Education

1997 Ph.D. in Petrology & Geochemistry, Dept. Earth & Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University

1994 M.Eng. in Economic Geology, Dept. Natural Resources Development Engineering, Hokkaido University

1992 B.Eng. in Economic Geology, Dept. Natural Resources Development Engineering, Hokkaido University

Professional Experience

2021                   Adjunct Professor, The Open University of Japan

2018 - present  Professor, Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University

2014                   Adjunct Associate Professor, The Open University of Japan

2009 - 2018       Associate Professor, Institute for Planetary Materials Okayama University

2006 -2008        Assistant Professor, Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University

2000 - 2006       Technician, Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University

1997 - 2000       Post-doctral Fellow,  Institute for Study of the Earth's Interior, Okayama University

1997 - 1997       Post-doctral Fellow,  University Museum, The University of Tokyo

Grants

2026 - 2028    JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) [挑戦的研究(萌芽)]: Establishing Organic Triple Oxygen　Isotope Geo- and Cosmochemistry （PI: Ryoji Tanaka）

2025 - 2027    JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research B  [基盤B]: Reassessment of soil formation processes using precise 

     quantification of minerals and multi-tracer estimation of their provenances（PI: Atsushi Nakano）

2025 - 2028    JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research B  [基盤B]: Detection of Light Element Isotope Fractionation in Asteroid Material and Inference of the Environment for Light Element Formation（PI: Takuya Kunihiro）

2024 - 2027    JSPS Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Collaborative Research) [国際共同研究加速基金(海外連携研究) ]: Assessing the potential sources of the pre-biotic building blocks of life via an interdisciplinary experimental and analytical approach (PI: Ryoji Tanaka）

2024 - 2026    JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research B  [基盤B]: Development of site-specific stable isotope analysis to elucidate the origin and evolution of extraterrestrial amino acids（PI: Ryoji Tanaka）

2023 - 2025    JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) [挑戦的研究(萌芽)]: Development of a method for detecting traces of biological activity using multi-transition metal stable isotopes（PI: Ryoji Tanaka）

2020 - 2022    JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research C  [基盤C]: Development of multi-elements triple stable isotope measurements and its application（PI: Ryoji Tanaka）

2016 - 2019    JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research C  [基盤C]: Development of high precision chronological method for the determination of volcanic eruption（PI: Ryoji Tanaka）

2014 - 2018    JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research A  [基盤A]: Earth history ocean floor section reconstruction project: Elucidation of environmental changes from Archaean to Proterozoic (PI: Shoichi Kiyokawa)

2011 - 2014    JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research B  [基盤A]:  Elucidation of the dynamic magma system by precise time-scale evaluation（PI: Eizo Nakamura）

2009                JSPS International Meeting Visit Program: Synthesizing diverse data sets into models of Hawaiian plume and island evolution (PI: Ryoji Tanaka)

1998                 The Society of Resource Geology Arai foundation: Magmatism and related mineralization process at the Central American Arc (PI: Ryoji Tanaka)

Teaching

• Introduction to Earth and Planetary Science

• Mantle Geocemistry

• Isotope Geo- and Cosmochemistry

• Astrobiology

Member of Academic Society

• Japan Geoscience Union

• Geochemical Society

• The Meteoritical Society

• The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences

• The Geochemical Society of Japan

Licences

• Professional Engineer, Applied Science Division, Geophysics and Geochemistry

技術士・応用理学部門（地球物理及び地球化学 ）

• Health officer's license on Industrial hygiene

衛生工学衛生管理者

• High School Teacher (Science) 

高等学校教諭（理科）

Beyond Research

Outside my research, I am involved in running, trail running,  and Yaeyama classical folk music.

Music

Affiliation

• Certified Teacher, Classic Yaeyama Folk Music Association
  八重山古典民謡保存会 教師

Awards

• Grand Prize, Yaeyama Classical Folk Music Competition, organized by the Yaeyama Mainichi Shimbun  (2012)
  八重山毎日新聞社主催 八重山古典民謡コンクール 最優秀賞

Running

Affiliation

• Misasa Yunomachi Runners
  三朝湯の町ランナーズ（三朝町陸上部）

• Okayama Trail Running Association (OTRA)
  岡山県トレイルランニング協会

• Tottori Trail Running Club
  鳥取県トレイルランニング同好会

• Free Jog Club
  フリージョグクラブ

Personal Bests

• Marathon: 3:35:06 — Tottori Marathon, 15 March 2026

• Half marathon: 1:38:28 — Izumo Kunibiki Marathon, 3 March 2024

• Yarikan 12-hour Endurance: 8-Yari, 11:32 — 4 May 2026