Prof. Eizo Nakamura

Distinguished Professor of Planetary Materials and Astrobiology · Institute for Planetary Materials (IPM) · Okayama University Tsushima Campus

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Academic focus & active research

Prof. Eizo Nakamura is a world-renowned planetary scientist and leader of the Pheasant Memorial Laboratory at IPM, conducting definitive isotopic analyses of asteroid Ryugu samples returned by JAXA.

Cosmochemistry Hayabusa2 Sample Analysis Planetary Origins

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Institution: Okayama University Tsushima Campus
Department / Faculty: Institute for Planetary Materials (IPM)
Primary Field: Cosmochemistry
Campus Location: Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan

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