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 Assistant Professor Ken KONDO
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Hydrology of Asian glaciated regions Glacier flow acceleration due to hydrological processes at bottom of Antarctic Ice Sheet Post Doctoral Researcher
Graduate Student
D1: Shuaibo ZHOU
Glacier fluctuations in western High Mountain Asia M2: Mayu KITO
Precipitation and glacier mass balance M1: Iroha KAWAGUCHI
Geomorophorogy of glacial lake dam M1: Yumi OKUBO
Mass balance of impurity and its impact on glacier surface albedo Under Graduate Student
B4: Sojun UCHIKURA
TBD B4: Yuya ARAI
TBD Former members
Sep 2026
Christina DRAEGER (Researcher)
-> Researcher, Harverd University
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Advancing global glacier mass balance and ice dynamics with physics-informed machine learning Mar 2026
Ryu UEMURA, (Associate Professor)
-> Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
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Paleoclimate studies on ice cores and speleothem through stable isotopes Kaoru KAWAKAMI (Researcher)
-> Researcher, Tokyo Metropolitan Research Institute for Environmental Protection
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Climate reconstruction from Greenland ice cores Sep 2025
Nao ESASHI (D4) PhD
-> Researcher, National Institute of Polar Research
Sources and controlling factors of atmospheric aerosols based on insoluble components preserved in ice cores Mar 2025
Yuta ARIMURA (M2)
-> Private Sector
Millennial-Scale Hydroclimate Variability from 92 to 49 Thousand Years Ago from a Speleothem in Subtropical Northwest Pacific Saaya HAMAMOTO (M2)
-> Private Sector
Multi-Month Precision Age Scale of Greenland Ice Core for the Last 150 Years: Oxygen Isotope Synchronization with Models Shunki OGAWA (M2)
-> Private Sector
Estimation of frontal ablation in the laketerminating glaciers of the Himalayas Sep 2024
Keita YASUE (M3)
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)
-> Private Sector
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)
-> Private Sector
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
-> Researcher, Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Vienna
ResearchMap / GoogleScholarFluctuation processes of Himalayan debris-covered glaciers with high-resolution aerial photogrammetry Mar 2022
Orie SASAKI (Researcher)
-> Researcher, Shibaura Institute of Technology
-> Assistant Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
ResearchMap / GoogleScholarGlacio-hydrology of glacierized catchments Sep 2021
Weixi CHEN (M3)
-> Private Sector
Interaction between glacial lakes and glaciers in High Mountain Asia Jul 2021
Masahiro MINOWA (JSPS Researcher)
-> Assistant Professor, 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
-> Technician, Nagasaki 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)
-> Private Sector
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)
-> Private Sector
Elevation changes in glaciers in the Khumbu region, Nepal Himalaya revealed with oblique photographs Yuki SHIGEOKA (M2)
-> Private Sector
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 Professor, Niigata University
-> Associate Professor, Niigata University
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Theoretical study for morphodynamics of sand dunes and snow avalanches Sunal OJHA (D5) PhD
-> Project Manager, Kathmandu University, Nepal
Monitoring of glaciers and their regional shrinkage over mid-eastern Himalaya using high resolution satellite observations Takehiro SUZUKI (M2)
-> Private Sector
Effect of black carbon on water retention in snow layer Mar 2016
Damodar LAMSAL
-> Private Sector
GoogleScholar
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
-> Private Sector
Grain size property of Gregoriev Ice Core Mar 2014
Takayuki NUIMURA (D5) PhD(Sc, Mar2011)
-> PostDoc Researcher, Nagoya University
-> Assistant Professor, Chiba Institute of Science
-> Associate Professor, Tokyo Denki University
-> Associate Professor, Senshu 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 Prefecture
-> Associate Professor, Yamagata University
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Volcanic plumes Hiroto NAGAI (D4) PhD(Env)
-> PostDoc Researcher, JAXA
-> Assistant Professor, Waseda University
-> Assistant Professor, Risho University
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Climatic and topographic influences on glacier distribution and debris-covered area formation in the Bhutan Himalaya Keisuke MORI (M2) MEnv
-> Private Sector
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 University
-> Fukushima Prefecture
-> 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, University of Tokyo
-> PostDoc Researcher, NIPR
-> Assistant Professor, NIPR
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Interaction between glacier and glacial lake using a dynamics model Kosei MURAKAMI (M2) MEnv
-> Private Sector
Trace elements in Gregoriev ice core, Inner Tien Shan Chika YOKOYAMA (M2) MEnv
-> Private Sector
Particle size distribution in drifting snow Tainien CHEN (M2) MEnv
-> Private Sector
Blower snow fence Aki KOZAWA (B4) BGeogr
-> Private Sector
Climatic constraint on glacier distribution in the Asian highland Mar 2012
Jiro KOMORI (Assistant Prof.)
-> Thimphu, Bhutan/GLOF project completed
-> Lecturer, Teikyo Heisei University
-> Associate Professor, Teikyo Heisei University
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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 University
-> PostDoc Researcher, Cemagref, France
-> Assistant Professor, Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University
-> Associate Professor, Arctic Research Center, Hokkaido University
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Studies on snow avalanche induced by earthquake Sep 2010
Yong ZHANG (D3) PhD(Sc)
-> PostDoc Researcher, Department of Engineering, University 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
-> Private Sector
Study on changes in distribution of seasonal snow cover during melting season in Tateyama region, the Japan Northern Alps Tomokiyo YAMAMOTO (M2) MSc
-> Private Sector
Chemical analysis of a re-drilled ice core on Dunde Ice Cap, western China Mar 2009
Takashi SUZUKI (M2) MSc
-> Private Sector
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)
-> Mountain Guide
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 Professor., Niigata University
-> Professor., Niigata University
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Fluctuation and hydrology of glaciers in Kyrgyz Tienshan Tomohiro AKIYAMA (D4) PhD(Sc) PostDoc
-> Researcher, Aichi University
-> PostDoc Researcher, University of Tokyo
-> Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo
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Ground water hydrology in hyper arid region Ryohei SUZUKI (D3) PhD(Sc)
-> Private Sector
Thermal properties of debris-covered glacier Kuniharu HIYAMA (M2) MSc
-> Private Sector
Fluctuation of Hamaguriyuki snow patch