Prof. Dr. Huixin Liu, Vice President, Kyushu University, Japan
Birthplace
Earth
Previous Institutions
Max-Planck-Institute for Solar Physics, Germany
Nation Center for Atmosphere Research, US
German research center for geoscience, GFZ Potsdam, Germany
Hokkaido University, Japan
Kyoto University, Japan
Research Themes
Solar impacts on the thermosphere and ionosphere: impacts on the structure and dynamics of the thermosphere and ionosphere, global distribution, seasonal variation, anomaly behaviors, etc. at various time scales from long to short such as solar cycle, solar rotation, solar storms, solar flares
Meteorological impacts on the thermere and ionosphere: impacts on the structure and dynamics of the thermosphere and ionosphere, global distribution, seasonal variation, anomaly behaviors during e.g. global warming, El-Nino Southern Oscillation, earthquakes, volcano's eruption, etc.
Mars Atmosphere-ionosphere coupling
Research Keywords
thermosphere density, satellite drag, thermosphere wind and dynamics, ionosphere density, radio communication, atmosphere-ionosphere coupling, ion-neutral interaction, space weather, meteorlogy, stratosphere sudden warming, global warming, ionospheric irregularities, Sporadic E layers, whole atmosphere modelling
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Beetle
Maria Gloria Tan Jun Rios (call me "Glo")
Birthplace
Tucumán, Argentina
Research Theme
Long-term changes in the ionosphere response to solar wind energy and the potential contribution of climate change
Research Keywords
Ionosphere, Long-term changes, Solar wind
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Bird
Farhan Naufal Rifqi (call me "Oki")
Birthplace
Jakarta, Indonesia
Research Theme
Effects of increasing CO2 towards ionospheric irregularities
Research Keywords
Ionospheric irregularites, Ionosphere, CO2, Climate change, Sporadic-E, Long-term change
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Sloth
Githio Lynne Nkatha
Birthplace
Embu, Kenya
Research Themes
Modeling the Ionospheric Response to Sudden Stratospheric Warming
Investigating the Day-to-Day Variability of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles
Research Keywords
Ionosphere, Equatorial Plasma Bubbles, Sudden Strarospheric Warming, machine learning, atmospheric coupling.
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Butterfly
Noritsugu Nagata (call me "Nori")
Birthplace
Fukuoka, Japan (Grew up in Saga, Japan)
Research Theme
Upper atmosphere response towards the Global Dust Storm on Mars observed by MAVEN/NGIMS
Research Keywords
Mars upper atmosphere (ionosphere, thermosphere), Dust storm, MAVEN spacecraft
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Falcon
Tomoki Maeda
Birthplace
Kagoshima, Japan
Research Theme
Relationship between SSW and Sporadic E layers
Research Keywords
Sporadic-E layers, SSW (Sudden Stratospheric Warming)
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Bear
Goto Masatake
Birthplace
Oita, Japan
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Owl
Saya Akashi
Birthplace
Hiroshima, Japan
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Fox
Ryusei Abe
Birthplace
Miyagi, Japan
Research Keywords
Satellite orbit determination,machine learning,thermosphere
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Nonoka Fujii
Birthplace
Research Theme
Research Keywords
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Birthplace
China
Research Themes
Morphology and dynamics of ionospheric irregularities (Sporadic E layers)
Roles of neutral wind, gravity waves, and electric field in the formation and evolution of sporadic E layers
Research Keywords
Ionospheric irregularities, Sporadic E layers
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Whale
Xiong Yating
Birthplace
China
Research Theme
Magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling effect
Research Keywords
Lobe reconnection, Magnetic storm, Travelling ionospheric disturbances, Equatorial electrojet.
Jack Gale (August-October 2025)
Affiliation
RMIT University, Australia
Maddy Farrugia (August-October 2025)
Affiliation
RMIT University, Australia
Ifeoluwa Adawa (September-December 2025)
Birthplace
Nigeria
Affiliation
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt.
Research Theme
Characterization of Equatorial and Low-Latitude Ionospheric Plasma Bubbles: Insights from Space Based In Situ Platforms.
Research Keywords
Equatorial Plasma Bubble Depth, Width, Ionospheric Irregularities
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Dolphin
Trinidad Duran (October-December 2025)
Birthplace
Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Affiliation
IFISUR- Universidad Nacional del Sur - Argentina.
Research Theme
Long-term variations in the ionosphere due to anthropogenic and natural factors, and their relevance to space weather.
Research Keywords
Ionosphere, Long-term changes, greenhouse effect, geomagnetic secular variation.
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Cat
Qingyu Zhang (October 2025-September 2026)
Birthplace
China
Affiliation
Shandong University & Polar Research Institute of China
Research Theme
Formation and evolution mechanisms of polar ionospheric irregularities (polar cap patches).
Solar wind–magnetosphere–ionosphere coupling and its impact on the high-latitude ionosphere.
