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Program Members ｜ G-COE Reseach Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows ｜
Administrative Staffs

Program Members

Name	Affiliated Department	Position Title	Specialized field	HP
Irifune, Tetsuo	Geodynamics Research Center	Professor	High-pressure experiment
Inoue, Toru	Geodynamics Research Center	Professor	High-pressure experiment
Tsuchiya, Taku	Geodynamics Research Center	Professor	Theoretical mineral physics
Kameyama, Masanori	Geodynamics Research Center	Associate Professor	Numerical dynamics simulation
※Nishiyama, Norimasa	Geodynamics Research Center	Associate Professor	High-pressure experiment
※has relocated to DESY in Germany as Beamline Scientist (from April 2012)
Ohfuji, Hiroaki	Geodynamics Research Center	Associate Professor	High-pressure experiment
Kuwayama, Yasuhiro	Geodynamics Research Center	Assistant Professor	High-pressure experiment
Tange, Yoshinori	Geodynamics Research Center	Assistant Professor	High-pressure experiment
Sakai, Takeshi	Geodynamics Research Center	Assistant Professor	High-pressure experiment
De Koker, Nico	Geodynamics Research Center	Assistant Professor	Theoretical mineral physics
※Whitaker, Matthew L.	Geodynamics Research Center	Assistant Professor	High-pressure experiment
※Now at the NSLS at BNL in New York as Research Scientist (from July 2011)
※Ohno, Ichiro	Graduate School of Science and Engineering	Professor	Ultrasonic measurement
※has retired at mandatory age (March 2012)
Kawasaki, Toshisuke	Graduate School of Science and Engineering	Professor	High-pressure synthesis
Yamamoto, Akihiko	Graduate School of Science and Engineering	Professor	Tectonophysics
Funakoshi, Ken-ichi	Research and Utilization Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute	Associate Senior Scientist	Synchrotron experiment
Higo, Yuji	Research and Utilization Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute	Research Scientist	Ultrasonic measurement
Kagi, Hiroyuki	Geochemical Laboratory, University of Tokyo	Professor	Neutron and optical spectroscopic measurement
Li, Baosheng	Mineral Physics Institute, State University of New York at Stony Brook	Professor	Ultrasonic measurement

G-COE Research Fellows, Related Research Fellows, and Postdoctoral Fellows

Name	Affiliated department	Position Title	Specialized field	HP
Yagi, Takehiko	Geodynamics Research Center	Distinguished Professor	High-pressure experiment
Fujino, Kiyoshi	Geodynamics Research Center	Visiting Professor	High-pressure experiment
Hirai, Hisako	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Professor	High-pressure experiment
Matsukage, Kyoko N.	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Associate Professor	High-pressure experiment
※Kono, Yoshio	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Research Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※Now at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois State as Research Scientist (from April 2011).
※Usui, Yusuke	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Postdoctoral Fellow	Theoretical mineral physics, Global Seismology
※has relocated to Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. as Technical Expert (from April 2012)
※Kawazoe, Takaaki	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Research Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※has relocated to Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth as Akademischer Rat auf Zeit (from February 2013)
Gréaux, Steeve	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Research Fellow	High-pressure experiment
Yamada, Akihiro	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Research Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※Machida, Shin-ichi	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Research Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※has relocated to SNS at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee as Postdoctoral Associate (from January 2012)
Ichikawa, Hiroki	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Research Fellow	Numerical dynamics simulation
※Ohuchi, Tomohiro	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Research Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※has relocated to Geodynamics Research Center at Ehime Univ. as Assistant Professor (from January 2013)
※Lei, Li	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Postdoctoral Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※has relocated to Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan Univ. as Associate Professor (from April 2012)
※Metsue, Arnaud	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Research Fellow	Theoretical mineral physics
※has relocated to Laboratoire d' Études des Matériaux en Milieux Agressifs, Université de La Rochelle in France as Assistant Professor (from September 2012)
Kimura, Tomoaki	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Postdoctoral Fellow	High-pressure experiment
Wang, Xianling	Geodynamics Research Center	G-COE Postdoctoral Fellow	Theoretical mineral physics
Komatsu, Kazuki	Geochemical Laboratory, University of Tokyo	Associate Professor	Geochemistry, High-pressure nuetron experiment
Kimura, Masaki	Geodynamics Research Center	Assistant Professor	High-pressure material science

Administrative Staffs

Senior Research Fellow Center

Name	Position Title	Specialized field	HP
Tsuchiya, Jun	Senior Research Fellow	Theoretical mineral physics
Nishihara, Yu	Senior Research Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※Spengler, Dirk	Postdoctral Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※Now at the University of Potsdam in Germany as Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (from April 2011).
※Dekura, Haruhiko	Postdoctral Fellow	Theoretical mineral physics
※has relocated to Geodynamics Research Center at Ehime Univ. as Assistant Professor (from January 2013)

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow

Name	Affiliated department	Position Title	Specialized field	HP
Nishi, Masayuki	Geodynamics Research Center	JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※Qin, Jiaqian	Geodynamics Research Center	JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow	High-pressure experiment
※has relocated to Metallurgy and Materials Science Research Institute, Chulalongkorn Univ. as Researcher (from August 2012)

Research Coordination and Technical Development Office

Name	Position Title
Shinmei, Toru	Laboratory Manager
Yamada, Akira	Research Administrator

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