Natural Resources and Environmental Geochemistry Research Group
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•Professor Takeshi Kakegawa,
has an interest in the origin of life, the interactions between life and environment on the early Earth, and ore deposits.
•Associate Professor Yoshihiro Furukawa,
has an interest in the origin of life, meteorite impacts, and the environments on the early Earth.
•Assistant Professor Akizumi Ishida,
has an interest in the origin of life, evolution of biosphere on the early Earth, and ore deposits.
•Professor Takeshi Kakegawa,
has an interest in the origin of life, the interactions between life and environment on the early Earth, and ore deposits.
•Associate Professor Yoshihiro Furukawa,
has an interest in the origin of life, meteorite impacts, and the environments on the early Earth.
•Assistant Professor Akizumi Ishida,
has an interest in the origin of life, evolution of biosphere on the early Earth, and ore deposits.
The “origin of life” and “environments on the early Earth” are problems addressed by this group based on the information obtained by field survey and laboratory experiment. Experiments to synthesize amino acids, peptides, nucleic acid bases, and ribose are conducted under simulated Early earth conditions such as meteorite impact and diagenesis. The environments of the early Earth and evolution of primordial life are investigated through field surveys of ancient rocks in Greenland, Australia, and South Africa.
(1) Environments and Life on the Early Earth

(2) Origin of Life
