- Mailing address:
- 4-2-1 Nukui-kita, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8795, JAPAN.
Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center,
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Yasuko KASAI
笠井 康子
- Dr. (Doctor of Science)
- Executive Researcher
- Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Professor
- Doctoral and Master's Programs in Physics, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
- Email: ykasai@nict.go.jp
- Tel: +81 -(0)42-327-5562
- Membership (international):
- Commissioner of the International Radiation Commission(IRC)
- Member of COSPAR Scientific Commission Associates
- Expert, Communications Networks, Content and Technology, EUROPEAN COMMISSION
- Membership (domestic):
- 日本学術会議環境学委員会・地球惑星科学委員会合同IGBP・WCRP・DIVERSITAS合同分科会IGAC小委員会委員
- 総務省情報通信審議会専門委員(~January 2014)
- 環境省環境研究企画委員会委員
- 日本学術会議環境学委員会・地球惑星科学委員会合同 SPARC小委員会委員(~2010)
- 日本学術会議環境学委員会・地球惑星科学委員会 COSPAR小委員会委員
- 総務省 戦略的情報通信研究開発推進事業プログラムオフィサー
- 名古屋大学太陽地球環境研究所(STE)共同利用・共同研究委員会専門委員会委員
- 分光学会代議員
- 日本大気化学会大気環境衛星検討委員会委員長
- 日本地球惑星科学連合(JpGU)情報システム委員会委員
- (学会連合)今後の宇宙開発体制のあり方に関するタスクフォース会合(TF)・リモートセンシング分科会コミュニティ(TFリモセンコミュニティ)高度化 ワーキンググループ 副主査
- Papers
- https://www2.nict.go.jp/ttrc/thz-sensing/archives
- Interview
- https://nwp.nikkei.com/story/f-runner/idomu1.html
- https://juice.stp.isas.jaxa.jp/interview/yasuko-kasai/
Tomohiro SATO
佐藤 知紘
- Dr. (Doctor of Science)
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Senior Researcher, Dr.
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: tosato@nict.go.jp
- Tel: +81 -(0)42-327-7033
- Membership (domestic):
- 日本大気化学会 大気環境衛星検討委員会
- Short Bio:
- Tomohiro Sato is a data scientist particularly focusing on the atmospheric science such as air quality and gas emission. Satellite remote sensing is his major research approach. He obtained Doctor of Science from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2014 March with a research of deriving global ozone isotopic ratio using the satellite remote sensing. His study received JpSAC Young Scientist Award from the Japanese Society of Atmospheric Chemistry in 2017.
Takayoshi YAMADA
山田 崇貴
- Dr. (Doctor of Science)
- Researcher
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: yamada-takayoshi@nict.go.jp
- Tel: +81 -(0)42-327-7360
- Short Bio:
- Takayoshi Yamada is an atmospheric scientist and is currently responsible for the TEREX measurement development and retrieval algorithms. His research interests are centered on physics of Terahertz radiations in space and planetary atmosphere. Most of his work has focused on the terahertz radiative transfer simulation in the atmosphere of the Earth, Jupiter Icy moons, and Mars. Before becoming current position, he wrote a doctoral thesis “Development of radiative transfer model and data analysis for a THz remote sensing to reveal discharge phenomena and radiation processes in rarefied atmosphere between planet and space”
Maho NAKAGAWA
中川 真秀
- Dr. (Doctor of Science)
- Researcher
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: nakagawa66@nict.go.jp
- Membership (domestic):
- 日本大気化学会 人材育成WG (~2018)
- Short Bio:
- Maho Nakagawa is an atmospheric scientist and is currently developing the TERa-hertz EXplorer (TEREX) sensor for Mars resource exploration mission on a piggy-back satellite. Her research interests are observation of absorption lines of a single gaseous water and molecular oxygen on Martian atmosphere and designing the TEREX sensor for mounting on a piggyback satellite with low cost.
Before becoming NICT, her research theme was the physical and chemical properties of atmospheric aerosols of the Earth. In addition, she was interested in the handling of equipment design, development, and measurement data.
Suyun WANG
王 蘇芸
- Dr. (Doctor of Philosophy)
- Researcher
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: wang-suyun@nict.go.jp
- Short Bio:
- Suyun Wang is a researcher in the field of microwave remote sensing. She received the Ph.D. degree from Tohoku University in 2020 September with a thesis of “Fundamental Studies on Polarimetric and Interferometric Ground-Based SAR in Bistatic Configuration.”
- Her current research interests include scattering mechanisms and modelling, system design, and measurement for Terahertz remote sensing.
- Before joining NICT, her research topics include the development of ground-based synthetic aperture radar systems and algorithms, polarimetric radar calibration, polarimetric and interferometric SAR, and bistatic radar.
Shigeru SATO
佐藤 滋
- Research Manager
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: sato-shigeru@nict.go.jp
- Short Bio:
- His interests are in mathematical modeling and stochastic measurement algorithms, especially applied Kalman filters, for sensor systems. He has thirty-year experience in developing oil well logging sensor systems.
Ayano NAKAMURA
中村 綾乃
- Research Engineer
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: a.nakamura@nict.go.jp
Hajime OYADOMARI
親泊 肇
- Research Engineer
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: h.oyadomari@nict.go.jp
Miho KUGA
久我 美穂
- Research Assistant
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: kugam@nict.go.jp
Takeshi KURODA
黒田 剛史
- Dr. (Doctor of Science)
- Research Fellow
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Assistant Professor
- Tohoku University
- Email: tkuroda@tohokuu.ac.jp
Hideki UJIHARA
氏原 英樹
- Dr. (Doctor of Philosophy)
- Research Fellow
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: h.ujihara@nict.go.jp
- Membership:
- IEEE, IAU, The Astronomical Society of Japan, IEICE, The Geodetic Society of Japan, JWEF
Tamaki FUJINAWA
藤縄 環
- Dr. (Doctor of Science)
- Research Fellow
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Tenure-track Researcher
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
- Email: fujinawa.tamaki@nies.go.jp
- Short bio:
- Tamaki Fujinawa is an atmospheric scientist and belongs to the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in Japan. He is responsible for the development of the GOSAT-GW NO2 retrieval algorithm. For more detailed information, please visit here.
https://nies.global-atmos-chem-lab.jp/member/tamaki-fujinawa
Mayuko YOSHIKAWA
吉川 真由子
- Research Fellow
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: m.yoshikawa@nict.go.jp
- Short bio:
- Mayuko Yoshikawa is a Research Collaborator of air pollutant and GHG emission by remote sensing. She belongs to the forecast center of Weathernews Inc. from 2011, analyzes and develops air pollution, volcanic ash, and dust storm forecasts.
Akiko KAGAWA
香川 晶子
- Dr. (Doctor of Science)
- Research Fellow
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: kagawa.akiko@nict.go.jp
- Short Bio:
- Akiko Kagawa is a scientist particularly focusing atmospheric chemical species. She obtained Doctor of Science from Nara Women's Univ. with ozone loss study using chemical model she developed. After the graduation she has been mainly studying in NICT about retrievals of atmospheric species from observation. About 14 papers have been published to date.
Yuki UCHIYAMA
内山 由侑基
- Research Fellow
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Email: y_uchiyama@nict.go.jp
Seidai NARA
奈良 誠大
- Research Fellow
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- PhD Student
- University of Tsukuba
- Email: seidai_nara0411@nict.go.jp
Kota KATAYAMA
片山 皓太
- Research Fellow
- Terahertz Laboratory, Terahertz Technology Research Center, NICT
- Masters Student
- Tokyo University of Science
- Email: Kotayama9855@nict.go.jp