Research & Education
About my research
Mineral physics study with diamond anvil cell high-pressure device and some heating techniques
My interests are high-pressure behavior of relevant materials inside of the Earth and planets, thermal evolution and dynamics in the planets.
Members of Ohta laboratory 2024
1 associate prof. (Dr. Kenji Ohta), 1 assistant prof. (Dr. Shintaro Azuma), 1 post-doc fellow, 3 Ph.D course student, 6 master course students, & 2 undergraduate students
Electrical conductivity
4 or quasi-2 probe technique to determine the electrical conductivity (resistivity) in a DAC for mantle minerals and core alloys
Thermal conductivity
The pulsed light heating thermoreflectance technique for understanding thermal transport properties of mantle minerals and core alloys
Sound velocity
A combination of the femtosecond pulse laser pump–probe method & a DAC for determination of high P sound velocity of minerals & metals
High P-T phase relations
Determinations of high P-T phase relations of minerals, alloys, & elements by means of synchrotron X-ray diffraction & Raman methods
In-situ high P X-ray CT
Observation of sample geometry in-situ at high P in a DAC by using nano-scale X-ray microscope
Education
Classes on FY2019
1Q (graduate school program): Advanced Earth and Planetary Sciences E
2Q (undergraduate program): Introduction to Earth Sciences
2Q (undergraduate program): Earth Materials
3~4Q (undergraduate program): Field Excursion (Field trip at Western US)
Past Classes
Laboratory in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Thermodynamics