Laboratory |
Name (Degree) |
Title |
Research Area |
Geosphere Sciences |
Environmental Petrology |
Kawano, Yoshinobu (Doctor of Philosophy) |
Professor |
Global history of tectonic changes; Granite formation theory using isotopes |
Environmental Chronology |
Shitaoka, Yorinao (Doctor of Literature) |
Professor |
Dating of surface environmental change using luminescence (TL/OSL) method |
Geomorphology and Geological Environment |
Kitazawa, Toshiyuki (Doctor of Science) |
Associate Professor |
Formation process of landforms; Stratum and sediment movement in rivers and shallow water |
Solid-state Environmental Chemistry |
Shimizu, Ryuichi (Doctor of Science) |
Assistant Professor |
X-ray fluorescence analysis; Birth of the Japanese Archipelago and magmatic activity |
Atmospheric Sciences |
Physical Climatology |
Masuda, Kooiti (Doctor of Science) |
Professor |
Meteorology and climatology; Energy and water cycles in atmosphere and hydrosphere; Climate change and its impacts on human society |
Atmospheric Physics |
Watarai, Yasushi (Doctor of Philosophy in Science) |
Professor |
Numerical simulations of local weather; Global and synoptic weather |
Atmospheric Modeling |
Suzuki-Parker, Asuka (Ph. D) |
Associate Professor |
Regional climate simulation; Meteorology/climate and health; Tropical cyclone climate change |
Urban Atmospheric Environment |
Nakamura, Yusuke (Doctor of Science) |
Assistant Professor |
Urban climate, Biometeorology, Meteorological observation |
Hydrosphere Sciences |
Environmental Hydrology |
Lee, Seongwon (Doctor of Philosophy in Science) |
Professor |
Behavior and remediation of nitrate-contaminated groundwater |
Environmental Groundwater Hydrology |
Kono, Tadashi (Doctor of Geography) |
Professor |
Changes in groundwater environment with human activity |
Water and Material Circulation Research |
Yasuhara, Masaya (Doctor of Philosophy in Science) |
Professor |
Research on river water and groundwater movement using water quality and environmental isotopes as a tracer; Deep-seated groundwater and its interaction with shallow groundwater bodies |
Biosphere Sciences |
Forest Ecology |
Suda, Kazuki (Doctor of Agriculture) |
Professor |
Response of Japanese forest ecosystems to the keystone species Sika deer (spotted deer) |
Plant Ecology and Conservation |
Muranaka, Takashi (Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture) |
Professor |
Conservation of endangered plants; Impacts of invading alien plant species and countermeasures; Riparian vegetation |
Molecular Ecological Genetics |
Sekine, Kazuki (Doctor of Science) |
Associate Professor |
Evolutionary significance of the parthenogenesis of mayflies |
Geoinformatics |
Environmental Management Informatics |
Goto, Shintaro (Doctor of Engineering) |
Professor |
Analysis of environmental problems using Geographic Information System (GIS) and remote sensing |
Environment and Disaster Information Systems |
Kojima, Shoichiro (Doctor of Engineering) |
Specially-Appointed Professor |
Analysis of environment and disasters using remote sensing technology; Research on environment and disaster prevention |
Environmental Information Processing |
Aoki, Kazuaki (Doctor of Information Science) |
Associate Professor |
Application of pattern recognition technology to the environment |
Environmental Spatial Information Science |
Kimura, Atsushi (Doctor of Science) |
Specially-Appointed Associate Professor |
Assessing the status of forests, oceans, and crops over a wide area using satellites, UAVs, and geospatial information; Visualization of ecosystem services |
Environmental Data Analysis and Application |
Seo, Yuhwan (Doctor of Philosophy) |
Assistant Professor |
High-Resolution Mapping of Land and Marine Areas and Environmental Analysis Based on Open Data |