Faculty&Staff

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Division of Climate System Research

Department of Climate System Modeling

Climate System Modeling

	Professor	KIMOTO Masahide kimoto@
	Associate Professor	YOSHIMORI Masakazu masakazu@

Atmospheric System Modeling

	Professor	IMASU Ryoichi imasu@
	Assistant Professor	MIYAKAWA Tomoki miyakawa@
Project Academic Support Specialist		ARAI Yutaka yarai@

Ocean System Modeling

	Professor	HASUMI Hiroyasu hasumi@
	Associate Professor	OKA Akira akira@
	Project Assistant Professor	KAWASAKI Takao kawasaki@
Project Researcher		SAKAMOTO Takashi teng@
Project Researcher		KIMURA Noriaki kimura_n@
Project Researcher		KOBAYASHI Hidetaka hidekoba@
Project Researcher		HOSHIBA Yasuhiro hoshi-y@

Department of Climate Variability Research

Climate Variability Research

	Professor	WATANABE Masahiro hiro@
	Associate Professor	SUZUKI Kentaro ksuzuki@
Project Researcher		TAKAHASHI Chiharu chiha@
Project Researcher		HASEGAWA Akira hakira@
Project Researcher		YAMAGAMI Yoko yamagami@
Project Researcher		YAMAUCHI Akira yamauchi@
Project Researcher		NAGAO Takashi tmnagao@
Project Academic Support Specialist		ARAKANE Syo arakane@

Comprehensive Climate Data Analysis

	Professor	TAKAYABU Yukari yukari@
	Project Assistant Professor	YOKOYAMA Chie chie@
Project Researcher		TSUJI Hiroki h-tsuji@
Project Researcher		KAMAHORI Hirotaka kamahori@
Project Researcher		SHIBUYA Kenta shibuyar@

Division of Ocean-Earth System Science

Department of Physical Oceanography

Ocean Circulation

	Professor	YASUDA Ichiro ichiro@
	Associate Professor	OKA Eitarou eoka@
	Assistant Professor	YANAGIMOTO Daigo daigo@
Project Researcher		Lee Keunjong leekj@

Dynamic Marine Meteorology

	Professor	SATOH Masaki satoh@
	Associate Professor	IGA Keita iga@
Project Researcher		NIINO Hiroshi niino@
Project Researcher		Woosub Roh ws-roh@
Project Researcher		KUBA Naomi kuba@
Project Researcher		CHEN YING WEN yingwen@
Project Researcher		SUEMATSU Tamaki suematsu＠

Ocean Variability Dynamics

	Associate Professor	FUJIO Shinzou fujio@
	Assistant Professor	KAWAGUCHI Yusuke ykawaguchi@

Department of Chemical Oceanography

Marine Inorganic Chemistry

	Professor	OBATA Hajime obata@
	Associate Professor	OTOSAKA Shigeyoshi otosaka@
Project Researcher		Wong Kuhon kh_wong@

Marine Biogeochemistry

	Professor	NAGATA Toshi nagata@
	Professor	OGAWA Hiroshi hogawa@
	Assistant Professor	MIYAJIMA Toshihiro miyajima@
Project Researcher		Yanhui Yang yang@
Project Researcher		MORIMOTO Naoko nmorimoto@
Project Researcher		Ray Raghab raghab.ray@
Project Academic Support Specialist		Chia-Jung  LU lucj@

Marine Analytical Chemistry

	Professor (concurrent)	SANO Yuji ysano@
	Associate Professor	SHIRAI Kotaro kshirai@
	Assistant Professor	TAKAHATA Naoto ntaka@
Project Researcher		TANAKA Kentaro kentaro. tanaka@
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan		ZHAO, Liqiang lzhao@

Department of Ocean Floor Geoscience

Marine Geology

	Professor	OKINO Kyoko okino@
	Associate Professor (GSFS)	ASHI Juichiro ashi@
	Associate Professor	YAMAGUCHI Asuka asuka@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		USAMI Kazuko k-usami@

