kagoshima kagoshima@

Cooperative Research Supporting Organization

Center for Cooperative Research Promotion

Public Relations Office

Administration Office

Professors Emeritus