IPDRE Research Project Reseachers List
Abbreviations:
IPDRE ‐ International Platfrom for Dryland Research and Education / ALRC ‐ Arid Land Resaerch Center / UGSAS ‐ United Graduate School of Agricultural Science /CoRE ‐ Platform for Community‐based Research and Education / ORIP ‐ Organization for Research Initiative and Promotion
1. Environmental Degradation and Restoration Project (Project Leader: Prof. Norikazu Yamanaka)① Saliniza on Research Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

ALRC

Professor

Norikazu YAMANAKA

General management, analysis of halophytes community
Analysis of symbiotic microorganisms

Deputy Group Leader

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project

ALRC

Associate Professor

Takeshi TANIGUCHI

Faculty of Agriculture

Lecturer

Fumiko IWANAGA

Physiological ecology analysis of halophytes

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Sadahiro Yamamoto

Salinized soil analysis

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Tsuneyoshi ENDO

Salinized soil analysis

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Satoshi YAMADA

Nutritional analysis of halophytes

IPDRE

Specially Appointed Professor

Kristina N TODERICH

Utilization of halophytes

ALRC

Assistant Professor (Tenure track)

Munemasa TERAMOTO

Analysis of physical cycle② Aeolian Dust Research Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Roles in research projectGroup Leader

ALRC

Professor

Yasunori KUROSAKI

General management , communication with IMHE, Mongolia, survey data application to the numericalmodels

Deputy Group Leader

Co‐Investigator

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Eiji NISHIHARA

Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professor

Kouichi NAKAMURA

ALRC

Associate Professor

Reiji KIMURA

Faculty of Agriculture

Assistant Professor

Toshihiko KINUGASA

IPDRESpecially Appointed Assitant Professor

Takehiko ITO

Crusting and gravel effect analysis and vegetation survey
Elucidation of the mechanisms of crusting and gravel effect
Mapping of wind erosivity utilising the satelite inforamtion and upscale applicaton of Tottori Sand
Dunes survey data of wind erosivity
Elucidation of human effects on vegetation
Elucidation of livestock and wild animal's effects on soil condition and vegetation distribution③ Soil Erosion Research Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

IPDRE

Specially Appointed Professor

Nigussie Haregeweyn AYEHU

Deputy Group Leader

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
General management and coordination with counterpart in Ethiopia

ALRC

Professor

Atsushi TSUNEKAWA

ALRC

Professor

Haruyuki FUJIMAKI

Assistance of GL and management of research activities in Japan
Land erosion

Faculty of Agriculture

Assistant Professor

Asres E BAYSA

Rural sociology
Agrometeorological

ALRC

Professor

Mitsuru TSUBO

ALRCSpecially Appointed Assistant Professor

Zerihun Nigussie GEBRESILASIE

ALRCSpecially Appointed Assistant Professor

Ayele Almaw FENTA

ALRCSpecially Appointed Assistant Professor

Takayuki KAWAI

Hydrological modeling

ALRC

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Toru HAMAMOTO

Research on soil nutrition in Teff crop model

Fluvial process and geomorphology
Socio economics

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2. Agriculture and Rural Development Project (Project Leader: Prof. Hisashi Tsujimoto)① Drought‐Tolerant Crop Breeding Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

ALRC

Professor

Hisashi TSUJIMOTO

Deputy Group Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Kinya AKASHIUGSASProfessor

Motoichirou KODAMA

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Atsushi ISHIHARA

Faculty of Agriculture

Associate Professor

Mariko OKA

Faculty of Agriculture

Associate Professor

Hiroyuki TANAKA

Development of high quality and drought‐heat‐tolerent wheat

Faculty of Agriculture

Assistant Professor

Shun SAKUMA

Domestication of wild plants native to arid land

ALRC

Lecturer

Takayoshi ISHII

ALRCSpecially Appointed Associate Professor

Yasir Sereg Alnor GORAFI

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
General management, stress‐tolerant wheat development utilising wilf verieties
Elucidation of molecular mechanism of drought‐tolerant plants and its application to breeding
Study of plant diseases common in arid land plants
Analysis of useful secondery metabolites produced by arid land plants
Elucidatio of low nutrition stress response and development of low‐nutrition‐tolerant plants

