Academic Year 2026
Faculty
Ryosuke Sinmyo, Associate Professor
Email: sinmyo[a]meiji.ac.jp
Researcher
Shuhou Maitani, Visiting Researcher
High-temperature and high-pressure experiments using laser-heated, externally heated, and internally heated DACs; single-crystal X-ray diffraction measurements
Email: smaitani[a]meiji.ac.jp
Web: Maitani's page
M2
Kousei Ono
Research topic: “Precise determination of the crystal structure of Fe- and Al-bearing bridgmanite under lower-mantle temperature and pressure conditions”
Yuma Sudo
Research topic: “Crystal-structure analysis of Al2O3 under high pressure by single-crystal X-ray diffraction”
Naoya Motojima
Research topic: “Crystal-growth experiments of SiO2 toward precise determination of the crystal structure of seifertite”
M1
Takeru Igarashi
Research topic: “Stability of SiC at high temperatures and pressures in the SiO2-SiC binary system”
Mana Shiogama
Research topic: “Elucidating Earth’s nitrogen depletion problem based on high-pressure experiments”
Taisei Mamiya
Research topic: “Estimating the structure of internal crustal materials in Earth based on high-temperature and high-pressure experiments”
B4
Saki Kawahara
Ken Tanaka
Haruki Yashiro
Teppei Nishimura
Hana Maeda
Tetta Inoue
Former Members
Shunpei Yokoo, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow (PD)
Academic Year 2025 Graduates
Doctoral Program: Shuhou Maitani
Doctoral dissertation: “Structure and evolution of Earth and planetary materials explored through high-pressure, high-precision, and high-speed time-resolved experiments”
Master’s Program: Ayase Ogawa
Research topic: “Exploring the conditions for the appearance of metastable silicate phases generated during meteorite impacts”
Master’s Program: Kenta Kobayashi
Research topic: “Structural phase transitions of 3C-SiC and 6H-SiC at high temperatures and pressures”
Undergraduate: Takeru Igarashi (entered the Master’s Program), Mana Shiogama (entered the Master’s Program), Taisei Mamiya (entered the Master’s Program), Koushi Saruta
Academic Year 2024 Graduates
Master’s Program: Akira Oikawa
Research topic: “Development of high-temperature and high-pressure generation equipment for determining the melting point of H2O under planetary interior conditions”
Master’s Program: Chiharu Hokazono
Research topic: “Experimental study toward elucidating diamond formation conditions and the carbon cycle in Earth’s deep interior”
Undergraduate: Kousei Ono (entered the Master’s Program), Yuma Sudo (entered the Master’s Program), Shizuku Ikari, Tomoya Hasegawa
Academic Year 2023 Graduates
Undergraduate: Ayase Ogawa (entered the Master’s Program), Kenta Kobayashi (entered the Master’s Program), Takashi Saito, Yuto Shinkai, Shusei Ri
Academic Year 2022 Graduates
Master’s Program: Yuto Kawai
Research topic: “Constraints on life-related compounds supplied by impact processes”
Master’s Program: Katsuki Sone
Research topic: “Understanding Earth’s early differentiation processes based on tungsten partition coefficients at high temperatures and pressures”
Master’s Program: Shuhou Maitani (entered the Doctoral Program)
Research topic: “Electrical conductivity of (FeO)m(Fe2O3)n iron oxides under high pressure”
Undergraduate: Akira Oikawa (entered the Master’s Program), Xiaoran Wang, Haruki Ono, Natsuki Kurasawa, Kanta Nagashima, Chiharu Hokazono (entered the Master’s Program)