YURIMOTO Hisayoshi
Professor
Origin of the Solar System
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Earth and Planetary System Science
| Theme | I study origin and evolution of the Solar system by chemical and isotopical analyses. |
| Field | Geochemistry, Cosmochemistry, Mineralogy, Planetary Sciences, Applied Physics |
| Keyword | meteorite, isotope microscope, isotope, solar system, mass spectrometry, chronology, mineral |
Introduction of Research
I am interested in the origin and evolution of the solar system, as well as the origin and evolution of Earth. My research is based on meteorites from asteroids, the Moon, and Mars, and on terrestrial samples.
Representative Achievements
Yurimoto, H., Abe, K.-i., Abe, M., Ebihara, M., Fujimura, A., Hashiguchi, M., Hashizume, K., Ireland, T. R., Itoh, S., Katayama, J., Kato, C., Kawaguchi, J., Kawasaki, N., Kitajima, F., Kobayashi, S., Meike, T., Mukai, T., Nagao, K., Nakamura, T., Naraoka, H., Noguchi, T., Okazaki, R., Park, C., Sakamoto, N., Seto, Y., Takei, M., Tsuchiyama, A., Uesugi, M., Wakaki, S., Yada, T., Yamamoto, K., Yoshikawa, M. and Zolensky, M. E. (2011) Oxygen isotopic compositions of asteroidal materials returned from Itokawa by the Hayabusa mission. Science 333, 1116-1119.
Sakamoto, N., Seto, Y., Itoh, S., Kuramoto, K., Fujino, K., Nagashima, K., Krot, A.N., and Yurimoto, H.(2007) Remnants of the early solar system water enriched in heavy oxygen isotopes. Science,317(5835), 231-233.
Nagashima, K., Krot, A. N. and Yurimoto, H.(2004) Stardust silicates from primitive meteorites. Nature428,921-924.
Yurimoto, H. and Kuramoto, K. (2004) Molecular cloud origin for the oxygen isotope heterogeneity in the solar system. Science 305, 1763-1766.
Itoh S. and Yurimoto H.(2003) Contemporaneous formation of chondrules and refractory inclusions in the early solar system. Nature423, 728-731.
| Academic degree | Doctor of Science |
| Academic background | 1980 B.S. (Geoscience) University of Tsukuba 1985 D. Sc. (Geoscience) University of Tsukuba 1985-1986 JSPS Fellow 1986-1992 Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba 1994-2005 Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology 2005- Present Position |
| Affiliated academic society | Geochemical Society of Japan, Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences, Meteoritical Society, Japan Geoscience Union |
| Room address | Creative Research Institution Buillding 02-320 |