Development of new heat-tolerant crop genetic resources
Study of abiotic stress tolerance of sorghum② Cul va on Technology and Plant Resource Development Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Tsuneyoshi ENDO

Deputy Group Leader

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
Establishment of technology to restore the land of arid areas utilizing circulative resources

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Eiji NISHIHARA

Establishment of cultivation method of madicinal plants

Faculty of Agriculture

Associate Professor

Wataru TSUJI

Establishment of cultivation technology of food/forage crops

ALRC

Associate Professor

Ping AN

Faculty of Agriculture

Lecturer

Yoshihiro TAKEMURA

Faculty of Agriculture

Lecturer

Kensuke KONDO

Establishment of protected caltivation methods in dryland

ALRC

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Toru HAMAMOTO

Study on greenhouse gas effecets in Uganda

Sarch of caltivers suitable for dry and salinized areas and their ecophysiological analysis
Establishment of selection method of suitable crops for drylands③ Irriga on and Water Resources Management Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Koji INOSAKO

Deputy Group Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Associate Professor

Tadaomi SAITO

ALRC

Professor

Haruyuki FUJIMAKI

Field experiment on irrigation and water usage and development of analysis method

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Katsuyuki SHIMIZU

Current situation analysis of various issues in irrgated farms in drylands

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
General management, development of water‐efficient irrigation
Current status analysis of various issues faced in irrigated farms in drylands④ Veterinary and Animal Science Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Mitsugu HISHINUMA

Deputy Group Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Toshihiro ITO

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Toshiyuki MURASE

Survey and research (veterinary microbiology)

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Takehito MORITA

Survey and research (veterinary pathology)

ALRC

Associate Professor

Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
General management, survey and research (theriogenology)
Survey and research (veterinary public health), management
Survey and research(veterinary public health and infectious disease)

Survey and research (international cooperation and realations)⑤ Rural Development Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Kumi YASUNOBUFaculty of Agriculture

Professor

Ichizen MATSUMURA

Agricultural economics survey and research

Faculty of Agriculture

Assistant Professor

Asres E BAYSA

Agricultural economics survey and research

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Toshinobu MATSUDA

Agricultural economics survey and research

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Makoto NOHMI

Agricultural economics survey and research

Faculty of Agriculture

Lecturer

Nahoko KIHARA

Survey and analysis of community market and distribution

Deputy Group Leader

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
General management, Agricultural economics survey and research

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3. Regional and Industrial Development Project (Project Leader: Prof. Satoshi Tsuchiya)① Water Resources and Energy Management Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professor

Satoshi TSUCHIYA

General management, examination of appropreate placing related to resource energy

Deputy Group Leader

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project

Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professor

Yuki KAJIKAWA

Development of water‐cycle model

Faculty of Engineering

Assistant Professor

Sooyoul KIM

Development of microclimate

Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professor

Takanori MASUDA

Faculty of Engineering

Assistant Professor

Yugo TAKABE

Development of water treatment and resoure energy technology

Technical Department

Technical Staff

Chikara IWATA

Supports on analysis and evaluation utilizing GIS

Resource energy evaluation utilising GIS② Industrial Development and Promo on Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

CoRE

Professor

Katsuhiko SHIMIZU

Deputy Group Leader
Co‐Investigator
Deputy Group Leader

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
General management, facilitation of regional‐industrial‐academic cooperation

ORIP

Professor

Mieko INAOKA

Facilitation of regional‐industrial‐academic cooperation

Graduate School of Engineering

Professor

Keishi TANIMOTO

Facilitation of regional‐industrial‐academic cooperation

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Jirou ARIMA

CoRE

Assistant Professor

Masashi MIURA

Utilization of dryland and regional recources
Management of practical manufacture education project

CoRE

Associate Professor

Hitoshi NARIKIYO

Implimentation of PBL education

Technical Department

Technical Staff

Masahiko AKIYAMAManufacture and production and technical advise to students

Technical Department

Specialist

Nobutaka ISHIBUCHI

Manufacture and production and technical advise to students

Technical Department

Specialist

Masahiro NONAMI

Manufacture and production and technical advise to students

Technical Department

Specialist

Naoki KAWAMURA

Manufacture and production and technical advise to students

Title

Name

Roles in research project

Hiroki YAMASHITA

General management of humanities and social science research, development of stakeholder network,and survey of sustainability in urban central regions③ Societal and Economic Fluctua on Group
Role

