ITO MOTOO

Institute for Extra-cutting-edge Science and Technology Avant-garde Research (X-star) Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research (KOCHI) Geomaterials Science Research GroupCoordinator

  • Principal Researcher

Degree

  • 博士(理学), 学習院大学

Research Interests

  • Planetary Exploration
  • Diffusion
  • Solar System
  • Isotopes
  • SIMS
  • Meteorite

Research Areas

  • Natural sciences, Space and planetary science

Research History

  • Oct. 2024 - Present
    Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, X-STAR, 調査役 [上席研究員]
  • Apr. 2022 - Sep. 2024
    Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, X-star, 調査役
  • 2011 - 2022
    Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, Deputy Group Leader
  • 2006 - 2011
    NASA Johnson Space Center, Astromaterials Research & Exploration Science
  • 2005 - 2006
    The University of Tokyo, Isotope Center
  • 2001 - 2004
    The University of Arizona, Dept. of Geosciences

Committee Memberships

  • Mar. 2024 - Present
    Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG), NASA
  • 2015 - 2016
    はやぶさ2キュレーション設備仕様検討委員会, 国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構

Papers

Misc.

Professional Memberships

  • The Meteoritical Society               
  • Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management               
  • The Geochemical Society of Japan               
  • The Japanese Society for Planetary Sciences               
  • Japan Geoscience Union