■ Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor and Research Associate As of August 1, 2021

Division of Social Engineering and Environmental Management
Department of Urban Environment Development
Research Areas

Hydraulic Engineering

Geotechnical and Groundwater
Engineering

Instructors
Prof. (Special appointment)
MAENO Shiro

Evaluation of nature oriented hydraulic structures

Assoc. Prof. YOSHIDA Keisuke

Study on prevention and mitigation of fluvial disasters

Assoc. Prof. AKOH Ryosuke

Development of practical hydraulic model and numerical simulation for water
disaster prevention

Prof. TAKESHITA Yuji

Geotechnical site characterization by in-situ non-destructive testing

Prof. KOMATSU Mitsuru
Assoc. Prof. KIM Byeongsu
Prof. NISHIYAMA Satoshi

Design of Steel Structures

Design of Concrete Structures
Architecture and Urban SpatialPlanning

Theme

Research on investigation of groundwater flow and preservation ofgeoenvironment
Study on mechanical behavior for prevention and mitigation of soil-structure’s
disasters (Natural slope, Embankment, etc.)
Development of modeling and analytical methods for reducing the risk ofgeohazard

Prof. HIEJIMA Shinji

Study on wind and tidal current power generation

Assoc. Prof. KIMOTO Kazushi

Application of vibration and wave propagation theories to the monitoring ofcivil infrastructures

Prof. AYANO Toshiki

Durability of concrete structures

Assoc. Prof. FUJII Takashi

Development of environment conscious materials for construction works

Assoc. Prof. HORI Hirofumi

Architecture and urban spatial planning for creating good quality of living
environment as housing stock, and Area-based management/ Business
Improvement District

Department of Rural Environment Management
Research Areas
Vegetation Management
Applied Ecology
Soil Management
Agricultural Land Engineering
Terrestrial Information Management
Irrigation and Drainage

Catchment Hydrology

Design of Environmental
InfrastructuresInstructors

Theme

Asst. Prof. NAKASHIMA Yoshitaka

Function and management of weed vegetation

Prof. NAKATA Kazuyoshi

Ecology and conservation of freshwater animals

Asst. Prof. KATSUHARA Koki

Creation and maintenance of plant diversity

Prof. MAEDA Morihiro

Soil and water quality management in agricultural landProf. MORI Yasushi

Conservation and restoration of soil environment

Asst. Prof. TSUJIMOTO Kumiko

Study on soil-plant-atmosphere interaction through integrating groundobservation, satellite observation, and numerical models

Prof. MORITA Hidenori

Study on rural environment applying terrestrial information processing

Prof. MOROIZUMI Toshitsugu

Movement of water, heat, and chemicals in soil-atmosphere continuum

Assoc. Prof. SOMURA Hiroaki

Study on efficient use of water resources by appropriate irrigation
management

Prof. CHIKAMORI Hidetaka

Future prediction of change in basinwide circulation of water

Assoc. Prof. KUDO Ryoji

Hydrological analysis of catchment responses to environmental changes

Prof. NISHIMURA Shin-ichi

Prediction and risk evaluation in geotechnical problems

Assoc. Prof. SHUKU Takayuki

Studies on inverse analysis in geotechnical engineering

Management of EnvironmentalInfrastructures

Assoc. Prof. SHIBATA Toshifumi

Analysis of nonlinear soil-structure interaction problems

Environmental Economics

Prof. UBUKATA Fumikazu

Economic development, natural resources, and environmental governance indeveloping countries

Prof. KIM Doo-Chul

Depopulated rural studies in Japan, China and Korea, Area study of Vietnam

International Rural Studies
Rural Planning

Assoc. Prof. HONDA Yasuko
Prof. KUKI Yasuaki

Community-based management of rural resources, Community renewableenergyEstablishment of comprehensive rural planning theory in community andmunicipality levels

Division of Biological and Human Environment
Department of Environmental Ecology
Research Areas
Physiological Plant Ecology