Affiliation

Group Leader

Faculty of Regioanl Sciences

Deputy Group Leader

Faculty of Regioanl Sciences

Professor

Tatsuya ONO

Evaluation of Mongolian policies related to "Sustainable Develeopment Vision

Faculty of Regioanl Sciences

Specially Appointed Professor

Shigeru YANAKA

Study on various challenges facing nomadic communities

Faculty of Regioanl Sciences

Professor

Yuichi MARU

Faculty of Regioanl Sciences

Associate Professor

Kaori BANBA

Faculty of Regioanl Sciences

Professor

Kazunobu TSUTSUIFaculty of Regioanl Sciences

Associate Professor

Reiko OMOTO

Study of value improvement of Mongolia's local resources

Faculty of Regioanl Sciences

Associate Professor

Hideki INAZU

Study on multicultural conviviality and minority issues

Faculty of Regioanl Sciences

Associate Professor

Kiyoshi TAKEUCHI

Faculty of Regioanl Sciences

Lecturer

Naoshi IZUMIFaculty of Regioanl Sciences

Lecturer

Hidetoshi SHIROISHI

Co‐Investigator

Professor

Study on challenges of the relationship between social customs and laws
Study on issues related to inbound tourism and tourism‐related industries in Mongolia
Study and advise on local stakeholder network expansion of overseas researches

Study on current staus and isses of cultural policies and promotion
Study on current status and problems of environmental education in Mongolia
Survey on Mongolian needs of environemntal improvement, and GIS data analysis④ Cul va on‐Environmental Instrumenta on and Measurement Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

Faculty of Engineering

Professor

Kotoku OMI

Deputy Group Leader

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
General management and development of light quality modulation film

Faculty of Engineering

Professor

Kunio ICHINO

Support of goup leader and analysis of cultivation environment

Faculty of Engineering

Professor

Sang‐Seok LEE

Developmet of cultivation environment measurement

Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professor

Tadao MATSUNAGA

Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professor

Tomoki ABE

Simulation of greenhouse environment

ALRC

Professor

Mitsuru TSUBO

Analysis of growth factors

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Eiji NISHIHARA

Vegetable cultivation trial

Development of cultivation environment measurement elements

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4. Human Development (society, education, and health) Project (Project Leader: Prof. Yoichi Kurozawa)① Climate Change and Human Health Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

IPDRE

Associate Professor

Shinji OTANIFaculty of Medicine

Professor

Yoichi KUROZAWA

Research management, data evaluation

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Takehito MORITA

Evaluation of impacts on livestock and anmals
Community‐based lifestyle disease prevention

Deputy Group Leader
Co‐Investigator

Faculty of Medicine

Lecturer

Kazuoki INOUE

Faculty of Medicine

Assitant Professor

Toshio MASUMOTO

Roles in research project
General management

Survey apparatus preparation, data collection and analysis② Infec on Control and Preven on Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Roles in research projectGroup Leader

Faculty of Medicine

Professor

Seiji KAGEYAMA

General management, development of interantional regulatory methods of virus illnesses such as AIDS

Deputy Group Leader

Faculty of Medicine

Professor

Jun FUJII

Faculty of Medicine

Lecturer

Hitoshi OTSUKI

Vaccine development based on the diversity of malaria l parasite

Faculty of Medicine (Hospital)

Professor

Hiroki CHIKUMIInternational comparison of pathogenic microorganisms causing nosocomial infection
Contermeasures to tuberculosis bacillus in Asian coutries

Co‐Investigator

Development of Enterohemorrhagic E. coli vaccine

Faculty of Medicine

Associate Professor

Takashi MATSUBA

Faculty of Medicine

Lecturer

Kyosuke KANAI

Analysis of inhibitory factors in inter‐ and intra‐ cellular virus replication

Faculty of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Akeno TOKUNAGA

Investigation of influenza virus transmission routes to Japan

Faculty of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Ryo OZURU

Survey of Leptospira infection in Philippines and its countermeasure

Faculty of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Daisuke ITOSupression of Plasmodium in Thailand and expolaration of its diagnostic methods

