Staff
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ProfessorShin-ichiro NishimatsuShin-ichiro Nishimatsu
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Associate ProfessorShuhei TsujiShuhei Tsuji
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Associate ProfessorTakefumi OhashiTakefumi Ohashi
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Assistant ProfessorKazuhide OkeiKazuhide Okei
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Assistant ProfessorYoshiyuki MoriyamaYoshiyuki Moriyama
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Assistant ProfessorKei MiyanoKei Miyano
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Assistant Professor with Special AssignmentFumiya OjimaFumiya Ojima
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Assistant Professor with Special AssignmentHiroki MatsumotoHiroki Matsumoto
The Department of Natural Sciences consists of three Divisions : Information Science & Physics;
Chemistry; and Biology. Our department is responsible for the lectures and laboratories in the remedial and general education of Physics, Statistics, Chemistry and Life Sciences for the first-year medical students. We aim to develop and advance the students’ scientific thinking, attitude, skills, and intellectual curiosity, which are the key elements required for medical professionals.
Research themes / Specialty areas
1) Division of Information Science & Physics
- Large-area cosmic ray air showers
- Charged particle transport
- Monte Carlo simulations in radiotherapy dosimetry
2) Division of Chemistry
- Improvement of simple electrolyzer
- Development of functional materials using titanate nanosheets
3) Division of Biology
- Molecular biology of vertebrate body size and allometric scaling
- Analysis of circadian clock mechanism in social insects
- Research on regulatory mechanism of ovarian follicle functions in female mice
- Functional neuroanatomy of the insect nervous system