STAFF
	Shigeto WATANABE	PhD	Professer	Science of Terretial planet's atmosphere and cosmic space
	Kiyoshi KURAMOTO	PhD	Professer	Earth and Planetary science
Researcher
	Huixin LIU	PhD		The thermosphere-ionosphere coupling using the CHAMP satellite
Graduate students
	Kengo KOMATSU	D3		Radiation belts of Earth
	Chihiro MITSUDA	D3		Evolution of Martian surface environments
	Takashi FUKUI	D2		Material and chemical evolution of early Solar system
	Takahisa O-ISHI	D1		Observations of Venus by using UV wavelength
	Tomoko IWAHORI	M2		Thermal history of Mercury
	Shingo NANBU	M1
	Shane MARTIN	M1
Undergraduate Students
	Hiroaki SAITO	B4
	Seiko TAKAGI	B4
	Kengo YOSHITA	B4

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (Hayashi Lab.)
Solar System Physics
Snow and Ice Physics/Planetary Sciences (in Inst. Low Temp. Sci.)

Phenomena and Structures (Chief=SHW)

• Targets
  • Structure and dynamics of planetary atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres
  • Atmospheric escape
  • Planetary auroras
• Methods
  • Observations from space and ground
  • Data analysis: Akebono, Nozomi, etc
  • Numerical modeling

Origin and Evolution (Chief=KK)

• Targets
  • Planetary differentiation processes (formation of atmosphere, mantle and core)
  • Evolution of materials in primitive solar nebula
  • Evolution of planetary interiors and surface environments
• Methods
  • Theoretical analysis
  • Numerical modeling