Prof. Dr. Motohiko Murakami

Prof. Dr.  Motohiko Murakami

Prof. Dr. Motohiko Murakami

Full Professor at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Head of Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology

ETH Zürich

Inst. für Geochemie und Petrologie

NW E 83.2

Clausiusstrasse 25

8092 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Motohiko Murakami received his Bachelor's degree in 1999 from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. After completing his doctorate in 2004, he was a JSPS Research Fellow before being appointed to the faculty at the same institution in 2005. Between 2006 and 2008, He was Assistant Professor at the Okayama University, and has subsequently been Associate Professor at Tohoku University since 2008.

Prof. Murakami’s research is centered on exploring the structure, dynamics and evolution of the Earth's interior through the development and application of novel high-pressure and high-temperature experiments combined with in-situ synchrotron X-ray and spectroscopic analyses. The Experimental Mineral Physics group will add crucial strength in mineralogy and mineral physics, a longstanding research and teaching focus within our department, and a fundamental component of the Earth Sciences.

Honours

Year Distinction
2013 James B Macelwane Medal, AGU
2013 Union Fellow, AGU
2011 Life Fellow, Mineralogical Society of America
2011 Mineralogical Society of America Award, MSA
2010 The Young Scientists' Prize, Ministry of Education, Culture Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
2004 Outstanding Student Award in Mineral and Rock Physics, AGU
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