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) ★★★★★★★★★★