Mizuho Koike
Assistant Professor Ph.D. in Science
Earth and Planetary System Sciences, Hiroshima University
1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
Email : mizuhokoike [at] hiroshima-u.ac.jp
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About Myself
My research interests focus on the evolutional history of Earth-related planets and small bodies (e.g., asteroids), as well as their potential habitability. As a cosmo-geochemist, I have been studying chemical and isotopic records in extraterrestrial materials by using high-spatial resolution analytical techniques. My main targets are meteorites that originated from [I] Mars and [II] a large rocky asteroid 4–Vesta.
In technical aspect, I mainly use secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS), X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS), SEM, EPMA, FIB, and noble gas mass spectrometry.
Outline of my research topics is introduced in Research Topics page.
My research achievements are summarized in Publications page
Recent Highlights
July 2022: Koike is selected as a 3rd Cohort of HIRAKU-Global Researcher (Home for Innovative Researchers and Academic Knowledge Users Driving Global Impact). The program is aimed to develop world-class researchers through regional collaborations. [Program Website]
Apr. 2021: New students joined my laboratory.
Apr. 2021: A new research project concerning "Martian nitrogen-cycle" has started since 2021FY (JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Sicentific Research (B) - 21H01149 )
Aug. 2020: Early collisional history of the Solar System was retrieved from Vesta-group meteorites using U-Pb dating technique. [Koike et al. (2020) Earth Planet Sci. Lett. ]
May 2020: We have found 4-billion-year-old nitrogen-containing organic molecules from a famous Martian meteorite, ALH 84001. [Koike et al. (2020) Nature Comm.] [EurekAlert!] [ELSI research highlights] [MMX News (En)]
Education & Employment
Research employment
2020.05 - present: Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University
2018.04 – 2020.04: JSPS Research Fellow (PD)
2019.05-2019.07: Visiting Fellow, The Open University, UK
2016.04 – 2018.03: JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)
Others
2014.04 – 2015.03: worked at Japanese private company
Education
2008.04 – 2012.03: B.S. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Physics, The University of Tokyo
2012.04 – 2014.03: M.S. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
2015.04 – 2018.03: Ph.D. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo
Honors & Awards
2018.03: Research Encouragement Prize for Ph.D. thesis (School of Science, The University of Tokyo [link] )
2016.03: Scholarship repayment absolution for outstanding student (Japan Student Services Organization)
2014.03: Scholarship repayment absolution for outstanding student (Japan Student Services Organization)
Conference Presentation Awards
see Publications
Research Funding
2021.04 - present: JSPS, Grant-in-Aid (KAKENHI) for Scientific Research (B) [21H01149]
2019.04 – present: JSPS, Grant-in-Aid (KAKENHI) for Early-Career Scientist [19K14790]
2018.04 – 2021.03: JSPS, Grant-in-Aid (KAKENHI) for JSPS Fellow (PD) [18J02005]
2016.04 – 2018.03: JSPS, Grant-in-Aid (KAKENHI) for JSPS Fellow (DC2)
Affiliation
Earth and Planetary Systems Science Program, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering,
Hiroshima University
1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
Email: mizuhokoike [at] hiroshima-u.ac.jp