Postdoctoral Researcher Biogeochemistry Research Center Research Institute for Marine Resources Utilization Address: Biogeochemistry Research Center Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-Cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, JAPAN toshikikoga_AT_jamstec.go.jp Publication Links:   Google Scholar   research map

Research Interests

• Extraterrestrial organic compounds (amino acids & nucleobases) in carbonaceous chondrites
• Amino acid synthesis by laboratory experiments simulating the conditions of the early Earth and meteorite parent bodies

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Education

2021

Ph.D. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University

2018

M.Sc. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University

2016

B.A. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University

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Research and Professional Experiences

2024-Present

Postdoctoral Researcher at Biogeochemistry Research Center, JAMSTEC

2021-2024

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow(PD) at Biogeochemistry Research Center, JAMSTEC

2018-2021

JSPS Research Fellow(DC1) at Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kyushu University

2018-2019

JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers Grant at Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

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Awards

2023

Featured Article (Editors' Highlights)
in Nature Communications (Astronomy and Planetary Science)

2023年

Featured Article (Editors' Highlights)
in Nature Communications (Astronomy and Planetary Science)