EDUCATION Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada (2015-2019) PhD in Forest Sciences (2020) Funded by: Ontario Trillium Scholarship Thesis: Spatiotemporal effects of climte on the relationship between tree diversity and forest ecosystem functioning Supervisor: Dr. Han Y. H. Chen (Forest Ecology Lab) Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan (2012-2014) MSc in Agriculture (Major: Environment Conservation) Thesis: Food habits of the stone marten (Martes foina) in central Bulgaria Supervisor: Dr. Yayoi Kaneko (Carnivore Ecology and Conservation Research Group) Niigata University, Niigata, Japan (2008-2012) BSc in Agriculture (Major: Forest Environment Science) Thesis: The effect of snow pack on leafing phenology of Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) with special reference to snow reflection and sap velocity Supervisor: Dr. Kosuke Homma (Field Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Sado Island Lab)
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) Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University (concurrent: Department of Department of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Faculty of Agriculture) Joint Researcher (2023-2024) Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
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)
FUNDING AND SCHOLARSHIP
Science Foundation Ireland: Frontiers for the Future Programme (2022-) (collaboration; PI: Dr John Devaney)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: KAKENHI Funding for Young Researchers (2021-)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Funding for Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2020-)
Kahokugata Lake Institute: Kahokugata Lake Research Funding (2020)
Government of Ontario: Ontario Trillium Scholarship (2015-2019) 40,000 CAD/year
Japan Student Services Organization: Exemption of Student Loan Repayment due to Excellence in Study (2014)
Scholarship from Japan Student Services Organization for Short Visit Program to UK and Canada - a Systematic Education Program for Undergraduate and Master's Students Cooperated with UK (2012)
Tochigi Prefecture: Scholarship for the Short-term Exchange Program between Japan and France (2007)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecture
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)
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
OTHER ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCE Analysis Cooperator: Monitoring Site 1000 Satoyama Working Group, The Nature Conservation Society of Japan | 2023-Present Web Manager: Department of Social Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University | 2023-Present Judge for the Poster Presentation Award: at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan | 2023 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-Present Project Team Leader: Global Warming Mitigation Team, “Exploring Research Agendas regarding Forest Multi-functionality: filling the gap between research and policy in Japan” | 2021-Present Technical Expert: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) - Small Carnivore Specialist Group | 2019-Present