Environmental Soil Science

Instructors

ThemeProf. SAKAMOTO Keiji

Ecological studies on stand dynamics and population dynamics in forests

Prof. MIKI Naoko

Ecophysiological analysis of water use mechanism in woody species

Prof. SHIMA Kazuto

Nutrient dynamics in soil-plant ecosystems

Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University

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Instructors

ThemeProf. HIROBE Muneto

Nutrient dynamics in forest ecosystems

Assoc. Prof. HYODO Fujio

Functional roles of consumer organisms in forest ecosystems

Assoc. Prof. MIYAZAKI Yuko

Ecological studies on forest dynamics and reproductive system of forest tree

Assoc. Prof. FUKUDA Hiroshi

Systematics and conservation of molluscs

Prof. MIYATAKE Takahisa

Ecological evolutionary studies on insect population dynamics

Assoc. Prof. OKADA Kensuke

Evolutionary studies on morphology and behavior in insects

Prof. MONTA Mitsuji

Robotics for bio-production

Assoc. Prof. NAMBA Kazuhiko

Plants growth control using the speaking plant approach

Resources Management

Assoc. Prof. DATAI Hisashi

Strategic policies for rural resource planning and rural resource management
systemFarm Management Systems andInformation Processing

Assoc. Prof. OHNAKA Katsutoshi

Research on the farm management and agricultural policy

Forest Ecology

Conservation of Aquatic Biodiversity

Evolutionary Ecology

Bioproduction Systems Engineering

Department of Human Ecology
Research Areas
Mathematical Science for Data
Engineering

Applied Mathematics

Mathematical Analysis of Models

Numerical Analysis of Flow
Phenomena

Environmental Statistics

Design and Analysis of Environmental
Survey and Experiments

Environmental Epidemiology

Instructors

Theme＊ Prof. OBAYASHI Ippei

Topological data analysis, especially persistent homology, from mathematicaltheory, software development to applications to materials science

Assoc. Prof. HAYASAKA FutoshiTheory of multiplicities, graded rings and integral closure of modules

Assoc. Prof. AOYAMA Takahiro

Developing and analyzing stochastic models in environmental and life science

Prof. SASAKI Toru

Mathematical analysis and its applications to mathematical biology

Assoc. Prof. OBUSE Kiori

Mathematical understanding and descriptions of hierarchical structures influid systems

Prof. ISHIHARA Takashi

Computational science and numerical analysis for understanding turbulent
flow phenomena in environmental and life science

Assoc. Prof. SEKIMOTO Atsushi

Data-driven computing for turbulent heat and mass transfer and dynamicalsystem for mathematical modeling and control for nonlinear phenomena

Prof. SAKAMOTO Wataru

Statistical modeling and computing for analyzing data in environmental andlife science

Assoc. Prof. YAMAMOTO Michio

Statistical data analysis for environmental and life sciences

Prof. KURIHARA Koji

Statistical approaches for spatio-temporal data

Prof. IIZUKA Masaya

Development of variable selection in multivariate method and its software forenvironmental data

Assoc. Prof. ISHIOKA Fumio

Detection of spatial, temporal and space-time clustering for environmental
and life science data

Prof. TSUDA Toshihide

Health effects induced by environmental pollution (various pollutants); Epidemiologic investigation
on a food borne disease outbreak;Causal inference in medical and environmental sciences＊Affiliation Cyber-physical engineering informatics research core

Division of Sustainability of Resources
Department of Sustainable Society Studies
Research Areas

Theme

Prof. FUJIWARA Takeshi

Research on development of solid waste management towards soundmaterial-cycle society

Assoc. Prof. MATSUI Yasuhiro

Research on system analysis for waste management

Asst. Prof. HABUER

Study on material flow and environmental and resource impact analysis forstrategic waste management

Environmental Measurement andControlProf. KAWAMOTO Katsuya

Effective and safe disposal of solid/liquid wastes, and development ofmaterial and/or energy recovery

Urban and Transport Planning

Prof. HASHIMOTO Seiji

Urban Transportation planning for sustainable society

Solid Waste Management andRecycling

10Instructors

Research Areas

Urban and Transport Planning

Water Environment and Sanitation

Instructors

Theme

Assoc. Prof. HIGUCHI Teruhisa

Study on technological histories of civil engineering

Assoc. Prof. UJIHARA Takehito

Urban and regional planning in an era of population decrease andenvironmental constraints

Prof. NAGARE Hideaki

Water treatment, phosphorous resource recovery, water environment
management in lakes and wetlands

Assoc. Prof. SAITO Mitsuyo

Nutrient transport, transformation and biogeochemical process in surface andground water in coastal watershed

