Faculty Staff
Professor Koji FUJITA
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Change in Asian glaciers Study on Asian ice cores Stable water isotopes in Antarctic snow Associate Professor Akiko SAKAI
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Hydrology of Asian glaciated regions Expansion mechanism of glacier lakes GAMDAM Glacier inventory Associate Professor Ryu UEMURA
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Paleoclimate study using ice cores Stable water isotopes Paleoclimate study using speleothem
Post Doctoral Researcher
JSPS Researcher: Ken KONDO
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Glacier flow acceleration due to hydrological processes at bottom of Antarctic Ice Sheet
Graduate Student
D3: Nao ESASHI
Dust analysis of a Himalayan ice core M3: Keita YASUE
TBD M2: Yuta ARIMURA
Stable isotopes in speleothem inclusion water M2: Saaya HAMAMOTO
Dating of ice cores drilled at southeastern Dome on Greenland ice sheet M2: Shunki OGAWA
Ice mass loss at calving front of Himalayan glaciers M1: Mayu KITO
TBD
Under Graduate Student
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Former members
Mar 2024
Purevdagva KHALZAN (D3) PhD -> Researcher, Information and Research Institute of Meteorology Hydrology and Environment, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Glaciers and their contribution to river runoff in western Mongolia Reo HOSHIYA (B4)
A seasonally-resolved 12-year record of triple oxygen isotopes from a Greenland ice core
Dec 2023
Syed AZHARUDDIN (Researcher)
Stable isotopes in speleothem inclusion water
Mar 2023
Naoya ISHIDA (M2)
Mass balance and surface albedo of Altai glaciers
Sep 2022
Yota SATO (D3) PhD -> Researcher, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama
ResearchMap / GoogleScholarFluctuation processes of Himalayan debris-covered glaciers with high-resolution aerial photogrammetry
Mar 2022
Orie SASAKI (Researcher) -> Researcher, Shibaura Institute of Technology
ResearchMap / GoogleScholarGlacio-hydrology of glacierized catchments
Sep 2021
Weixi CHEN (M3)
Interaction between glacial lakes and glaciers in High Mountain Asia
Jul 2021
Masahiro MINOWA (JSPS Researcher) -> Assistant Prof., ILTS, Hokkaido University
personal page / ResearchMap / GoogleScholarDynamics of calving glaciers
Mar 2021
Yuka TANAKA (M1)
Mar 2020
Ryohei ITO (B4)
Dust impact on glacier mass balance and runoff
Oct 2019
Sojiro SUNAKO (D5) PhD -> Researcher, Snow and Ice Research Center, NIED, Nagaoka
ResearchMap / GoogleScholarMass balance of Himalayan glacier
Mar 2019
Koichi NISHIMURA, Professor Emeritus/Retired
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Avalanche and blowing snow dynamics Akane TSUSHIMA (Researcher) -> PostDoc Researcher, Chiba University
ResearchMapStable isotopes in ice core and tree ring Asami KOMATSU (D3) PhD -> Japan Meteorological Association, Sapporo
ResearchMapBlowing snow projection in Hokkaido Hiroki TSUJI (M2)
Experimental study on water infiltration into snowpack
Apr 2018
Cristina Carla PEREZ-GUILLEN (JSPS Researcher) -> PostDoc Researcher, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos Switzerland
Avalanche study with seismometer
Mar 2018
Reiko HIRATA (Secretary)
Kozaburo OHTA (M2)
Elevation changes in glaciers in the Khumbu region, Nepal Himalaya revealed with oblique photographs Yuki SHIGEOKA (M2)
Paleoclimate reconstruction in northern Japan during the last 400 years by spatiotemporal correlation analyses of tree-ring oxygen isotopic ratio
Mar 2017
Hirofumi NIIYA (PostDoc Researcher) -> Assistant Prof. -> Associate Prof., Niigata Univ.
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Theoretical study for morphodynamics of sand dunes and snow avalanches Sunal OJHA (D5) PhD -> Project Manager, Kathmandu Univ., Nepal
Monitoring of glaciers and their regional shrinkage over mid-eastern Himalaya using high resolution satellite observations Takehiro SUZUKI (M2)
Effect of black carbon on water retention in snow layer
Mar 2016
Damodar LAMSAL
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Changes in Himalayan glaciers with remote sensing data
Aug 2015
Claire DONNELLY (Research Student) -> PhD Student, Bristol University
Avalanche hazard map around Mt. Fuji
Mar 2015
Yu HOSHINA (D5) PhD -> PostDoc Researcher, Center for Global Environmental Research, NIES -> Science Communicator, Miraikan, Tokyo
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Post depositional changes in snow chemistry in inland Antarctica Phuntsho TSHERING (M2) MSc -> Department of Geology and Mines, Bhutan
Geodetic mass balance of Gangju La Glacier in the Bhutan Himalayas Yuta MATSUHASHI (M2) MSc
Grain size property of Gregoriev Ice Core
Mar 2014
Takayuki NUIMURA (D5) PhD(Sc, Mar2011) -> PostDoc Researcher, Nagoya Univ. -> Assistant Professor, Chiba Institute of Science -> Associate Professor, Tokyo Denki University
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Changes in Himalayan glaciers with remote sensing data Shuhei TAKENAKA (Researcher)
Analysis of Himalayan glacial lakes Kae TSUNEMATSU (PostDoc Researcher) -> Researcher, Mt. Fuji Research Institute, Yamanashi Pref. -> Associate Prof., Yamagata Univ.
