Members

Center Head
Shuichiro Kuwajima　
Program-Specific Professor
Dr. Sci. (Kyushu Univ.)

• Society-Academia Collaboration Research
• Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research
• Transdisciplinary Research

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Assistant Director
Kazushi Nakai　
Program-Specific Associate Professor　
Dr. Agric. Sci. (Kyoto Univ.)　
cross appointment

• Development and Implementation of Community-based Forest Management Model in Tropical regions
• Ecological Strategies for the Survival of Rare Timber Species in the Tanzanian Miombo Woodlands

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Suyako Tazuru　
Junior Associate Professor
Dr. Agric. Sci. (Kyoto Univ.)

• Wood species database construction for East Asian wood heritages
• Development of new methods for wood identification
• Isotope ratio studies in tree rings

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Kenshi Takahashi　
Professor
Dr. Sci. (Nagoya Univ.)

• Atmosphere-biosphere interactions through trace gas exchange
• Creation of laser-based methods for atmospheric observation
• Laboratory study on chemical reactions of gases and aerosol

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Akifumi Sugiyama　
Associate Professor
Dr. Agric. Sci. (Kyoto Univ.)
Laboratory of Plant Gene Expression

• Plant specialized metabolites in the rhizosphere
• Establishment and function of the plant-microbe holobiont
• Atmosphere-Plant-Soil interactions and its application

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Yoshikatsu Ueda
Assistant Professor
Dr. Infor. (Kyoto Univ.)

• Research for Fukushima reconstruction
• Electrical and electrochemical properties of fine bubbles
• Basic properties oft proton-conducting material

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Unit Head
Takashi Watanabe
Professor
Dr. Agric. Sci. (Kyoto Univ.)

• Biodegradation mechanisms of selective white rot fungi
• Conversion of biomass into functional materials and biofuels
• Studies on biocatalysts for biomass conversion

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Hiroshi Nishimura
Assistant Professor
Dr. Agric. Sci. (Kyoto Univ.)

• High-resolution structural analysis of lignocellulosic biomass
• Biodegradation mechanisms of wood-decaying basidiomycetes
• Structure and bioactivity analyses of natural products

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Keiko Kuroda
Professor
Dr. Agric. Sci. (Kyoto Univ.)

• Functional anatomy and pathology of woody plants
• Empirical research for cascade use and regeneration of Satoyama forests

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Kaori Saito　
Associate Professor
Dr. Agric. Sci. (Nagoya Univ.)

• Efficient conversion of lignocellulosic biomass
• Dissolution of biomass and structural analysis
• Chemical structure of lignin polymer

Masayoshi Watanabe
Professor Coordination Fellow
Dr.Eng (Tohoku Univ.)

• Innovation Policy
• Manufacturing Technology
• New material (CNF etc.) R&D

 Hiroyuki_Takasaki
Specially Appointed Associate Professor
Dr. Sci. (Kyoto Univ.)

• AI technology of the space weather forecasting and investigation related to its social implementation
• Long-term prediction of space debris orbit changes due to solar activity in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) region and quantitative assessment of the collision risk between space debris and satellites

Yuto Nakagami　
Specially Appointed Junior Associate Professor
Dr. Sci. (Shizuoka Univ.)

• Innovation strategy
• Ecosystem design

Misako Matsuba　
Program-Specific Junior Associate Professor
Dr. Agric. Sci. (Univ. of Tokyo)

• Ecological research contributing to the conservation of marine and terrestrial biodiversity
• Elucidation of socio-ecological systems through statistical and mathematical approaches

Kenjiro Kimura
Visiting Professors
Center for Mathematical and Data Sciences – Kobe University