Research areas
Broad areas of research topics, mainly based on chemical analysis of calcium carbonate and sclerochronology
Research Interests
High resolution environmental reconstruction from bivalve shells
Coral biomineralization
Past climate reconstruction from coral skeletons
Elemental fractionation mechanism of foraminiferal shells (tests)
Impact of Tsunami on coastal ecosystem (especially benthic community) in Sanriku Ria coast
Elemental fractionation mechanism in biogenic calcium carbonate
Fish ecology based on otolith analysis
Techniques of expertise
Secondary ionization mass spectrometry ★★★★★
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry ★★★★★
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry ★★★★★
Electron probe micro analysis ★★★★
Secondary electron microscopy ★★★★
Research cruise ★★★★
Diving ★★★
Stable isotope mass spectrometry ★★★
Geological survey ★★
Image analysis ★★
Complex mathematical calculation; poor
Drinking (networking) ★★★★★★★★★★