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Profile
| Academic position | Emeritus |
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| Research fields | Mineralogy, Crystallography,Geochemistry (Inorganic, Organic, Biological) |
| Keywords | Phase transition, Mantle, melting, Core, High Pressure |
| Honours and awards | 2017: Urey Award from European Association of Geochemistry 2015: Geochemical Fellow of Geochemical Society (USA) and European Association of Geochemistry 2013: Mega-grant Award, Ministry of education and science of Russian Federation 2010: Medal with Purple Ribbon, Japan 2008: Distinguished Professor of Tohoku University 2007: N.L. Bowen Award from VGP section of AGU 2006: Fellow of American Geophysical Union 2002: Fellow of Mineralogical Society of America 1998: Reimei Research Award from Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute 1997: Mineralogical Society of Japan Award |
Current contact address
| Country | Japan |
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| City | Sendai |
| Institution | Tohoku University |
| Institute | Department of Earth Science |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Daniel Frost | Bayerisches Forschungsinstitut für Experimentelle Geochemie und Geophysik (BGI), Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/09/2018 |
Programme(s)
| 2017 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Ohtani is recognised as a leading expert on the geophysics and geochemistry of Earth and planetary interiors. Being a pioneer in high pressure research, he has performed ground breaking measurements to examine, for example, the buoyancy of magmas and the transport of water within the Earth’s deep interior. In Germany, he will study the nature of the light alloying elements in the Earth’s metallic core. |