My interests are high-pressure behavior of relevant materials inside of the Earth and planets, thermal evolution and dynamics in the planets.
1 prof. (Dr. Kenji Ohta), 1 post-doc fellow, 4 Ph.D course student, 1 master course students, & 3 undergraduate students
4 or quasi-2 probe technique to determine the electrical conductivity (resistivity) in a DAC for mantle minerals and core alloys
The pulsed light heating thermoreflectance technique for understanding thermal transport properties of mantle minerals and core alloys
A combination of the femtosecond pulse laser pump–probe method & a DAC for determination of high P sound velocity of minerals & metals
Determinations of high P-T phase relations of minerals, alloys, & elements by means of synchrotron X-ray diffraction & Raman methods
Observation of sample geometry in-situ at high P in a DAC by using nano-scale X-ray microscope
2Q (graduate school program): Advanced Earth and Planetary Sciences E
2Q (undergraduate program): Introduction to Earth Sciences
3~4Q (undergraduate program): Field Excursion (Field trip at Western US)
Laboratory in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Thermodynamics