Tokyo Metropolitan University Is Proud to Present Seventeen Research Centers
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Tokyo Metropolitan University, Administration Office Tokyo Metropolitan University is proud to present Seventeen research centers. Research Center for Space Science Research Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis Research Center for Gold Chemistry Research Center for Language, Brain and Genetics Research Center for Water System Engineering Research Center for Community Centric Systems Research Center for Climatology Research Center for Social Big Data Research Center for Child and Adolescent Poverty Research Center for Quantitative Finance Research Center for Hydrogen Energy-based Society Research Center for medicine-engineering collaboration o y Research Center for Superconductivity Science and Engineering k Research Center for Energy Integrity Systems o Research Center for Volcanic Hazards and Their Mitigation . t Research Center for Co-creating System of Regional Planning and Management d n y o b e u - t m Greeting from the President Jun Ueno At Tokyo Metropolitan University, our goals are to become a global top level university in terms of education and research, internationalism, and diversity, as is the duty of any institute of higher education. This goal is steadily becoming a reality. Of these goals, the university has been highly commended socially for its research work, ranking 9th among the 779 universities in Japan in last year’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Our evaluation for citations, a particularly import- ant constituent index for rankings, was high even when viewed at a global level, and is perfectly described as backing for the university’s research prowess. The standard of research carried out by each of our lecturers is extremely high and they are all highly regarded in their respective fields. At Tokyo Metropolitan University, research groups that produce outstanding results and have the potential to become international research hubs and those working in unique fields that are aligned with the university’s mission are designated as “research centers” and given support by the university. We aim to become a world-leading research hub, and have so far established 17 cen- ters. In addition to 11 introduced in the last issue, we have newly opened 6 centers: the Research Center for Building a hydrogen energy society, the Research Center for medi- cine-engineering collaboration, the Research Center for Superconductivity Science and Engineering, the Research Center for Energy Integrity Systems, the Research Center for Volcanic Hazards and Their Mitigation, and the Research Center for Co-creating System of Regional Planning and Management. CONTENTS ■ Greeting from the President .............................................................................................. 2 Jun UENO, President of Tokyo Metropolitan University ■ Research Center for Space Science .................................................................................. 3 Professor Takaya OHASHI, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics .......................................................... 4 Professor Koichiro TAMURA, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis .................................................................. 5 Professor Haruo INOUE, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Gold Chemistry ................................................................................ 6 Professor Masatake HARUTA, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Language, Brain and Genetics ......................................................... 7 Professor Takeru HONMA, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Water System Engineering .............................................................. 8 Professor Akira KOIZUMI, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Community Centric Systems ........................................................... 9 Professor Toru YAMAGUCHI, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Climatology ..................................................................................... 10 Professor Jun MATSUMOTO, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Social Big Data ................................................................................. 11 Professor Hiroshi ISHIKAWA, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Child and Adolescent Poverty ....................................................... 12 Professor Aya ABE, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Quantitative Finance ....................................................................... 13 Professor Yukio MUROMACHI, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Hydrogen Energy-based Society ................................................... 14 Professor Kiyoshi KANAMURA, Director of research center ■ Research Center for medicine-engineering collaboration ............................................... 15 Professor Hiromichi FUJIE, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Superconductivity Science and Engineering ................................. 16 Professor Takashi HOTTA, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Energy Integrity Systems ............................................................... 17 Professor Toshihisa SHIMIZU, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Volcanic Hazards and Their Mitigation ........................................... 18 Professor Takehiko SUZUKI, Director of research center ■ Research Center for Co-creating System of Regional Planning and Management ........ 19 Professor Toshio KIKUCHI, Director of research center 2 Research Center for Space Science Aiming to become a representative research base on the unravelling of the mysteries of the universe based on cross-sectional research collaboration Director of Research Center: Professor Takaya OHASHI, Dr. Science Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science and Engineering ■ Academic background ■ The Center’s vision for the future This Research Center has become a high level research base in the world by While the current state of the world is such that it is difficult to launch large satellites, gathering together six research groups related to space science, four from physics Japan’s technological level in the area of space observation using comparatively small (experimental astrophysics, high energy physics, atomic physics, and theoretical satellites is high and is attracting attention internationally. The outcomes expected astrophysics) and two from chemistry (cosmochemistry and physical chemistry). In in particular include information on the early solar system, which will be obtained addition, participating researchers are very active on various themes including research from analysis of meteorite and asteroid samples, and clarification of the origins of the using JAXA satellites, and promote cross-sectional research collaboration beyond their universe and the process of its formation by combining that information with X-ray departments. Using that advantage, we have already produced various results. observations of galaxies and galaxy clusters. The Center also participated in the planning of scientific satellites. As a good In addition, by combining the residual effects of cosmic rays on meteorites with example, Hayabusa 2 is currently continuing steadily on its flight towards an asteroid observation of X and gamma rays of supernova remnants, researchers will be able and we are developing and preparing equipment to analyze the samples that will to develop new research on the galactic cosmic ray environment and its variations. be brought back, looking at a return in 2020. Apart from the direct results, the Also the results achievable by combining charge exchange reaction cross sections Center pushes various active programs, including particle physics experiments obtained in multivalent ion collision experiments and detailed X-ray spectra will give new using accelerators and nuclear reactor neutrinos, ground experiments on solar wind information, including identification of the process by which cosmic hot gases and solar multivalent ion reactions, ion accumulation experiments that reproduce interstellar wind ions interact with neutral gases, and verification of an interstellar molecular ion molecular reactions and theoretical understanding of the cosmic evolution. formation model. This Research Center aims, in future, to be a world-leading space science research base in unravelling the mysteries of the universe while collaborating closely with ■ Innovative features of the Center many research institutions including JAXA, the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization and RIKEN. Space research has been developed remarkably in recent years, as represented by the success beyond expectations of the space probe Hayabusa, and the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe, which won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Going beyond the limits of conventional space science, the field is rapidly expanding to embrace the peripheral fields of particle physics and physical chemistry. Because of this, research exchange and close collaboration across a range of related disciplines has become essential. By combining efforts of many groups engaged in space-related study, this Research Center is deepening collaboration between departments and has strong potential to significantly extend its research capabilities. In terms of scale and research results, this Center is one of Japan’s leading space science research bases.