Staff Members

As of April 2024

Affiliation Title, etc. Name Remarks
Executive Director Yasushi KAWATA Trustee (Research and IT), Vice President
Deputy Director Atsushi TSUNEKAWA Arid Land Research Center Director
Assistant Director to the Executive Director Mitsuru TSUBO Arid Land Research Center Deputy Director

Arid Land Research Center

Affiliation Title, etc. Name Remarks
Arid Land Research Center
(ALRC)
Director of ALRC Atsushi TSUNEKAWA
Deputy Director of ALRC Mitsuru TSUBO
Division of Desertification Control Professor Yasunori KUROSAKI
Associate Professor Takeshi TANIGUCHI
Associate Professor Reiji KIMURA
Tenure-track Assistant Professor Munemasa TERAMOTO
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Naohiro ISHII
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Masataka NAKAYAMA
Division of Dryland Agriculture Professor Haruyuki FUJIMAKI
Associate Professor Ping AN
Associate Professor Takayoshi ISHIII
Division of Climate Change Response Professor Atsushi TSUNEKAWA
Professor Mitsuru TSUBO
Associate Professor Jiro IIDA JICA personnel exchange
Specially Appointed Associate Professor Yoshihiko ISERI

Units

Affiliation Title, etc. Name Remarks
Collaborative Research Unit Unit Leader Yasunori KUROSAKI
Specially Appointed
Associate Professor
Mohamed Mutasim Eltayeb ELEBEID
Specially Appointed
Associate Professor
Banzragch NANDINTSETSEG
Seeds Research PJ Climate Change Impacts and
Ecosystem Restoration PJ
Professor Yasunori KUROSAKI PL (Arid Land Research Center)
Associate Professor Toshihiko KINUGASA Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Associate Professor Takeshi TANIGUCHI (Arid Land Research Center)
Agriculture and
Rural Development PJ
Professor Koji INOSAKO PL, Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Professor Satoshi YAMADA Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Professor Katsuyuki SHIMIZU Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Professor Kumi YASUNOBU Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Technology Development PJ Professor Naonobu KATADA PL, Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Engineering)
Associate Professor Yuki KAJIKAWA Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Engineering)
Professor Kotoku OHMI Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Engineering)
Community and
Global Health PJ
Professor Seiji KAGEYAMA PL, Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Medicine)
Associate Professor Shinji OTANI (Innovation and DX Unit)
Professor Takehito MORITA Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Sustainable Regional Promotion PJ Professor Katsuhiko SHIMIZU PL, Concurrent Faculty (Platform for Community-based Research and Education)
Professor Dai NAGAMATSU Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Professor Hiroki YAMASHITA Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Regional Sciences)
Innovation Research PJ Professor Mitsuru TSUBO PL, (Arid Land Research Center)
Professor Nigussie Haregeweyn AYEHU
Professor Kinya AKASHI Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Professor Haruyuki FUJIMAKI (Arid Land Research Center)
Convergence-of-Knowledge Research PJ Professor Mitsuru TSUBO PL, (Arid Land Research Center)
Associate Professor Tadao MATSUNAGA (Faculty of Engineering)
Professor Takeshi HIYAMA (Faculty of Medicine)
Global Learning and Engagement Unit Unit Leader Atsushi TSUNEKAWA
Specially Appointed
Associate Professor
Ayele Almaw FENTA
Specially Appointed
Associate Professor
Nasrein Mohamed Kamal OMER
Professor Katsuyuki SHIMIZU Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Professor Koji INOSAKO Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Innovation and DX Unit Unit Leader Nigussie Haregeweyn AYEHU
Professor Nigussie Haregeweyn AYEHU
Associate Professor Shinji OTANI
Associate Professor Mariko SASAKURA
Specially Appointed
Associate Professor
Takeshi ABE
Professor Dai NAGAMATSU Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)
Associate Professor Masayuki HIGASHINO Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Engineering)
Collaborative Creation Division of
Climate Change Air Conditioning Solutions
(Daikin)
Specially Appointed
Associate Professor
Sayuri TERAMOTO Daikin
Professor Atsushi TSUNEKAWA (Arid Land Research Center)
Professor Mitsuru TSUBO (Arid Land Research Center)
Associate Professor Takayoshi ISHIII (Arid Land Research Center)
Specially Appointed
Associate Professor
Takeshi ABE (Innovation and DX Unit)
Associate Professor Tadao MATSUNAGA Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Engineering)
Associate Professor Kotaro TAGAWA Concurrent Faculty (Faculty of Agriculture)

Cross-appointment

Affiliation Title, etc. Name Remarks
Cross-appointment Specially Appointed Professor Vinay NANGIA (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA))