MASUMI HISANO, Ph.D.

Email: mhisano[at]lakeheadu.ca
Assistant Professor (tenure track) | Global Change and Biodiversity Lab
Transdisciplinary Science & Engineering Program,
​Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University
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Address:​1-5-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Japan, 739-8529
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RESEARCH INTEREST
  1. Forest Ecology and Climate Change Impacts: Large-scale and Long-term Ecological Research

  2. Biodiversity in Farmland and Urban Ecosystems: Landscape Ecology and Conservation
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  3. Wildlife Biology: Ecology, Behaviour, and Life History of Birds and Mammals
Curriculum Vitae
​EDUCATION
  • PhD in Forest Sciences (2020)
    Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada (Supervisor: Dr. Han Y. H. Chen)
  • MSc in Agriculture: Environment Conservation (2014)
    ​​Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan​
  • ​BSc in Agriculture: Forest Environment Science (2012)
    ​Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
WORKING EXPERIENCE
  • Assistant Professor (tenure-track, 2024-)
    Transdisciplinary Science & Engineering Program, ​Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, ​Hiroshima University
  • Assistant Professor (non-tenured, 2023-2024)
    Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, ​Kyoto University
  • ​Visiting Scholar (2022)
    ​Institute for Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zürich
    Funded by: ETH Zürich & Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
    Host: Dr. Jaboury Ghazoul (Ecosystem Management)
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2020-2023)
    Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, ​The University of Tokyo
    Funded by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
    ​​Host: Dr. Masashi Soga (Laboratory of Conservation Ecology)​
​​TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecture
  • Management and Conservation of Ecosystems (2024): Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University
  • Bioresource and Environmental Informatics I (2023): Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
  • Bioresource and Environmental Informatics II (2023): Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
  • Biosphere Informatics (2023): Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
  • Special Lecture on Environmental Science and Natural ResourcesⅩ (2022): Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
​Faculty Development
  • Certified for the UTokyo Future Faculty Program, provided by the Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, the University of Tokyo (a total of 90 hours program) 
  • Faculty and Staff Training Seminar​, Hiroshima University, Japan
Graduate Assistantship
  • Flowering Plant Taxonomy (2019): Faculty of Natural Resources Management/Department of Biology, Lakehead University
  • Canadian Forest Plant Species (2018): Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University
  • Animal Biology (2018): Department of Biology, Lakehead University
  • Introductory of Ecology (2017): Department of Biology, Lakehead University
  • Animal Biology (2017): Department of Biology, Lakehead University
  • Introductory of Ecology (2016): Department of Biology, Lakehead University
  • ​Research Assistant (2015-2016): Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University
Teaching Assistant and Mentor
  • IP Field Ecology (2022): ETH Zurich, Switzerland
  • Practices in Conservation Ecology (2021): Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Tokyo
  • Practices in Conservation Ecology (2020): Faculty of Agriculture, the University of Tokyo
  • Wildlife Conservation Techniques Course (2012): Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology
  • Field Training Course for Wild Plant Ecology (2011): Faculty of Agriculture, Niigata University​
JOURNAL EDITOR
PEER-REVIEWING​
  1. Canadian Journal of Forest Research (1)
  2. Communications Earth & Environment (1)
  3. Current Forestry Reports (1)
  4. Ecological Indicators (1)
  5. Ecological Research (1)
  6. Ecology and Evolution (1)
  7. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability (1)
  8. Environmental Research Letters (2)
  9. Forest Ecology and Management (3)
  10. Journal of Animal Ecology (1)
  11. Journal of Applied Ecology (1)
  12. Journal of Ecology (4)
  13. Journal of Mammalogy (1)
  14. Landscape and Ecological Engineering (1)
  15. Landscape Ecology (2)
  16. Mammal Research (5)
  17. Mammal Study (4)
  18. Nature Ecology & Evolution (1)
  19. Nature Sustainability (2)
  20. Oecologia (2)
  21. Ornithological Science (1)
  22. PLOS ONE (1)
  23. Scientific Data (1)
  24. Scientific Reports (1)
  25. Silva Fennica (2)
  26. Turkish Journal of Zoology (1)
  27. Annals of Agri-bio Research (1)
OTHER ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCE
  • Community Cooperation Committee: Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University
  • Analysis Cooperator: Monitoring Site 1000 Satoyama Working Group, The Nature Conservation Society of Japan | 2023-2024
  • Web Manager: Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University | 2023-2024
  • Judge for the Poster Presentation Award: at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan | 2023, 2024
  • Judge for the English Presentation Award: at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan | 2024
  • Judge for the Highschool Presentation Award: at the Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan | 2024
  • Committee: The Working Group of the Executive Committee of the Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal Participation of Men and Women in Science and Engineering (EPMEWSE) | 2022-2023
  • Project Team Leader: Global Warming Mitigation Team, “Exploring Research Agendas regarding Forest Multi-functionality: filling the gap between research and policy in Japan” | 2021-2024
  • Technical Expert: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - Small Carnivore Specialist Group | 2019-Present