Takahiro Hiroi

Takahiro Hiroi received the Ph.D. degree in mineralogy from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1988, specializing in mineralogical remote sensing of asteroids and meteorites in the context of solar system formation and evolution. He is currently a Senior Research Associate with Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. He operates the Reflectance Experiment Laboratory (RELAB), a NASA-funded multiuser laboratory, wherein visible, near-infrared, and infrared reflectance spectra of extraterrestrial and terrestrial geologic materials are measured and analyzed. He is also engaged in experimental and modeling studies of spectral mixing models and space weathering and applies his expertise to space missions such as Hayabusa and Kaguya.