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Keisuke Nagao

Keisuke Nagao

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Earth Science

D-Index
45
Citations
8096
World Ranking
4421
National Ranking
107

Overview

Keisuke Nagao is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and has contributed extensively to multiple fields within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Physics and Astronomy. Their research portfolio features a diversity of topics including Astro and Planetary Science, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Planetary Science and Exploration, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing.

Key publication venues where Nagao's work appears frequently include Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Advanced Materials, the Journal of the American Chemical Society, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and Science.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Nagao encompass Florian Koehler, Emmanuel Vargas Paniagua, Hirochika Sumino, Atharva Sahasrabudhe, and Polina Anikeeva.

Significant recent publications encompass:

  • Magnetically Actuated Fiber-Based Soft Robots (2023, Advanced Materials)
  • Noble gases and nitrogen in samples of asteroid Ryugu record its volatile sources and recent surface evolution (2022, Science)
  • Magnetoelectric nanodiscs enable wireless transgene-free neuromodulation (2024, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • Magnetothermal Modulation of Calcium-Dependent Nerve Growth (2022, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • First asteroid gas sample delivered by the Hayabusa2 mission: A treasure box from Ryugu (2022, Science Advances)

Nagao's work integrates aspects of astronomy and astrophysics, geophysics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and ecology. This interdisciplinary approach is reflected in their varied research topics and chosen publication venues.

Best Publications

  • Chelyabinsk airburst, damage assessment, meteorite recovery, and characterization

    Olga P. Popova;Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Vacheslav Emel'yanenko;Anna Kartashova

  • Three-Dimensional Structure of Hayabusa Samples: Origin and Evolution of Itokawa Regolith

    Akira Tsuchiyama;Masayuki Uesugi;Takashi Matsushima;Tatsuhiro Michikami

  • Argon isotope analysis by a newly developed mass spectrometric system for K-Ar dating.

    Tetsumaru Itaya;Keisuke Nagao;Kensaku Inoue;Yoshiki Honjou

  • Radar-Enabled Recovery of the Sutter’s Mill Meteorite, a Carbonaceous Chondrite Regolith Breccia

    Peter Jenniskens;Peter Jenniskens;Marc D. Fries;Qing-Zhu Yin;Michael Zolensky

  • The 3He/4He ratio of the new internal He Standard of Japan (HESJ).

    J. Matsuda;T. Matsumoto;H. Sumino;K. Nagao

  • Oxygen isotopic compositions of asteroidal materials returned from Itokawa by the Hayabusa mission.

    Hisayoshi Yurimoto;Ken Ichi Abe;Masanao Abe;Mitsuru Ebihara

  • A New Source of Basaltic Meteorites Inferred From Northwest Africa 011

    Akira Yamaguchi;Akira Yamaguchi;Robert N. Clayton;Toshiko K. Mayeda;Mitsuru Ebihara

  • Rare gas isotopic compositions in natural gases of Japan

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  • Retroarc volcanism in the northern San Rafael Block (34°-35°30'S), southern Central Andes: Occurrence, age, and tectonic setting

    Andrés Folguera;José A. Naranjo;Yuji Orihashi;Hirochika Sumino

  • Composition and origin of natural gases accumulated in the Polish and Ukrainian parts of the Carpathian region : Gaseous hydrocarbons, noble gases, carbon dioxide and nitrogen

    Maciej J. Kotarba;Keisuke Nagao

  • Highly Sensitive and Precise Measurement of Helium Isotopes Using a Mass Spectrometer with Double Collector System

    Hirochika Sumino;Keisuke Nagao;Kenji Notsu

  • Hayabusa‐returned sample curation in the Planetary Material Sample Curation Facility of JAXA

    Toru Yada;Akio Fujimura;Masanao Abe;Tomoki Nakamura

  • Symmetrical Helium isotope distribution on the Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa

    Festus T Aka;Keisuke Nagao;Minoru Kusakabe;Hirochika Sumino

  • Ar Isotope Analysis for K-Ar Dating Using Two Modified-VG5400 Mass Spectrometers-I : Isotope Dilution Method

    Keisuke Nagao;Atsumi Ogata;Yayoi N. Miura;Kenji Yamaguchi

  • Variation in noble gas isotopic composition of gas samples from the Aegean arc, Greece

    Aya Shimizu;Hirochika Sumino;Keisuke Nagao;Kenji Notsu

  • Noble gas isotopic compositions and water/gas chemistry of soda springs from the islands of Bioko, Sao Tome and Annobon, along with Cameroon Volcanic Line, West Africa

    F.T Aka;F.T Aka;M Kusakabe;K Nagao;G Tanyileke

  • "Helium spots": caused by a diapiric magma from the upper mantle.

    Hiroshi Wakita;Naoyuki Fujii;Sadao Matsuo;Kenji Notsu

  • Neutron Activation Analysis of a Particle Returned from Asteroid Itokawa

    M. Ebihara;S. Sekimoto;N. Shirai;Y. Hamajima

  • Diffusive helium emissions as a precursory sign of volcanic unrest

    Eleazar Padrón;Nemesio M. Pérez;Pedro A. Hernández;Hirochika Sumino

  • Nd and Sr isotopes and K-Ar ages of the Ulreungdo alkali volcanic rocks in the East Sea, South Korea

    Kyu Han Kim;Tsuyoshi Tanaka;Keisuke Nagao;Sun Kyung Jang

  • Orthopyroxenite ALH84001 and shergottite ALH77005: Additional evidence for a martian origin from noble gases

    Yayoi N Miura;Keisuke Nagao;Naoji Sugiura;Hitoshi Sagawa

  • He-Ar and Nd-Sr isotopic compositions of ultramafic xenoliths and host alkali basalts from the Korean peninsula

    Kyu Han Kim;Keisuke Nagao;Tsuyoshi Tanaka;Hirochika Sumino

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomoki Nakamura
Tomoki Nakamura Tohoku University
Takaaki Noguchi
Takaaki Noguchi Kyoto University
Mitsuru Ebihara
Mitsuru Ebihara Tokyo Metropolitan University
Michael E. Zolensky
Michael E. Zolensky National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Akira Tsuchiyama
Akira Tsuchiyama Ritsumeikan University
Hiroshi Naraoka
Hiroshi Naraoka Kyushu University
Hisayoshi Yurimoto
Hisayoshi Yurimoto Hokkaido University
Minoru Kusakabe
Minoru Kusakabe Okayama University
Trevor Ireland
Trevor Ireland University of Queensland
Kunihiko Nishiizumi
Kunihiko Nishiizumi University of California, Berkeley

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