2026 Annual Meeting of Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences (JAMS)

Invited speakers

The 2026 JAMS Annual Meeting will feature the following invited talks in each session.

S1: Dynamics of igneous processes [Joint session with the Volcanological Society of Japan]

  • Nanae Fukushima (RCAST, the University of Tokyo)
  • Takanori Kagoshima (Toyama University)
  • Masataka Kawaguchi (ERI, the University of Tokyo) (Online Presentation  from the VSJ Fall Meeting)
  • Mizuki Nishiwaki (The University of Shiga Prefecture) (Online Presentation from the VSJ Fall Meeting)

S2: Water Rock Interaction

  • Junichi Nakajima (Institute of Science Tokyo)
  • Takamichi Matsuno (Waseda University)

S3: Rheology and Material Transfer in Mantle and Crust

  • Kohei Nimura (National Institute of Polar Research)
  • Miki Takahashi (Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)

R1: Characterization and description of minerals [Joint session with The Gemological Society of Japan]

  • Mariko Nagashima (Yamaguchi University)
  • Shoko Kotake (GIA Tokyo)

R2: Crystal structure, crystal chemistry, physical properties of minerals, crystal growth and applied mineralogy

  • Takehiko Hiraga (The University of Tokyo)
  • Yoshitaka Aoyama (JEOL Ltd.)

R3: High-pressure science and deep Earth’s material

  • Kenji Ohta (Institute of Science Tokyo)
  • Rikuto Honda (Kyoto University)

R4: Mineral sciences of the Earth surface

  • Takenori Sasaki (The University of Tokyo)
  • Masaatsu AICHI (The University of Tokyo)

R5: Extraterrestrial materials

  • Satoshi TANAKA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
  • Tomoya Obase (Institute of Science Tokyo, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris)

R6:  Plutonic rocks, volcanic rocks and subduction factory

  • Kazuto Mikuni (Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
  • Toko Fukui (Ehime University)

R7: Petrology, mineralogy and economic geology [Joint session with The Society of Resource Geology]

  • Itaru Mitsukawa (The University of Tokyo)

R8: Metamorphic rocks and tectonics

  • Toru Nakajima (Toyama University)