Position: Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science    

            The University of Tokyo

    Field: 

    Physical Geography, GIS.

    Education:  DSc (Geography) University of Tokyo

    Key Qualifications

    2014-2018   Director, Center for Spatial Information Science, 

                           The University of Tokyo

    2011-date       Member, Science Council of Japan

    2010-2014     Vice-Director, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo

    2009-date     Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo
          Research on physical geography (mainly geomorphology) and GIS

    1998-2009    Associate Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo
          Research on physical geography and GIS

    2007-2011      Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis,USA

    1997-1998      Visiting Scholar, Institute of Hydrology, UK / Research on GIS applications to hydrology

    1997                Visiting Scholar, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, The University of Arizona, USA /               Research on GIS applications to geomorphology

    1991-1997      Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo / Research           on fluvial and hillslope geomorphology

    HONORS

    2007, 2011       Inclusion in the Who’s Who in Asia (Marquis, USA)

    2009-2016       Inclusion in the Who’s Who in America (Marquis, USA)

    2008-2016       Inclusion in the Who’s Who in the World (Marquis, USA)

    2008                 COMLAND Award (Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification, International                                 Geographical Union)

    2006-2016       Inclusion in the Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis, USA)

    1995                  Excellent Paper Award for Young Geographers (Association of Japanese Geographers)

    Editorship of International Scientific Journals

    1997-date  Member of Editorial Board, Catena (Elsevier, SCI)

    1999-2002  Member of Editorial Board, Geomorphology (Elsevier, SCI)

    2003-date  Co-Editor-in-Chief, Geomorphology (Elsevier, SCI)

    2004-2014  Member of International Advisory Board, Geographical Research (Blackwell, SSCI)

    2006-2014  Member of Editorial Board, Geography Compass (Blackwell)

    2006-2015  Member of Editorial Board, The Open Geology Journal (Bentham Science)

    2014-date   Member of Editorial Board, Geoderma Regional (Elsevier)

 

    Reviewer of ISI-Listed Scientific Journals (other than the above)

Acta Geologica Polonica (Polish Academy of Science)

Arabian Journal of Geosciences (Springer)

Computers & Geosciences (Elsevier)

Disasters (Blackwell)

Earth Science Reviews (Elsevier)

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (Wiley)

Engineering Geology (Elsevier)

Environmental Earth Sciences (Springer)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (Elsevier)

Geoarchaeology (Wiley)

Geoderma (Elsevier)

Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria (Comitato Glaciologico Italiano)

Geology (Geological Society of America)

Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (European Geosciences Union)

Hydrological Processes (Wiley)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences (Elsevier)

Journal of Coastal Research (Coastal Education and Research Foundation)

Journal of Geography in Higher Education (Taylor & Francis)

Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier)

Land Degradation and Development (Wiley)

Ocean Engineering (Elsevier)

Natural Hazards (Springer)

Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (American Society for  

Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing)

Physical Geography (Taylor & Francis)

Quaternary International (Elsevier)

Quaternary Research (Elsevier)

Quaternary Science Reviews (Elsevier)

Remote Sensing (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

Remote Sensing of Environment (Elsevier)

Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie (E Schweizerbart Science Publishers)