Hard Rock Drilling Science Focus Group

The Hard Rock Drilling Science Focus Group aims to advance our understanding of the physical and chemical properties of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle, as well as the formation and evolution from oceanic to continental crust. We purse this aim through collaborative, cross-disciplinary research in the field of drilling science.

In addition to leading mantle drilling projects using the scientific frilling vessel Chikyu, our group supports, under the framework of JpGU, related scholarly and interdisciplinary activities such as those of J-DESC, IODP3 and ICDP.

Annual Awards* and Activities

*Annual awards: the Young Scientist Incentive Award in the Hard Rock Drilling Science Focus Group was established to nurture and support young researchers in hard rock drilling science.

2024

・Young Scientist Incentive Award - One recipient in 2024. Comments from the awardee: 

Kazuki MATSUYAMA（Nagoya Univ.）

・Co-sponsored and contributed presentations to two drilling-related session at the JpGU Annual Meeting 2025

・Co-organized the Hard Rock Drilling Workshop Summer 2024

・2024 activity report

2023

・Young Scientist Incentive Award - One recipient in 2023.  Comments from the awardee:

Kohei NIMURA（Nagoya Univ.）

・Co-sponsored and contributed presentations to two drilling-related session at the JpGU Annual Meeting 2024

・2023 activity report

2022

・Young Scientist Incentive Award - Two recipients in 2022.  Comments from the awardee:

Ikuya NISHIO（Kanazawa Univ.）, Satoshi MATSUNO（Tohoku Univ.）

・Co-sponsored and contributed presentations to two drilling-related session at the JpGU Annual Meeting 2023

・2022 activity report

2021

・Young Scientist Incentive Award - Three recipients in 2021.  Comments from the awardee:

Ayaka OKAMOTO（Chiba Univ.）, Sayantani CHATTERJEE（Niigata Univ.）, Mathieu Rospabé（JAMSTEC)

・Co-sponsored and contributed presentations to two drilling-related session at the JpGU Annual Meeting 2022

・Co-organized an online research meeting (October 25-26, 2021)

・Published a special issue in Chigaku Zasshi titled "Hard Rock Drilling Science - Challenges in Mantle Drilling"

・2021 activity report

2020

・Young Scientist Incentive Award - Four recipients in 2020.  Comments from the awardee:

Yuya AKAMATSU（Hiroshima Univ.）, Nana Kamiya（Kyoto Univ.）, Yao Yuan（Niigata Univ.), Kazuki YOSHIDA （Tohoku Univ.）

・Co-sponsored and supported drilling-related sessions at the JpGU Annual Meeting 2021

・Co-sponsored the Hard Rock Drilling Workshop Autumn 2020

・2020 activity report

2019

・Young Scientist Incentive Award - Three recipients in 2019. 

Masataka AIZAWA（Univ. Ryukyus）, Juan Miguel GUOTANA（Kanazawa Univ.）, Ryosuke OYANAGI（JAMSTEC)

・2019 activity report

2018

・Young Scientist Incentive Award - Three recipients in 2018. 

Akane OHIRA（JAMSTEC）, Kohei HATAKEYAMA（Hiroshima Univ.）, Yasuhiro HIRAI（Kanazawa Univ.)

Based on our scope, we provide a platform for sharing information on a wide range of scientific drilling research.

○Steering Commitee Members of Hard Rock Drilling Science Focus Group （from August 28th, 2025）

Chair　Takashi HOSHIDE（Akita Univ.）

Vice Chair　Keishi OKAZAKI（Hiroshima Univ.）

Secretary　Yumiko HARIGANE（GSJ, AIST）

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