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From Terrestrial Resource Exploration to Lunar Robots: Four Additional Prospective Faculty Members Announced
The Graduate School of Frontier Exploration in Earth and Space (tentative name; currently in the planning stage) has announced four additional prospective faculty members.
Scheduled to open in April 2028, the graduate school will use the Moon, Mars, cislunar space, and Earth as its primary fields of education and research, offering an interdisciplinary learning environment that integrates science, engineering, and management. The research areas of the four newly announced faculty members span a wide range of fields, including subsurface investigation, satellites, planetary science, and lunar robotics. Through their research profiles and messages, we hope prospective students will gain a clearer understanding of what it means to study across both space and Earth.
Newly Announced Prospective Faculty Members
(Scheduled to join in April 2028. Current affiliation shown in parentheses.)
Jun Matsushima
(Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Professor Matsushima specializes in geophysical exploration. His research focuses on technologies that allow us to see underground structures without excavation by using seismic waves and cosmic-ray muons. He aims to extend technologies developed for terrestrial resource exploration and CO₂ geological storage monitoring to space applications, including the construction of lunar bases.
Norihide Miyamura
(Professor, School of Science and Engineering/ School of Data Science, Meisei University)
Professor Miyamura researches optical sensors for microsatellites. His work explores technologies that enable multiple satellites to fly in precise formation and function collectively as a single large-aperture telescope. If high-resolution Earth observation from geostationary orbit can be realized, it could make a significant contribution to the early detection of natural disasters.
Tetsuo Taki
(Project Researcher, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Dr. Taki investigates how planets, including Earth, formed and evolved into their present states through mathematical modeling and numerical simulation. He is also a participant in JAXA's Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission and is engaged in research involving observations of Phobos, one of Mars' moons.
Takuya Omura
(Postdoctoral Fellow, Concordia University, Canada)
Dr. Omura specializes in terramechanics, the study of mechanical interactions between vehicles and soil. His research focuses on the design and control of robots and rover wheels capable of operating smoothly in sandy, low-gravity environments such as the Moon and Mars.
Messages from these four faculty members will also be featured on this website. Stay tuned!
At present, the graduate school plans to have 19 full-time faculty members, and additional appointments will be announced as they are finalized.