Department of Material and Energy Science
Research Areas

Ceramic Materials

Inorganic Functional Material
Chemistry
Advanced Organic Materials

Environmental Polymer Chemistry

Environmental Process Engineering

Environmental Reaction Engineering

Instructors

ThemeProf. NANBA Tokuro

Development of ceramic materials for reducing environmental burden

Assoc. Prof. BENINO YasuhikoMorphology control of functional glass and glass-ceramic materials

Prof. KAMESHIMA Yoshikazu

Development of eco-friendly inorganic materials

Assoc. Prof. NISHIMOTO Shunsuke

Development of functional inorganic materials for environmental protectionand energy conversion

Sr. Asst. Prof. TAJIMA Tomoyuki

Development of organic molecular devices containing main group elements

Prof. KIMURA Kunio

Creation of environmentally benign polymerization system and polymermaterials

Assoc. Prof. YAMAZAKI Shinichi

Design of high-performance environmental polymeric materials based onhigh-order structual control

Asst. Prof. ATARASHI Hironori

Development of low environmental load polymer materials

Prof. KIMURA Yukitaka

Design for environmental process using subcritical water

Assoc. Prof. SHIMANOUCHI Toshinori

Design and Development of Novel Separation Process, Associating withFormation of Heterogeneous Phase at Interface with Dynamic Ordered-Structure

Prof. UDDIN Md. Azhar

Development of catalysts for the recycling of energy and resources

Prof. (Special appointment)
KATO Yoshiei

Material processing by environmentally benign reaction

Division of Science for Bioresources
Department of Biofunctional Chemistry
Research Areas

Applied Natural Product Chemistry

Chemistry of Bioactive Compounds

Functional Glycobiochemistry

Applied Enzyme Chemistry

Food Biochemistry

Chemistry of Bio-signalling

Microbial FunctionInstructors
Prof. KIYOTA Hiromasa
Assoc. Prof. IZUMI Minoru
Prof. KANZAKI Hiroshi

Theme
Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds and Development of New Methodologies
in Organic Synthesis
Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds and Development of New Methodologies
in Organic Synthesis
Search and Production of Useful Bioactive Compounds Using Cells orEnzymes

Prof. NITODA Teruhiko

Search for Natural Bioactive Compounds

Prof. KIMURA Yoshinobu

Functional Analysis and Application of Bioactive Glycoconjugates

Assoc. Prof. MAEDA Megumi

Immunomodulatory Effects on Antigenic N-glycans of Plant Glycoproteins

Prof. INAGAKI KenjiStructural and Functional Analysis of Useful Enzymes from Extremophiles

Assoc. Prof. MORIYA Hisao

Analysis of Concequences of Protein Overexpression

Asst. Prof. NEMOTO Michiko

Understanding of molecular mechanisms of biomineralization

Prof. NAKAMURA Yoshimasa

Molecular Basis for Physiological Functions of Food Chemicals

Asst. Prof. NAKAMURA Toshiyuki

Functional Mechanism and Bioavailability of Food Factors

Prof. MURATA Yoshiyuki
Assoc. Prof. MUNEMASA Shintaro

Elucidation of Mechanisms of Response and Tolerance to Environmental
Stresses in Plants
Elucidation of Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Environmental StressResponses in Plants

Prof. TAMURA Takashi

Structure-Function Study on Selenium-Containing Enzymes

Assoc. Prof. KANAO Tadayoshi

Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular biological Research on Acidophilic
Chemoautotrophic Bacteria
Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University

11Department of Plant Stress Science
Research Areas

Plant Genetics and Physiology

Signaling Mechanisms

Plant Cytomolecular Biochemistry

Instructors
Prof. SAKAMOTO Wataru
Assoc. Prof. MATSUSHIMA Ryo

Plant cell biology about cereal seed storage material

Asst. Prof. OKEGAWA Yuki

Study on the regulatory mechanism of photosynthesis in plants

Prof. HIRAYAMA Takashi

Understanding of molecular mechanisms for responses to plant hormonesand environment stresses and signal intergration system in higher plants

Assoc. Prof. MORI Izumi

Studies on environmental signal integration systems of stomatal guard cells

Assoc. Prof. IKEDA Yoko

Study on epigenetic gene regulation in plants

Assoc. Prof. SUGIMOTO Manabu
Asst. Prof. RIKIISHI Kazuhide
Prof. MA Jian Feng

Plant Stress Responses

Molecular Virology

Plant-Insect Interactions
Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Plant-Environmental Microbiology