Research Keywords
Polar cap patches, Ionospheric irregularities
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Seal
Dr. Yosuke Yamazaki German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany
January - February 2024
Dr. Hsiao Tungyuan National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
December 2024
Prof. Charles Chien-Hung Lin National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
December 2024
Prof. Delores J. Knipp University of Colorado at Boulder (UC Boulder), USA
October 7th, 2024
Dr. Nick Pedatella National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA
October 5th- Late November, 2024
Dr. Chih-Ting Hsu National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA
July 7th- August 24th, 2024
Dr. Jeff Klenzing NASA Goddard Flight Center, USA
June 1st-7th, 2024
Dr. Hanli Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA
May 30th - June 17th, 2024
Dr. Thomas Immel University of California Berkeley, USA
May 17th - 23rd, 2024
Dr. Christina Arras German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany
April 19th - May 10th, 2024
Dr. Ma Han Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
February 2024 - February 2025
Dr. Yu Tingting Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
February 2024 - February 2025
Prof. Loren Chang National Central University, Taiwan
December 2023
Mr. Florian Günzkofer Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
September - November 2023
Dr. Facundo Poblet Institute for Atmosphere Physics (IAP), Rostock University, Germany
September - November 2023
Dr. Jack Wang NASA Goddard Flight Center, USA
January - February 2023
Prof. Charles Lin Department of Earth Science, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan
November 2022
Prof. William Ward University of New Brunswick, Canada
October 2022
Dr. Nick Pedatella National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA
September 2022
Prof. Jorge Chau Institute for Atmosphere Physics, Germany
September 2022
2019.03~2019.08, Prof. Xinan Yue, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, China.
2018.07, Prof. Alan Liu, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, US.
2018.05~2018.07, Dr. Lee Bargatze, University of California, Los Angeles, US,.
2017.11, Prof. Jens Obserheide, Clemon University, US.
2017.10~2019.10, Dr. Zheng Wang, Space Weather Lab, China.
2017.05~2017.08, Dr. Larisa Goncharenko, MIT, US.
2017.03, Prof. Martin Connors, Canada.
2016.10, Dr. Nanan Balan, University of Lancaster, U.K.
2016.08~2016.12, Prof. Libo Liu, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, China.
2016.07~2017.06, Dr. Yang-Yi Sun, National Center University, Taiwan.
2016.04, Prof. Joe She, Colorado State University, U.S.
2016.03, Prof. Patrick Espy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
2015.11, Dr. Yeon Joo Lee, DLR, Germany.
2015.03, Dr. Erdal Yigit, George Mason University, USA.
2015.03, Dr. Loren Chang, National Central University, Taiwan.
2015.02, Prof. J. Y. Liu, National Central University, Taiwan.
2014.11, Prof. Willianm Ward, University of New Brunswick, Canada.
2014.11, Prof. Weixing Wan, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Science, China.
2014.07~2014.08, Dr. Loren Chang, National Central University, Taiwan.
2014.07, Dr. Nick, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), USA
2014.03, Dr. Jiuhou Lei, Science and Technology university, China.
2014.03, Dr. Tulasiram Sudarsanam, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India.
2014.01, Dr. Heikki Vanhamaeki, University of Oulu, Finland
2013.10, Prof. Peter Visser, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
2013.07~2014.07, Dr. Jianpeng Guo, National Key lab on Space weather, China,
2012.10~2012.12, Dr. C. H. Lin, National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan.
2012.09, Dr. Venkat Rao, RISH, Kyoto University, Japan.
2012.07, Prof. Xinzhao Chu, University of Colorado, US.
2012.05~2013.04, Dr. Run Shi, National Polar Research Institute, China.
2012.01 Dr. Arthur D. Richmond, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), US
名前 / 卒業年度 / 修士・博士論文の題名
高橋 大登 / 2019 / Role of gravity wave in seeding plasma bubbles
阿部 宇宙 / 2019/ Ionosphere response to global warming
中本 雄介 / 2018 / Upper atmosphere response to doubling of CO2
中嶋 純一郎 / 2015 / 衛星観測による熱圏風変動
田埜綾香 / 2015/ 衛星観測による電離圏変動
坪崎 広之 / 2015 / CHAMP衛星観測による熱圏密度の長期変動の研究
今城峻 / 2015 / SubstormときのPi2についての研究
N.S.A. Hamid / 2014 / Variabilities of the equatorial electrojet
松下 拓輝 / 2013/ 磁気赤道電磁場構造から推測されるDP2電流系の成因
和田 宏太朗 / 2013 / QSAT-EOSの開発 : 低高度磁場擾乱の解析に向け た残留磁気測定試験
竹内勇人 / 2013 / QZS衛星とMAGDAS地上磁力計による沿磁力線電流の同一磁力線上同時観測
太田 聡 / 2013 / 改良一点法を用いた磁力線共鳴同定に基づく磁気 圏プラズマ密度診断
M. J. Jusoh / 2013 / Possible relations between the solar wind and the occurrence of earthquakes
Emad Moris Henry Takla / 2012 / Anomalous geomagnetic field variations associated with earthquakes