Misasa International Student Internship Program has passed for 3 weeks!
Misasa International Student Internship Program that started at the Institute for Planetary Materials, Okayama University in Misasa, Tottori from July 2 has passed for 3 weeks. 10 students from 7 countries have participated in 6 research projects respectively proposed by the faculty members and enthusiastically have engaged in daily experiments and research using state-of-the-art research equipment and techniques. One of the six research projects is “Understanding the origin of organic matter heterogeneity and organic matter mineral relationships within the matrix of CM2 carbonaceous chondrites”. They carry out the research to understand origin and evolution of organic matter especially focusing on relationship between organic matter and inorganic matter using electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. One of the project members Grace Purnell said, “It is very exciting to be able to work with meteorite and have to work with the people from different educational background.” The students speak about what they like about Japan, the Institute, and their research project in video on the video page.
On August 8, the final day of the Misasa International Student Internship Program, students will present the results of their research projects.
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Louis-Alexandre Lobanov (front) and Grace Alexandra Purnell (behind) are weighing meteorite sample for isotope analysis.
Andrea Caccia is analyzing the mechanism of mudflow generation on Mars.
Anaelle Antunes (left) is discussing with Prof. Yoshino in the lab.
