{"id":44,"date":"2020-05-14T22:44:57","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T13:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utglobalseismology.org\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-04-08T21:50:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:50:45","slug":"member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utglobalseismology.org\/en\/member\/","title":{"rendered":"MEMBER"},"content":{"rendered":"
Leading solid earth science researchers and students belong to our group.<\/h6>\n

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Current member<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/td>\nKenji Kawai, Associate Professor<\/strong>
\nThe University of Tokyo, Earth and Planetary Physics, 2001.
\nThe University of Tokyo, Earth and Planetary Science, M.Sc., 2003.
\nThe University of Tokyo, Earth and Planetary Science, Ph.D., 2006.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRei Sato, Postdoc Researcher<\/strong>
\nResearch topics\uff1a Joint inversion of S- and P-wave velocity structure using seismic waveforms
\ne-mail: reisato2024 (at) gmail.com
\n[Web page<\/a>]\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIkuchi Funahashi, D3<\/strong>
\nJSPS Fellowship(DC1), FoPM Fellowship
\nResearch topics\uff1a Waveform inversion for azimuthally anisotropic structure in the lowermost mantle; Deformation of alpha-quartz using molecular dynamics
\ne-mail: funahashi (at) eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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<\/td>\nShoya Uchikoshi, D1<\/strong>
\nSPRING-GX student
\nResearch topics\uff1a Non-empirical friction law via direct observation
\ne-mail: shoya.1189 (at) eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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<\/td>\nToru Obayashi, D1<\/strong>
\nResearch topics\uff1a Development of methods for inversion in fluid media
\ne-mail: obayashi-toru0915 (at) eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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<\/td>\nSeitaro Yazawa, D1<\/strong>
\nFMSP Fellowship, SPRING-GX student
\nResearch topics\uff1aMolecular dynamics calculations with machine learning potentials
\ne-mail: seitaroyazawa (at) eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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<\/td>\nNanako Homma, M2<\/strong>
\nResearch topics\uff1aTO COME
\ne-mail: (at) eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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<\/td>\nShota Kataoka, M1<\/strong>
\nResearch topics\uff1aDevelopment of methods for estimating the Earth’s internal structure using waveform inversion and double-difference tomography
\ne-mail: shota.kataoka (AT) eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Past members<\/h3>\n

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Keyur De <\/strong> (Research student 2019-2022)
\nResearch topics: Early Martian tectonic evolution\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Trishit Ruj<\/strong> (JSPS Fellowship(PD) 2018-2021) → Postdoc researcher at JAXA
\nResearch Topic: Early Martian tectonic evolution\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keisuke Otsuru<\/strong> (M.Sc. 2023; Ph.D 2026) → JSPS Fellowship(PD) at Hokkaido University
\nThesis: Imaging the interaction between slabs and large low-shear velocity provinces using waveform inversion
\nJSPS Fellowship(DC1), FoPM Fellowship\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rei Sato<\/strong> (M.Sc. 2023; Ph.D 2026) → Postdoc researcher at University of Tokyo
\nThesis: Joint inversion of S- and P-wave velocity structure using seismic waveforms: Toward thermochemical imaging of the mantle
\nFMSP Fellowship
\n[Web page<\/a>]\n<\/tr>\n
Yuki Suzuki<\/strong> (M.Sc. 2017; Ph.D 2020) → Postdoc researcher at Tokyo Tech.
\nThesis: 3-D isotropic and anisotropic structure in the lowermost mantle beneath the circum-Pacific inferred using waveform inversion: Constraints on geodynamics above the core-mantle boundary
\nFMSP Fellowship\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anselme F.E. Borgeaud<\/strong> (M.Sc. 2016; Ph.D 2019) → Postdoc researcher at Academia Sinica, Taiwan
\nThesis: Imaging slabs in the Earth\u2019s mantle transition zone and D\u201d layer beneath Central America and its vicinity using waveform inversion
\nIncentive Award of the School of Science, The University of Tokyo (Ph.D 2019)
\nGSS Fellowship\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tarudee “Gil” Autaijaratrasmee<\/strong> (M.Sc. 2025) → Private company
\nMaster thesis: Shear wave splitting analysis of Thai Seismic Array recordings: Implications for the mantle flow beneath Thailand
\nMEXT scholarship with Embassy Recommendation
\n<\/tr>\n
Ryoichi Ishibashi<\/strong> (M.Sc. 2025) → Private company
\nMaster thesis: Waveform inversion for anisotropic structure in the lowermost mantle beneath Central America\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tsubasa Ue<\/strong> (M.Sc. 2021) → Private company
\nMaster thesis: Waveform inversion for 3-D S-velocity structure in the D\u201d region beneath Eurasia
\nFMSP Fellowship\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hanaya Okuda<\/strong> (B.Sc. 2018; M.Sc. 2020) → AORI
\nMaster thesis: First-principles investigation and its application to the macroscopic frictional characteristics of brucite
\nFMSP Fellowship
\nIncentive Award of the School of Science, The University of Tokyo (M.Sc. 2020)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lina Yamaya<\/strong> (M.Sc. 2019) → ERI
\nMaster Thesis: Effect of redetermination of source parameters on localized waveform inversion for 3-D S velocity structure
\nFMSP Fellowship
\nIncentive Award of the School of Science, The University of Tokyo (M.Sc. 2019)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Makito Kobayashi<\/strong> (B.Sc. 2018) → Sch. Eng.
\nBachelor Thesis: The mineralogy and geology of the Goshogake mud volcano field, northern Japan, and its implication to the mechanism and driving force
\nIGPEES Fellowship\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lyara Villanova Silverio<\/strong> (International research student 2021-2022) → PhD candidate at Tokyo Institute of Technology
\nMEXT scholarship with Embassy Recommendation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welifer Jr Lebron Vincente<\/strong> (International research student 2023-2024)
\nMEXT scholarship with Embassy Recommendation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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