Dr. Motoo Ito
Visiting Scientist
Lunar and Planetary Institute
[email protected]
JSC residence: Bldg 31, MC/KR, Room Number 128
Professional Background
| Education |
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| 1996–1999 | Doctor of Science, Department of Chemistry, Gakushuin University. Dissertation title: “Oxygen isotopic microanalysis by SIMS: A study of the formation process and thermal history of the Allende meteorite in the early solar system.” |
| 1994–1996 | Master of Science, Department of Chemistry, Gakushuin University. Thesis title: “A study of cation diffusion in olivine by SIMS.” |
| 1993–1994 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Research Student. Department of Biotechnology and Life Science. |
| 1989–1993 | Bachelor of Science, Science University of Tokyo, Department of Applied Chemistry |
| Employment |
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| 2009–current | Research Scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute - USRA |
| 2006-2009 | NASA Postdoctoral Program for Senior Research Fellow at Johnson Space Center (supported by Oak Ridge Associated Universities) |
| 2005–2006 | Lecturer for Fundamental Chemistry Class at Meiji University |
| 2004–2006 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Radio Isotope Centre, University of Tokyo (Supported by JSPS Research Fellowships) |
| 2003–2004 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona (Supported by JSPS Research Fellowships) |
| 2001–2003 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona (Supported by JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad) |
| 2000–2001 | Research Fellow, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 1999–2000 | Research Fellow, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Gakushuin University |
| 1993–1999 | Teaching assistant (Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Experiment) Department of Chemistry, Gakushuin University |
| Extramural Research Funding |
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| 2006 | NASA Postdoctoral Program for Senior Research Fellow (Oak Ridge Associated Universities) |
| 2003 | JSPS Research Fellowships, Univ. of Tokyo |
| 2001 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad, Univ. of Arizona |
| 2001 | JSPS Research Fellowships, National Polar Research Center |
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| Awards | |
| 2009 | NASA Group Achievement Award for Robert M. Walker Laboratory for Space Science Team |
| 2000 | Scholarship for the International Science Conference (Torii Science Funding, The Geochemical Society of Japan) |
| 2000 | Scholarship for the International Science Conference (Society for Promotion of Space Science) |
| 1998 | Sasagawa Grants for Science Fellows, continued |
| 1997 | Sasagawa Grants for Science Fellows |
| 1996 | Scholarship for the Education at Gakushuin University (Abe Nousei Funding) |
Invited talks
Educational OutreachIto M. and Messenger S. (2009) High precision Mg isotopic measurement of CAI minerals with low Al/Mg ratio utilizing NanoSIMS 50L: Implications to thermal history of CAIs. 56th Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan. Hiroshima University, Japan.
Ito M. and Messenger S. (2008) O and Mg Isotopic imagings of CAIs in Allande meteorite with the NanoSIMS 50L. The 2nd SIMS Workshop in Sapporo, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.
Ito M. and Messenger S. (2008) Isotopic imaging of refractory inclusions in meteorites with the NanoSIMS 50L. 5th Biennial Geochemical SIMS Workshop, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA.
Ito M., and Messenger S. (2007) Isotopic imaging of refractory inclusions in meteorites with the NanoSIMS 50L. SIMS XVI, Kanazawa Japan.
Ito M. and Messenger S. (2007) Isotopic measurements of the Wild2 cometary dust. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2007, Chiba, Japan
- Lecture for high school students from Japan (Takasaki high school from Gunma prefecture) entitled “Meteorites: A key to investigate origin and history of our solar system”, Space Center Houston, TX, 2006–2008
- Lecture for junior high school students entitled “Meteorites and solar system”, Sumida Junior high school in Tokyo, 2005
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May 7, 2010