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Volcanic plumes Hiroto NAGAI (D4) PhD(Env) -> PostDoc Researcher, JAXA -> Assistant Prof., Waseda Univ.
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Climatic and topographic influences on glacier distribution and debris-covered area formation in the Bhutan Himalaya Keisuke MORI (M2) MEnv
Simulation and hazard map for avalanche
Dec 2013
Satoshi OMIYA (PostDoc Researcher) -> PostDoc Researcher, Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region
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Electric charge of blowing snow particle
Nov 2013
Yoichi ITO (PostDoc Researcher) -> PostDoc Researcher, Cemagref, France -> Snow and Ice Research Center, NIED, Nagaoka
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Drifting snow and avalanche
Oct 2013
Keisuke TANIGUCHI (PostDoc Researcher) -> PostDoc Researcher, CRiED, Tsukba Univ -> Fukushima Pref. -> Lecturer, National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College, Okayama
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Wind dunes on Earth and Mars
Mar 2013
Shun TSUTAKI (PostDoc Researcher) -> PostDoc Researcher, NIPR/ILTS -> PostDoc Researcher, JAXA -> PostDoc Researcher, AORI, Univ. Tokyo -> PostDoc Researcher, NIPR
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Interaction between glacier and glacial lake using a dynamics model Kosei MURAKAMI (M2) MEnv
Trace elements in Gregoriev ice core, Inner Tien Shan Chika YOKOYAMA (M2) MEnv
Particle size distribution in drifting snow Tainien CHEN (M2) MEnv
Blower snow fence Aki KOZAWA (B4) BGeogr
Climatic constraint on glacier distribution in the Asian highland
Mar 2012
Jiro KOMORI (Assistant Prof.) Thimphu, Bhutan/GLOF project completed -> Lecturer, Teikyo Heisei Univ. -> Assoc. Professor
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Study on glacial lake outburst flood in the Bhutan Himalaya Sachiko OKAMOTO (D4) PhD(Sc) -> PostDoc Researcher, RIKEN -> PostDoc Researcher, Center for Global Environmental Research, NIES
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Study on climatic proxies in ice cores from Mt. Belukha, Siberian Altai
Jan 2011
Evgeniy A PODOLSKIY (D3) PhD(Sc, Jun2010) -> PostDoc Researcher, Nagoya Univ. -> PostDoc Researcher, Cemagref, France -> Assist. Prof., Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido Univ.
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Studies on snow avalanche induced by earthquake
Sep 2010
Yong ZHANG (D3) PhD(Sc) -> PostDoc Researcher, Dept. Engineering, Univ. Tokyo -> PostDoc Researcher, NIPR -> Professor, Hunan University of Science and Technology, China
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Debris mantle distribution and its effect on changes in surface elevation of Hailuogou glacier, southeastern Tibetan Plateau
Mar 2010
Tomoki SATAKE (M2) MSc
Study on changes in distribution of seasonal snow cover during melting season in Tateyama region, the Japan Northern Alps Tomokiyo YAMAMOTO (M2) MSc
Chemical analysis of a re-drilled ice core on Dunde Ice Cap, western China
Mar 2009
Takashi SUZUKI (M2) MSc
Research on drifting snow dynamics with windtunnel experiment and numerical modeling
Mar 2008
Yoshihiro MATSUDA (D5) PhD(Sc)/PostDoc Researcher, HyARC, Nagoya Univ.(May-Dec2011)
Response of Asian glaciers to climate change
Mar 2007
Yutaka AGETA, Professor Emeritus/Retired
Fluctuation of Asian glaciers Chiyuki NARAMA (JSPS Researcher) -> PostDoc Researcher, RIHN -> Associate Prof., Niigata Univ. -> Professor
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Fluctuation and hydrology of glaciers in Kyrgyz Tienshan Tomohiro AKIYAMA (D4) PhD(Sc) PostDoc Researcher, Aichi Univ. -> PostDoc Researcher, Univ. Tokyo -> Assistant Professor, Univ. Tokyo
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Ground water hydrology in hyper arid region Ryohei SUZUKI (D3) PhD(Sc)
Thermal properties of debris-covered glacier Kuniharu HIYAMA (M2) MSc
Fluctuation of Hamaguriyuki snow patch