Studies on mineral distribution control systems in plants

Assoc. Prof. MITANI Namiki

Studies on mineral transporters in plants

Assoc. Prof. SASAKI Takayuki

Study on regulation of seed germination by plant hormones

Prof. SUZUKI Nobuhiro

Elucidation of molecular mechanisms underlying replication and symptom
induction of agriviruses

Assoc. Prof. KONDO Hideki

Molecular biology of plant-virus interactions

Assoc. Prof. HYODO Kiwamu

Molecular mechanisms of plant-virus interactions

Prof. GALIS Ivan

The role of plant hormones, genes and metabolites in defense of plants
against herbivorous insects

Assoc. Prof. SHINYA Tomonori

Molecular mechanism of herbivory perception in plants

Prof. KAWANO Yoji

Molecular mechanisms of plant-pathogen interactions

Assoc. Prof. TANI Akio

Physiology and application of plant-associated bacteria

Assoc. Prof. UEKI Shoko

Assoc. Prof. SAISHO Daisuke
Assoc. Prof. HISANO Hiroshi

Plant Functional Genomics

Prof. TAKETA Shin
Prof. YAMAMOTO Toshio

Integrated Genomic Breeding

Assoc. Prof. NAGAKI Kiyotaka
Asst. Prof. FURUTA Tomoyuki

Plant Diversity and Evolution

Plant molecular, cellular, and physiological studies of water and ion transports
under environmental (especially salt and osmotic) stresses
Analyses of plant growth mechanism regulated by ion transporters under acidsoil and environmental stresses

Asst. Prof. UTSUGI Shigeko

Prof. SATO Kazuhiro
Plant Diversity Analysis

Characterization of plant biomacromolecular responsing to extreme
environment and its application to the development of stress-tolerant plants
Genetic and physiological studies on the regulation of pre-harvest sprouting
in cereals
Molecular mechanisms of plant mineral stress tolerance and transporter
identification

Assoc. Prof. YAMAJI Naoki

Prof. KATSUHARA Maki
Plant Molecular PhysiologyThemeCharacterization of molecular mechanisms controlling photosynthesis andother important agronomical traits

Study on interaction between plant viruses and their hosts at molecular andcellular level
Evaluation and utilization of plant genetic resources based on genetic
analysis and genome diversity analysis
Research on genetic diversity and adaptive evolution in barley
Study for the genetic diversity of agronomically-important traits in plants andapplication to plant breeding
Identification of genes controlling morphology, seed nutrients and disease
resistance in barley and grasses
Development of genomics-assisted breeding in rice(1) Analyses of plant centromeres, and (2) Analyses of relationship between
chromosome structure and repetitive DNA sequences.
Establishment of a high-efficiency breeding method driven by bioinformatics
and statistical genetics

Assoc. Prof. IKEDA Hajime

Geographic structure of genetic diversity and local adapation in plants

Asst. Prof. YAMASHITA Jun

Plant systematics based on morphology and molecular phylogeny, andconservation of local populations of endangered plants

Division of Science for Bio-Production
Department of Plant Science
Research Areas

Genetic Engineering

Plant Genome Dynamics AnalysisPlant Pathology

12Instructors

ThemeProf. ICHINOSE Yuki

Virulence of phytopathogenic bacteria and plant non-host resistanceProf. YAMAMOTO Mikihiro

Plant-phytopathogenic fungi interactions

Assoc. Prof. MATSUI Hidenori

Functional analysis of plant immune regulators and plant breeding for disease
resistance

Assoc. Prof. MONDEN Yuki

Genetic analysis based on plant genome informatics

Prof. TOYODA Kazuhiro

Molecular biology of parasitism and immunity in plant-microbe interactions

Assoc. Prof. NOUTOSHI Yoshiteru

Plant disease resistance mechanism and immune-priming chemicals

Department of Plant ScienceResearch Areas
Plant Genetics and Breeding
Postharvest Horticulture
Postharvest Physiology
Plant Production ScienceInstructors
Prof. KATO Kenji
Assoc. Prof. NISHIDA Hidetaka

