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The Department of Earth and Space Science was established in 1995 with a purpose of conducting physics-based research and education concerning (1) the evolution of the earth and the space and (2) the origin and properties of matters. Most graduate students have been majoring in physics in the School of Science. The quota of students for the course is 28 annually. The entrance examination is held in common with that for the Department of Physics. The Department of Earth and Space Science consists of three major research areas: (1) Astrophysics and Planetary Science, (2) Earth and Planetary Material Sciences and (3) Extreme Material Science. The related disciplines are basic astrophysics, X-ray and infrared astrophysics, planetary and geophysics and condensed matter physics involving biophysics.
The following is a list of the staff, including collaborating research member in the Institute of Laser Engineering.
Astrophysics and Planetary Science
| Prof. Hiroshi TSUNEMI, | (tsunemi@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Prof. Fumio TAKAHARA, | (takahara@vega.ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Prof. Hiroshi SHIBAI, | (shibai@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Prof. Jun-ichi MATSUDA, | (matsuda@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Kiyoshi HAYASHIDA, | (hayasida@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Yutaka FUJITA, | (fujita@vega.ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
Earth and Planetary Material Sciences
| Prof. Hikaru KAWAMURA, | (kawamura@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Prof. Akira THUCHIYAMA, | (akira@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Prof. Tadashi KONDO, | (tdskondo@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Prof. Satoru NAKASHIMA, | (satoru@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Osamu HISATOMI, | (hisatomi@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Chihiro YAMANAKA, | (yamanaka@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Kazuto SAIKI, | (ksaiki@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Satoshi YUKAWA, | (yukawa@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Tetsuro HIRONO, | (hirono@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
Extreme Material Science
| Prof. Kazuma HIROTA, | (hirota@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Chiaki UYEDA, | (uyeda@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Osamu OTAKA, | (ohtaka@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| Assoc. Prof. Toshifumi TANIGUCHI, | (ttani@ltfridge.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
Institute of Laser Engineering (Collaborating Institute)
| Prof. Hideaki TAKABE, | (takabe@ile.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
| * Students are invited twice a year. |
A photograph of the entrance lobby symbolizing evolution of lives and the birth of new Earth and Space Science from physics on microscopic world. The floor is covered with Precambrian granite (2.2 billion years old). The wall picture employs “stromatlite” formed by cyanobacteria 1.8 billion years ago and “wave-rippled sandstone” 1.2 billion years ago. Let us listen to the Precambrian wave sounds.