Research Interests

Relationship between the initiation of landslide and rainfall (Rainfall thresholds, Soil Water Index)
Real-time shallow landslide hazard monitoring
Landslide susceptibility analysis
Landform analysis (UAV-SfM/MVS, GIS, Remote Sensing, Data Mining)

Main Regions

Japan - Japanese archipelago, Japanese Alpes (Akaishi Mountains, Kiso Mountains, Hida Mountains), Kii Mountains, Kyushu Mountains, Abukuma Mountains, Sanriku shoreline, Aso region.
Taiwan (Shihmen Reservoir Watershed), Eastern Eurasia.

Grants

  • 09/2016- :
    Grant‐in‐Aid for Academic Research, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Japan.
  • 04/2015-03/2018 :
    JSPS Grantsin-Aid for Scientific Research (15K16287).
  • 04/2013-03/2018 :
    Grant‐in‐Aid for Academic Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.
  • 09/2013-03/2015:
    Grant‐in‐Aid for Research Activity Start-Up, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Government (JSPS, 2588203).
  • 09/2012-08/2014 :
    Grant-In-Aid for Academic Reserach, Japan Geographic Data Center.
  • 04/2012-03/2013 :
    Grant‐in‐Aid for Academic Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.
  • 04/2011-03/2013:
    Grant‐in‐Aid for JSPS Research Fellow, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Government (JSPS, 23-148).
  • 04/2008-03/2011:
    Grant‐in‐Aid for JSPS Research Fellow, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of the Japanese Government (JSPS, 20-6594).

    • University Service

    2008 - 2010: Webmaster, Laboratory of GIS, Department of Geography, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan

    Citations etc

    Outstanding Reviewer, Geomorphology, Elsevier, (2015).
    Young Scientist Initiative Award, GIS Association of Japan (2012).
    Excellent Presentation Award (CSIS DAYS 2010, The University of Tokyo, 2010).
    Young Scientist Poster Award (Asia-Pacific Symposium on New Technologies for Prediction and Mitigation of Sediment Disasters, 2009).

    Graduation Thesis

    Estimation and Evaluation of Drainage Basins Including Landslide Masses Using Data Mining Techniques and ASTER Data

    Master Thesis

    Quantitative Analysis of Landslide Susceptibility and Occurrence of Landslides at Catchment Scale Using Data Mining Techniques

    Doctoral Dissertation

    Geographical Information Studies on the Causes of Shallow Landslide Initiation in Japan
    －Analysis of Geomorphology, Geology, and Rainfall for the Real-Time Assessment－