BAJO Ken-ichi
Assistant Professor
Noble gas cosmochemistry
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Earth and Planetary System Science
Theme | Cosmochemistry reveled by using noble gas isotopes in extra-terrestrial matters |
Field | Geochemistry, Mass spectrometry |
Keyword | Noble gas, Mass spectrometry, In-situ isotope analysis, Solar wind, Sample return mission |
Representative Achievements
R. Okazaki, B. Marty, H. Busemann, K. Hashizume, J.D. Gilmour, A. Meshik, T. Yada, F. Kitajima, M.W. Broadley. D. Byrne, E. Furi, M.E.I. Riebe, D. Krietsch, C. Maden, A. Ishida, P. Clay, S.A Crowther, L. Fawcett, T. Lawton, O. Pravdivseva, Y.N. Miura, J. Park, K. Bajo, Y. Takano, K. Yamada, S. Kawagucci, Y. Matsui, Y. Yamamoto, K. Righter, S. Sakai, N. Iwata, N. Shirai, S. Sekimoto, M. Inagaki, M. Ebihara, R. Yokochi, K. Nishiizumi, K. Nagao, J.I. Lee, A. Kano, M.W. Caffee, R. Uemura et al. (2023) Noble gases and nitrogen in samples of asteroid Ryugu record its volatile sources and recent surface evolution. Science, 379, eabo0431.
K. Bajo, J. Aoki, M. Ishihara, S. Furuya, M. Nishimura, M. Yoshitake, and H. Yurimoto (2022) Development of electrostatic‐induced charge detector for multiturn time‐of‐flight mass spectrometer. Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 57, 11, e4892.
T. Usui, K. Bajo, W. Fujiya, Y. Furukawa, M. Koike, Y.N. Miura, H. Sugahara, S. Tachibana, Y. Takano and K. Kuramoto (2020) The Importance of Phobos Sample Return for Understanding the Mars-Moon System. Space Science Reviews, 216, 49.
K. Bajo, S. Itose, M. Matsuya, M. Ishihara, K. Uchino, M. Kudo, I. Sakaguchi, and H. Yurimoto (2016) High spatial resolution imaging of helium isotope by TOF-SNMS. Surface and Interface Analysis, 48, 1190-1193.
K. Bajo, C.T. Olinger, A.J.G. Jurewicz, D.S. Burnett, I. Sakaguchi, T.T. Suzuki, S. Itose, M. Ishihara, K. Uchino, R. Wieler and H. Yurimoto (2015) Depth profiling analysis of solar wind helium collected in diamond-like carbon film from Genesis. Geochemical Journal, 49, 559-566.
Academic degree | Ph. D |
Academic background | 2006 Bachelor Degree of Science at Tokyo University of Science 2008 Master Degree of Science at the University of Tokyo 2011 Doctor Degree of Science at the University of Tokyo 2011 Project researcher, Department of Natural History Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University 2013 Research Assistant Professor, Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University 2014- Assistant Professor, Earth and Planetary System Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University |
Room address | Creative Reseach Institution |