Submarine Geophysics

	Professor	YAMAZAKI Toshitsugu yamazaki@
	Associate Professor	Park Jin-Oh jopark@
	Assistant Professor	AKIZAWA Norikatsu akizawa@
Project Researcher		JAMALI HONDORI, EHSAN ehsan.jamali@

Ocean Floor Environments

	Professor	KAWAHATA Hodaka kawahata@
	Associate Professor	KURODA Junichiro kuroda@
	Assistant Professor	Matsuzaki Kenji Marc Raymond km.matsuzaki@

Division of Marine Life Science

Department of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics

Marine Planktology

	Professor	TSUDA Atsushi tsuda@
	Associate Professor	NISHIBE Yuichiro ynishibe@
	Assistant Professor	HIRAI Junya hirai@
JSPS Reseach Fellowship for Young Scientists		ABE Yoshiyuki y.abe@
Project Researcher		YAMASHITA Rei ryamashita@
Project Researcher		OHNISHI Takuya ohnishi@

Marine Microbiology

	Professor	HAMASAKI Koji hamasaki@
	Associate Professor	SHIOZAKI Takuhei shiozaki@
	Assistant Professor	NISHIMURA Masahiko nisimura@
Project Academic Support Specialist		KOBAYASHI Yoko kobayashiy@

Marine Benthology

	Professor (GSFS)	KOJIMA Shigeaki kojima@
	Associate Professor	KANO Yasunori Kano kano@
	Assistant Professor	YAHAGI Takuya yahagi@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		SEO Eriko seoe@

Department of Marine Bioscience

Physiology

	Professor	HYODO Susumu hyodo@
	Associate Professor	KANDA Shinji shinji@
	Assistant Professor	TAKAGI Wataru watarutakagi@
Project Researcher		WONG Marty K.S. martywong@
Project Researcher		FUJIMORI Chika c-fujimori@

Molecular Marine Biology

	Professor	INOUE Koji inouek@
	Associate Professor	SHINZATO Chuya c.shinzato@
	Assistant Professor	TAKAGI Toshiyuki takagi@
Project Researcher		KAKUMURA Azusa kinjokakumura@

Behavior, Ecology and Observation Systems

	Professor	SATO Katsufumi Sato katsu@
	Associate Professor	SAKAMOTO Kentaro kqsakamoto@
	Assistant Professor	AOKI Kagari aokikagari@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		NARASAKI Tomoko tnarazaki@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		KUDO Hiromi kudo@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		MISHIMA Yuka yuka. mishima@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		GOTO Yusuke gotooo@
Post Graduate Researcher for Ocean Science		AKIYAMA Yu yu_akiyama@

Department of Living Marine Resources

Fisheries Environmental
Oceanography

	Professor	ITO Shin-ichi goito@
	Associate Professor (GSFS)	KOMATSU Kosei kosei@
	Assistant Professor	MATSUMURA Yoshimasa ymatsu@
Project Researcher		HIGUCHI Tomihiko thiguchi@
Project Researcher		KANEKO Hitoshi h_kaneko@

Fish Population Dynamics

	Associate Professor	HIRAMATSU Kazuhiko khiramatsu@
	Assistant Professor	IRIE Takahiro irie@

Biology of Fisheries
Resources

	Professor	KAWAMURA Tomohiko kawamura@
	Associate Professor	IWATA Yoko iwayou@
	Assistant Professor	SARUWATARI Toshiro tsaruwat@
Project Researcher		SATO Nobuhiko sato.nobuhiko@
JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists		TOMANO Satoshi tomano@

Division of Integrated Ocean Research

Biological Oceanography

	Professor (GSFS)	KIMURA Shingo s-kimura@
	Project Lecuturer	HAGIHARA Seishi s-hagihara@

Ocean Alliance

	Professor (GSFS)		KIMURA Shingo s-kimura@
	Project Professor (GSFS)		HOSAKA Naoki naokihska@

Science-Society Interaction Reseach Section

	Professor (concurrent)	MICHIDA Yutaka ymichida@
Project Academic Support Specialist		OGAWA Yoko y-ogawa@

