Exploring the origin and evolution of surface geology, interior structure, and planetary diversity, and searching for suitable environments for extraterrestrial life.
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| Feb. 12, 2025 | [Paper] Co-authored paper regarding scientific objectives and instrument design of the Ganymede Laer Altimeter (GALA) onboard the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) (corresponding author, Dr. Hauke Hussmann [DLR, Berlin]）has been accepted on the Space Science Reviews. |
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| Feb. 02, 2025 |  [Paper] Co-authored paper regarding interior structure of Jovian moon Ganymede (corresponding author, Dr. Hauke Hussmann [DLR, Berlin]）has been published on "Ganymede", book of the Cambridge University Press. |
| Oct. 28, 2024 | [Paper] First author paper on the search for plume activity on Jovian moon Europa through near-infrared spectroscopic observations with the Subaru Telescope has been published on the Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan.
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| Jul. 11, 2024 | [Paper] Co-authored paper summarizing the JUICE mission's objectives for probing the internal structures of Jovian moons Ganymede, Callisto, and Europa (corresponding author, Dr. Tim Van Hoolst [Royal Observatory of Belgium]) has been published on the Space Science Reviews. |
| Mar. 05, 2024 | [Paper] First author paper explaining the existence of a subsurface ocean and the absence of a metallic core-generated magnetic field on Jovian moon Europa has been published on the Planetary and Space Science. |
| Oct. 26, 2023 | [Paper] Co-authored paper regarding formation history of the Wispy Terrain on the Saturnian moon Dione (corresponding author, Assoc. Prof. Balazs Bradak [Kobe Univ.]) has been published on the Remote Sensing. |
| Sep. 28, 2023 | {paper] Co-authored paper on irradiation experiments for plasma space weathering modelling.(corresponding author, Assoc. Prof. Tomoki Kimura [Tokyo Sci. Univ.]) has been published on Earth, Planets, and Space. |
| Nov. 22, 2022 | [Paper] Co-authored paper regarding formation history of the lineated terrain on the Jovian moon Europa (corresponding author, Assoc. Prof. Balazs Bradak [Kobe Univ.]) has been published on Icarus. |
| Sep. 21, 2021 | [Keynote talk] Provided a talk of "For the next decades of the icy worlds' science and exploration" on the ISAS Planetary Exploration Workshop 2021 (20-24 Sep, 2021 @Online). |
| May 21, 2019 | [Paper] Co-authored paper regarding the interior of Pluto (corresponding author, Assoc. Prof. Shunichi Kamata [Hokkaido Univ.]) has been published on the Nature Geoscience. |
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