Join us as we welcome Dr. Hiroyuki Kurokawa, a research scientist at the Earth-Life Science Institute in Tokyo, Japan, who studies the formation and evolution of planets. Dr. Kurokawa received his PhD from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, as well as studying at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, Germany. Hiro is currently working on JAXA's Hayabusa 2 mission, as well as future endeavors, such as the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission.

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