Society Interaction
Reseach Section

Professor (concurrent)

KAWAMURA Tomohiko kawamura@

Research Facilities

International Coastal Research Center

Coastal Ecosystem

	Professor (concurrent)	MICHIDA Yutaka ymichida@
	Associate Professor	TANAKA Kiyoshi ktanaka@
	Associate Professor (concurrent)	NISHIBE Yuichiro ynishibe@
	Associate Professor (concurrent)	SHIRAI Kotaro kshirai@
	Assistant Professor	OHTSUCHI Naoya ohtsuchi@

oastal Conservation

	Professor	AOYAMA Jun jaoyama@
	Professor (concurrent)	SATO Katsufumi katsu@
	Associate Professor	FUKUDA Hideki hfukuda@
	Assistant Professor	MINEGISHI Yuki y.minegishi@
	Project Assistant Professor	NOBATA Shigenori nobata@
Project Researcher		KAWAKAMI Tatsuya kawakami@

Coastal Ecosystem Restoration

	Professor (concurrent)	KAWAMURA Tomohiko kawamura@
	Assistant Professor	HAYAKAWA Jun jhayakawa@

Coastal Marineand Social Science

	Professor (concurrent)	AOYAMA Jun jaoyama@
	Associate Professor	KITAGAWA Takashi takashik@
Project Researcher		FUKUOKA Takuya t.fukuoka@
Project Researcher		YOSHIMURA Kenji k-yoshimura@

Center for International Collaboration

International Scientific Planning

	Professor/ Director	MICHIDA Yutaka ymichida@
Project Academic Support Specialist		NOMURA Hideaki nmr@

International Advanced
Research

Professor

MAKINO Mitsutaku mmakino@

International Research
Cooperation

	Professor	SAITO Hiroaki hsaito@
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists		TAKAGI Yuka htakagi@

＊No Particular Belongings

	Professor (concurrent)		INOUE Koji inouek@
	Professor (concurrent)		IMASU Ryoichi imasu@
	Professor (concurrent)		YOKOYAMA Yusuke yokoyama@
	Associate Professor (concurrent)		ITOH Sachihiko itohsach@
	Associate Professor (concurrent)		Park Jin-Oh jopark@

Center for Earth Surface System Dynamics

Paleo-environmental
Research

	Professor	ABE-OUCHI Ayako abeouchi@
	Professor (concurrent)	KAWAHATA Hodaka kawahata@
	Professor (concurrent)	YOKOYAMA Yusuke yokoyama@
	Project Assistant Professor	Sheriff Tadano Sam tadano@
Project Researcher		O’ISHI Ryota ryo@
Project Researcher		Chan, Wing Le wlchan@
Project Researcher		CHIKIRA Minoru chikira@
Project Researcher		OBASE Takashi obase@
Project Researcher		VADSARIA TRISTAN KARIM vadsaria@

Ecosystem Research

	Professor (concurrent)	HASUMI Hiroyasu hasumi@
	Associate Professor	ITOH Sachihiko itohsach@
	Project Assistant Professor	TSUTSUMI Eisuke tsutsumi@
Project Researcher		HOSHIBA Yasuhiro hoshi-y@

Genetic Research

	Professor	HYODO Susumu hyodo@
	Associate Professor (GSFS)	YOSHIZAWA Susumu yoshizawa@
	Associate Professor (School of Science)	IWASAKI Wataru iwasaki@
Project Researcher		NISHIMURA Yosuke ynishimura@

Atmosphere and Ocean Research

	Professor /Director (concurrent)	SATOH Masaki satoh@
	Assistant Professor (concurrent)	SUZUKI Kentaro ksuzuki@

Analytical Center for Environmental Study

Environmental Analysis

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

Environmental Geochemistry

	Professor	SANO Yuji ysano@
	Project Assistant Professor	KAGOSHIMA Takanori kagoshima@

Cooperative Research Supporting Organization

Center for Cooperative Research Promotion

Public Relations Office

Administration Office

Professors Emeritus