Molecular genetic study on heading-related traits in wheat and barley

Assoc. Prof. AKAGI Takashi

Molecular physiology, genomics/genetics and evolution for fruits and flowers

Prof. KUBO Yasutaka

Molecular analysis of fruit ripening and its application for postharvest
technology

Assoc. Prof. USHIJIMA Koichiro
Prof. SAITOH Kuniyuki
Assoc. Prof. HIRANO KenPomology

Assoc. Prof. FUKUDA Fumio
Asst. Prof. KAWAI Takashi

Vegetable Crop Science

Control of Flowering

Crop Science

Theme
Molecular genetic studies on diversity and agronomical traits of crop genetic
resources

Molecular biology and genetic engineering for horticultural crops
Development and systematization of production technology for crop cultivation, and analysisof eco-physiological characteristics of crop varieties for high-yielding and high-quality
Physiological and morphological studies on berry growth and maturation ofgrape
Physiological analysis of fruit quality and development of new growing systemon fruit trees
Development of a gene evaluation system for Prunus fruit tree species withvirus vector

Prof. YOSHIDA Yuichi

Control of growth and flowering in horticultural plant production

Prof. YASUBA Ken-ichiro

Improvement of growth of vegetables with controlling environmentProf. GOTO Tanjuro

Flowering control and production of floricluture

Assoc. Prof. KITAMURA Yoshikuni

Flowering control and production of floricluture

Prof. HIRAI Yoshihiko

Improvement of crop productivity and quality under environmental stressAsst. Prof. TOMITA Asami

Breeding study for tolerance to abiotic stress and root morphological trait inrice

Department of Animal Science
Research Areas
Reproductive Physiology

Animal Development andReproductive Biotechnology

Animal Physiology

Instructors

ThemeProf. KIMURA Koji

Establishment of pregnancy in farm animals

Assoc. Prof. YAMAMOTO Yuki

Mechanisms of oviductal function in mammals

Prof. FUNAHASHI Hiroaki
Assoc. Prof. WAKAI Takuya

Maturation and fertilization of mammalian gametes and the applied
manipulation
Basic and applied research on organelles in mammalian oocytes andembryos

Prof. SAITO Noboru

Study on the mechanism of homeostatic function and reproduction of birds＊ Prof. ANDO Motonori

Studies on structure-function relationship of the mammalian stria vascularis,and of the avian tegmentum vasculosum, in the cochlear duct
Pathophysiological and immunological studies on host-pathogen
relationships in domestic animals and fowls

Assoc. Prof. HATABU Toshimitsu
Animal Breeding and Genetics

Assoc. Prof. IBI Takayuki

Genetic analysis and breeding for quantitative traits in Livestock

Applied Animal Genetics

Assoc. Prof. TSUJI Takehito

Studies on genes regulating body growth and reproductive functions inmammals

Prof. NISHINO Naoki

Microbial ecology associated with feed preservation and animal health

Assoc. Prof. TSURUTA Takeshi

Research on the underlying mechanism of disease preventive effects exerted
by food bacteria and dietary fiberProf. MORITA Hidetoshi

Studies on human microbiome and comparative genomics of bacteria

Animal Nutrition and Feed Science

Animal Applied Microbiology

Assisted Reproductive Medicine

Assoc. Prof. ARAKAWA Kensuke
Assoc. Prof. OTSUKI Junko
Asst. Prof. TASAKI Hidetaka

Processing and quality control of animal food products using lactic acidbacteria
Research on the culturing of human embryos and ICSI technology, and themeiotic abnormalities and dysmorphic phenotypes in human oocytes
Development research on advanced technology of mammalian germ cells＊ Affiliation Graduate School of Education

Woman-Tenure-Track Staff
Research Areas

Instructors

ThemeResources Management

Asst. Prof. HIGASHIGUCHI Akiko

Establishment of rural environmental management system principally
involving wildlife management

Plant-Pathogen Interactions

Asst. Prof. FUKADA Fumi

Analysis of plant defense mechanism regulated by endogenous peptides

Tenure-Track-Junior Staff
Research Areas

Instructors

ThemeForest Ecology

Asst. Prof. MATSUMOTO Tetsuya

The contribution of small pollinators to the diversification of flowering plants

Architecture and Urban Spatial Planning

Asst. Prof. PARK Minjeong

The historical transition and conservation of modern architecture
Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University13