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Toshio Suga
- Physical Oceanography
- Global Ocean Observation
Director
Professor
(Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University) /
Project Principal Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Fumio Inagaki
- Geomicrobiology
- Biogeochemistry
Vice Director / Division Director of Research
Principal Researcher
(JAMSTEC) /
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Justin L. Penn
- Climate Change
- Marine Ecosystems
UREX-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
(Tohoku University)
Shang-Ping Xie

Principal Investigator
UREX-Affiliate Professor (Tohoku University)
/Distinguished professor (University of California San Diego)

Cheryl Ames
- Molecular biology
- fisheries management
Unit Leader / Principal Investigator
Professor
(Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
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Tatsuhiko Hoshino
- Environmental Microbiology
- Microbial Ecology
Unit Leader / Principal Investigator
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC) /
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Michio Kawamiya
- Physical oceanography
- Earth system modeling
Unit Leader/Principal Investigator
Principal Researcher
(JAMSTEC) /
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Michio Kondoh
- Ecology
Unit Leader / Principal Investigator
Professor
(Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University)
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Shinya Kouketsu
- Physical Oceanography
Unit Leader/Principal Investigator
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC) /
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Takeshi Obayashi
- Bioinformatics
- Functional genomics
Unit Leader / Principal Investigator
Professor
(Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University)
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Yusaku Ohta
- Geodesy
- Sea-floor geodesy
Unit Leader / Principal Investigator
Professor
(Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
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Niklas Schneider

Unit Leader/ Principal Investigator
Professor
(IPRC, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)
Sherwood Lan Smith
- Plankton Ecology
- Ecosystem Modeling
Unit Leader/Principal Investigator
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC) /
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Sayaka Yasunaka
- Ocean Enviromental Science
Unit Leader / Principal Investigator
Professor
(Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
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Yoichi Ishikawa
- Physical Ocenography
- Climate Science
Principal Investigator
Principal Researcher
(JAMSTEC) /
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Sabine Kasten

Principal Investigator
Professor
(Alfred Wegener Institute)
Riko Oki

Principal Investigator
Director
(JAXA, Earth Observation Research Center)
Keith Rodgers
- Climate Change
- Marine Ecosystems
Principal Investigator
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Shingo Watanabe
- Atmospheric Science
- Earth System Modeling
Principal Investigator
Principal Researcher
(JAMSTEC) /
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Angelicque White
- Biological Oceanography
- Ocean Optics
Principal Investigator
Professor
(University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa)
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Hanani Adiwira
- Physical oceanography
WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
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Ettore Barbieri
- Theoretical Ecology
- Mechanics of Materials
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Batdulam Battulga
- Environmental pollution
- microplastics
WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
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John Casey
- Microbial Oceanography
- Computational Biology
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Jonathan Derot
- Machine Learning
- Biogeochemistry
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Project Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Diego Deville
- Genetic and phenotypic diversity
WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
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Yoshiaki Endo
- Geochemistry
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Tohoku University)
Toyonobu Fujii

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
Tetsuichi Fujiki
- Biological Oceanography
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Jimena Garcia Rodriguez

WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
Tomoko Hamabata
- Marine biology
- Molecular ecology
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University)
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Masumi Hasegawa-Takano
- Microbial Ecology
- Marine Microbiology
WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Andrew Hirzel

WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher
（University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa）
Shigeki Hosoda

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Hiromichi Igarashi

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Minoru Ikeda

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Professor
(Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
Yasufumi Iryu
- Carbonate sedimentology and geochemistry
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Professor
(Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
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Kota Ishikawa
- ecology
- animal behavior
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Assistant Professor
(Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University)
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Gakushi Ishimura
- Resource Economics
- Resource Policy
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Professor
(Graduate School of Environmental Studies,
Tohoku University)
Azad Kamrun Naher

WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
Jamie Kass
- Biogeography/ Ecological modeling
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University)
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Shota Katsura

WPI-AIMEC Postdoctoral Fellow for Specific Projects
Assistant Professor
(Tohoku University)
Satoshi Katayama

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Professor
(Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
Ratu Almira Kismawardhani

Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
Gaku Kumano
- Developmental Biology
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Xinru Li
- climate change and variability
- oceanography
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Yanguo Li

Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
Zhen Lin

WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
Jutarak Luang-on
- Ocean color remote sensing
- HAB monitoring
WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Member Detail
Daisuke Matsuoka

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Principal Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Hiroshi Murakami

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher (JAXA)
Yuriko Nagano

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Researcher(Ⅱ)
(JAMSTEC)
Yuki Nagai
- Biological Oceanography
- Invasion Ecology
WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
Tomoe Nasuno

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Goh Nishitani

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
Haruka Nishikawa

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Maki Noguchi (Aita)

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Yutaka Osada
- Community ecology
- Ecological statistics
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Kyungmin Park
- Coastal Oceanography
- Numerical Modeling
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Project Researcher
（JAMSTEC）/
Associate Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Bo Qiu

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Professor
（University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa）
Namal Rathnayake
- Ocean–Earth AI (XAI)
- Data Assimilation & NWP
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Project Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Kelvin Richards

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Professor
（IPRC, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa）
Takashi Sakamaki

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
Yusuke Sasaki

WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
Kanako Sato

WPI-AIMEC Research Engineer
Senior Engineer
(JAMSTEC)
Masahito Shigemitsu
- Ocean biogeochemical dynamics
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Eko Siswanto

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Shusaku Sugimoto
- Physical Oceanography
- Climate Variability・Change
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
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Yoshihisa Suyama
- Forest Molecular Ecology
- Conservation Genetics
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Professor
(Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)
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Kaoru Tachiiri

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Hideko Takayanagi

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
Akifumi Tanabe

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Assistant Professor
(Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University)
Hiroaki Tatebe
- Physical Oceanography
- Climate Dynamics
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Fumiaki Tomita
- Seafloor Geodesy
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Assistant Professor
(International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University)
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Ren Umeno

Postdoctoral Researcher (JAMSTEC)
Gerlien Verhaegen
- Marine ecology
- Ecology & Evolution
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Project Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Lael Wakamatsu
- Harmful algal blooms
- remote sensing
- ecological modelling
WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Member Detail
Shuya Wang
- Physical Oceanography
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Baolan Wu
- Physical Oceanography
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Associate Professor
(Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
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Jiwei Yang

WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)
Akinori Yabuki
- Microbiology
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC) /
Professor
(Tohoku University)
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Yosuke Yamada
- Marine microbial ecology
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Takehisa Yamakita

WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Senior Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
Taichi Yokokawa
- Microbial Oceanography
WPI-AIMEC Researcher
Researcher
(JAMSTEC)
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Nan Yuan

WPI-AIMEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Specially Appointed Research Fellow
(Tohoku University)

Kimio Hanawa
- Physical Oceanography
WPI-AIMEC Advisor
Project Principal Researcher
(JAMSTEC) /
Professor Emeritus
(Tohoku University)
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Swadhin Kumar Behera

Principal Researcher
(JAMSTEC)

(Alphabetical ordering. List names as first name followed by last name unless specified otherwise.)