Academic career

• Oct 2016-   

Assistant professor @ Yokoyama Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology

• 2015-2016  

JSPS fellowship for research abroad @ ETH Zurich, Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology

• 2014-2015　

Project researcher @ National Institute of Polar Research

• 2012-2014　

Research fellow of JSPS @ Geochemical Research Center, The University of Tokyo

• 2010-2012　

Project researcher / Research fellow of JSPS @ National Institute of Polar Research

• March 2010　

Ph.D. in Science, Hiroshima University.

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Research field

Cosmochemistry, Geochemistry, Chronology, Meteoritics

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Experience

• Electron Probe Micro Analyzer

• Scanning Electron Microscope

• Raman Microscope

• Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometer

• Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

• Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

• Multi-Collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer

• Multi-Collector Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer

• Noble Gas Mass Spectrometer

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Teaching

• Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, 2019 @ Tokyo Tech

• Laboratory in Earth and Planetary Sciences (field geology), 2017 @ Tokyo Tech

• Laboratory in Earth and Planetary Sciences (geochemistry), 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 @ Tokyo Tech

• Earth and Space Sciences, Laboratory and Field Studies (earth materials) A, 2017, 2018 @ Tokyo Tech

• Geochemistry D, 2017 @ Tokyo Tech

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Research project grant

• Chronological evaluation of a large-scale collision on asteroid Vesta, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), 19K03946, 2019–2022, Principal Investigator.

• The initial abundance of plutonium-244 in the solar system evaluated by using meteoritic zircons, Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), 17K14421, 2017–2018, Principal Investigator.

• The initial abundance of Niobium-92 in the solar system evaluated by using micro-minerals in meteorites, JSPS fellowship for research abroad, 2015–2017.

• Origin and evolution of elements and planetary materials of the solar system using 92Nb-92Zr chronometry, Yamamura follow, 2012–2013.

• In-situ isotopic analysis for understanding the evolutionary history of planetary material, Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, 2011–2013.

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Professional memberships

The Meteoritical Society, Japan Geoscience Union, The Geochemical Society of Japan

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Collaborative work

• Prof. M. Schönbächler (ETH Zurich), Development of 92Nb–92Zr chronometer for applying to differentiated meteorites.

• Dr. J. F. Wotzlaw (ETH Zurich), Development of CA-ID-TIMS U–Pb zircon dating for applying to meteoritic zircons.

• Prof. H. Genda and Dr. K. Sugiura (Tokyo Tech), SPH simulation for metal-silicate mixing by a giant impact onto a proto-planet.

• Prof. K. Nagao (Univ. of Tokyo, KOPRI), Cosmic-ray exposure dating of meteorites using zircons.