Faculty of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Yoko KONDOSupression of Plasmodium in Thailand and expolaration of its medication

Faculty of Medicine (Hospital)

Assistant Professor

Tsuyoshi KITAURA

Development of healthcare‐associated infection database of Indonesia

Faculty of Medicine (Hospital)

Assistant Professor

Kensaku OKADA

Evaluation of healthcare‐associated infection database of Indonesia③ Educa on for Human Development Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

ALRC

Associate Professor

Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI

Faculty of Medicine

Professor

Seiji KAGEYAMA

AdviseFaculty of Medicine

Professor

Chika TANIMURAManagement

Faculty of Medicine

Professor

Mika FUKADA

Advise

IPDRE

Associate Professor

Shinji OTANIAdviseFaculty of Medicine

Lecturer

Tsuyoshi OKURA

Faculty of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Kazuoki INOUE

Advise on diabetis education

Faculty of Medicine

Professor

Keiichi HANAKI

Advisor of diabetic patients' education and activities

Faculty of Medicine

Assitant Professor

Yasuko TOKUSHIMA

Deputy Group Leader

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
General management , planning and management

Advise on diabetis education

Health guidance

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5. Sand Dune Conservation and Management Project (Project Leader: Prof. Dai Nagamatsu)① Conserva on and Wise Use Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Dai NAGAMATSU

General management, resaerch on unique plants and ecosystems of Tottori Sand Dunes

Deputy Group Leader

Faculty of Regional Sciences

Associate Professor

Kenichi TAKATA

General management, direction of excavation research , management of archaelogical analysis

Deputy Group Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Yoshinori KODAMA

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Yoshiyuki HIOKIArtificial modification of coastal sand dunes and its conservation strategies

Faculty of Agriculture

Associate Professor

Tadaomi SAITOMonitorning of sand dunes surface environment

Faculty of Regional Sciences

Associate Professor

Kei NAKAHARA

Excavation resaerch, paleoenvironmental analysis (plants)

Faculty of Regional Sciences

Associate Professor

So Yeon LEE

Survey on presearvation condition of ruins and stratum, development of preservatives

IPDRE

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Takehiko ITO

Elucidation of sand dune use by mid to large size mammals

Affiliation

Title

Name

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project

Public communication of geomorphological phenomena and sand movements in Tottori Sand Dunes② Energy U liza on Group
Role

Roles in research project
General management , and development of the selection method of suitable site and istallment
methodGroup Leader

Faculty of Agriculture

Associate Professor

Kotaro TAGAWA

Deputy Group Leader

Faculty of Engineering

Professor

Yutaka HARA

Development of small wind power generator and its application to dryland environment

Ryo NISHIMURA

Development of electrodialysis method desalination system and application of electronic engineering
to dryland agriculture

Co‐Investigator

Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professor"Future Dryland" (Project Leader: Prof. Atsushi Tsunekawa)① Nature and Society System Group
Role

Affiliation

Title

Name

Group Leader

ALRC

Professor

Norikazu YAMANAKA

Co‐project Leader

IPDRE

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Shaoxiu MA

ALRC

Professor

Yasunori KUROSAKI

Faculty of Agriculture

Asscoiate Professor

Toshihiko KINUGASAInterdisciplinary research on effects of climate and societal changes on grassland ecosystem

ALRC

Professor

Atsushi TSUNEKAWA

Promotion of bilateral research activity with Mongolian counterparts

Co‐Investigator

Roles in research project
General management and promotion of transdisciplinary research in Mongolia
Promotion of bilateral research activity with Mongolian counterparts
Interdisciplinary research on effects of climate and societal changes on grassland ecosystem

Faculty of Agriculture

Professor

Takehito MORITA

Development of tools of veterinarian and medical specialists

Graduate School of Engineering

Associate Professor

Satoshi TSUCHIYA

Promotion of bilateral research activity with Mongolian counterparts

IPDRE

Associate Professor

Shinji OTANIFaculty of Agriculture

Professor

Dai NAGAMATSU

Development of tools of veterinarian and medical specialists
Interdisciplinary research on effects of climate and societal changes on grassland ecosystem

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