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| Name | Position | Major research subject |
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| Shoji SEKIGUCHI | Director of Earthquake and Volcano Research Unit Principal Senior Researcher |
Seisimic structure of the earth interior |
| Toshikazu TANADA | Deputy Director of Earthquake and Volcano Research Unit Chief of Volcano Monitoring Laboratory Principal Senior Researcher |
Seismology, Exploration Geophysics Operation of volcano monitoring network Research on volcanic earthquakes Research on geothermal field based on exploration geophysics |
| Seiichi SHIMADA | Principal Senior Researcher | Crustal movements in and around the epicentral areas of the hypothesized Tokai and western Kanagawa Prefecture earthquakes, and Kanto area observed by fixed-point GPS measurements GPS meteorology Crustal movements in and around the Mt. Fuji volcano |
| Eiichi FUKUYAMA | Principal Senior Researcher | Modeling of dynamic rupture process of earthquakes Evaluation of stress field near the fault |
| Sadaki HORI | Principal Senior Researcher | Research on fine structure of a subducting slab Research on earthquake mechanisms related to seismogenetic stresses |
| Shin AOI | Director of Earthquake and Volcano Data Center Senior Researcher |
Ground motion simulation Strong-motion prediction Source process |
| Youichi ASANO | Senior Researcher | Inhomogeneous structures in the crust and the uppermost mantle |
| Hideki UEDA | Senior Researcher | Volcano Physics, Seismology Operation of volcano monitoring network Research on underground magma movement and volcanic eruptions of Miyakejima Volcano Development of automatic detection method of anomalous change related with volcanic activities |
| Kenji UEHIRA | Senior Researcher |
Seismology : Development of Ocean Bottom Seismic and Tsunami Network Seismotectonics in and around plate boundary zones Development of observation systems |
| Taku OZAWA | Senior Researcher | Geodesy, Geophysics Research on detection of crustal deformation using SAR interferometry Research on volcano and earthquake based on geodetic techniques |
| Kentaro OMURA | Senior Researcher | Stress, Structure and Material of Fault Zone Thermal Structure and its effect on Earthquake |
| Hisanori KIMURA | Senior Researcher | Crustal structure and crustal activity in and around Kanto district Quick analysis of source parameters |
| Takashi KUNUGI | Chief of Strong Motion Seismograph Network Laboratory Senior Researcher |
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| Tatsuhiko SAITO | Senior Researcher | Earthquake and tsunami: Generation and propagation |
| Katsuhiko SHIOMI | Chief of High Sensitivity Seismograph Network Laboratory Senior Researcher |
Underground structure beneath the Japan Islands |
| Tetsuya JITSUFUCHI | Senior Researcher | Remote Sensing Development of airborne remote sensing techniques for monitoring volcanoes |
| Tetsuya TAKEDA | Senior Researcher | Mobile observation seismology Precise hypocenter determination methodology |
| Eisuke Fujita | Senior Researcher | Volcano Physics Research on volcanic earthquakes, volcanic tremor and crustal deformation Simulations of lava flow, volcanic thermal fluid, dyke intrusion and magma movement Research on earthquake-volcano interactions |
| Nelson PULIDO | Senior Researcher | Source process of earthquakes Strong motion simulation Source process studies and seismic microzonation in the Asian-Pacific region |
| Takanori MATSUZAWA | Senior Researcher | Waveform analysis and numerical simulation of seismic source process |
| Makoto MATSUBARA | Senior Researcher | Solid earth geophysics: Crust and mantle structures beneath the Japan island arc Monitoring of crustal activity and repeating earthquakes |
| Takumi MATSUMOTO | Chief of Broadband Seismograph Network Laboratory Senior Researcher |
Thermal structure within the crust of Japanese Islands |
| Tadashi Mikoshiba | Senior Researcher | |
| Futoshi YAMASHITA | Senior Researcher | Study on stress state around an active fault Earth resistivity measurement for stress change monitoring |
| Ryuji YAMADA | Senior Researcher | Thermal history analysis of facture zone |
| Tomotake UENO | Researcher | Subsurface structure around the areas of seismic or slow event activities |
| Takeshi KIMURA | Researcher | Source processes of various crustal activities |
| Tomofumi KOZONO | Researcher | Volcano Physics Research on diversity of eruption styles and dynamics of dome-forming eruptions Numerical and analytical studies for magma flow in volcanic conduits (conduit flow dynamics) |
| Wataru SUZUKI | Researcher | Strong motion seismology: Rupture process of large earthquakes |
| Sachiko TANAKA | Researcher | Triggering of earthquakes and non-volcanic tremor |
| Daisuke INAZU | Research Fellow | Physical oceanography Marine geodesy |
| Yumi URATA | Research Fellow | Dynamic rupture processes of earthquakes |
| Kentaro EMOTO | Research Fellow | Small scale heterogeneity in the Earth |
| Toshihiko KANAZAWA | Chief of Ocean Bottom Seismic and Tsunami Network Laboratory Research Fellow |
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| Saeko KITA | Research Fellow | Seismotectonics in subduction zone |
| Yuhki KOHNO | Research Fellow | Volcano Physics Research on magma supply system based on geodetic and seismic data |
| Kaoru SAWAZAKI | Research Fellow | Earthquake seismology |
| Takashi SHINBO | Research Fellow | |
| Yadab Prasad Dhakal | Research Fellow | |
| Shin-ichi NOGUCHI | Research Fellow | Fractal properties of earthquakes Seismotectonics in plate boundary zones |
| Yosuke MIYAGI | Research Fellow | |
| Tomoko Elizabeth YANO | Research Fellow | Crustal structure Earthquake rupture process Active fault evaluation |
| Tomoe KAZAKAMI | Technical Staff | |
| Hirofumi KAWABATA | Technical Staff | |
| Masashi NAGAI | Technical Staff | Volcano Geology Clarification of volcanic history for long-term eruption prediction |
| Ichiro MATSUO | Technical Staff | |
| Shigeo ARAMAKI | Visiting Researcher | |
| Mizuho ISHIDA | Visiting Researcher | |
| Yoshihiro ITO | Visiting Researcher | |
| Motoo UKAWA | Visiting Researcher | |
| Kazushige OBARA | Visiting Researcher | |
| Hironori KAWAKATA | Visiting Researcher | |
| Atsuki KUBO | Visiting Researcher | |
| Hiroyuki KUMAGAI | Visiting Researcher | |
| Tetsuo KOBAYASHI | Visiting Researcher | |
| Takehiro KOYAGUCHI | Visiting Researcher | |
| Bun'ichiro SHIBAZAKI | Visiting Researcher | |
| Haruko SEKIGUCHI | Visiting Researcher | |
| Minoru TAKEO | Visiting Researcher | |
| Atsushi TORAMARU | Visiting Researcher | |
| Kenji NOGAMI | Visiting Researcher | |
| Chihiro HASHIMOTO | Visiting Researcher | |
| Hitoshi HIROSE | Visiting Researcher | |
| Kazuo MIZOGUCHI | Visiting Researcher |
