About us.doc Introduction / Organaization / Location / Address / Pamphlet of the Department of Earth and Space Science Introduction     The Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science of Osaka University is a unique department established in 1995, aimed at developing a new horizon in the research and the education of earth and space science from the physics-based perspective. Goal of the research activity of our department is to understand the extreme state of matter in space, even including life, and to solve a wide variety of phenomena which occur in space, planets and the earth, on the basis of the outcome of modern physics..     The Department of Earth and Space Science consists of three major areas: (1) Astrophysics and Planetary Science, (2) Earth and Planetary Material Sciences, and (3) Extreme Material Science. The related disciplines are theoretical astrophysics, X-ray astrophysics, planetary science, geophysics, theoretical and experimental condensed-matter physics and biophysics. A total of 28 students are enrolled each year for the Master's Program and 13 for the Doctor's Program.     Our department emphasizes fundamental physics as the basis of earth and space science. Hence, the research and the education are conducted in close collaboration with the Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science. Meanwhile, our department always seeks for and is open to talented researchers and students from a wide variety of fields not limited to physics, such as astronomy, geophysics, geology, mineralogy, biology and engineering. We wish to go beyond the traditional framework of science to develop a new frontier of interdisciplinary science, and construct a new style of earth and space science as integrated science. Fruits obtained from such researches will open up a new perspective in the problems of Earth environment in the 21st century, the question of the origin of life on Earth, and eventually, an entire human life in the future. ↑back to top of this page Teaching Staffs     Our department consists of the following teaching staffs.  Professors. Akira Tsuchiyama, Fumio Takahara, Hikaru Kawamura, Hiroshi Shibai, Hiroshi Tsunemi, Jun-ichi Matsuda, Kazuma Hirota, Satoru Nakashima, Tadashi Kondo,  Associate Professors. Chiaki Uyeda, Chihiro Yamanaka, Kazuto Saiki, Kiyoshi Hayashida, Osamu Hisatomi, Osamu Ohtaka, Satoshi Yukawa, Tetsuro Hirono, Toshifumi Taniguchi, Yutaka Fujita,  Assistant Professors. Atsushi Tani, Emi Miyata, Hajime Yoshino, Hideyuki Tagoshi, Ko Hashizume, Hikaru Yabuta,Makoto Katsura, Misato Fukagawa, Masato Matsuura,Tadashi Yokoyama, Tatsuhiro Sakaiya,Toru Tsuribe,     Note that everyday research activity is performed by each research group (nine groups at present) as fundamental units. For the details of the research activity of the research groups,go to Research Groups. [To Staff] [To Reseach Groups] ↑back to top of this page Location     Our department is located in Osaka, the third biggest city in Japan, within a Toyonaka campas of Osaka University. Detailed access information in English can be found following this link. Our department is in the Bulding-F in the campas map below, just at the main gate. an enlargement >> ↑back to top of this page Address Department of Earth and Space Sceince, Graduate School of Science Osaka University 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho,Toyonaka-shi,Osaka 560-0043,Japan E-mail: jimu"at mark"ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp Tel: +81-6-6850-5479 Fax: +81-6-6850-5480 ↑back to top of this page Pamphlet of the Department of Earth and Space Science You can browse the pamphlet of our department at the website of the Graduate School of Science. ↑back to top of this page

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