Staff Members
As of April 2020
Staff Members
| Name | Department / Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Executive Director | Hiromitsu NAKAJIMA | President |
| Vice Executive Director | Yasushi KAWATA | Trustee (Research and IT) |
| Full-time Instructors/Researchers | Nigussie Haregeweyn AYEHU | Full-time Specially Appointed Professor |
| Kristina N TODERICH | Full-time Specially Appointed Professor | |
| Shaoxiu MA | Full-time Specially Appointed Associate Professor | |
| Shinji OTANI | Full-time Associate Professor | |
| Takehiko ITO | Full-time Specially Appointed Assistant Professor | |
| Cross-appointment Staff | Vinay NANGIA | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) |
| Stefan Martin STROHMEIER | International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) |
Internal Visiting Research Staff
| Name | Department / Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Degradation and Restoration Project | Norikazu YAMANAKA (PL) (GL) | Arid Land Research Center / Professor |
| Yasunori KUROSAKI (GL) | Arid Land Research Center / Professor | |
| Nigussie Haregeweyn AYEHU (GL) | Arid Land Research Center / Professor | |
| Agriculture and Rural Development Project | Hisashi TSUJIMOTO (PL) (GL) | Vice Director of Arid Land Research Center / Professor |
| Fumio TAMURA (GL) | Dean of Faculty of Agriculture / Professor | |
| Koji INOSAKO (GL) | Faculty of Agriculture / Professor | |
| Mitsugu HISHINUMA (GL) | Faculty of Agriculture / Professor | |
| Kumi YASUNOBU (GL) | Faculty of Agriculture / Professor | |
| Regional and Industrial Development Project | Satoshi TSUCHIYA (PL) (GL) | Faculty of Engineering / Associate Professsor |
| Katsuhiko SHIMIZU (GL) | Platform for Community-based Research and Education / Professor | |
| Hiroki YAMASHITA (GL) | Faculty of Regional Sciences / Professor | |
| Kotoku OMI (GL) | Faculty of Engineering / Professor | |
| Human Development (society, education and health) Project |
Yoichi KUROZAWA (PL) (GL) | Faculty of Medicine / Professor |
| Shinji OTANI (GL) | Full-time Associate Professor / IPDRE | |
| Seiji KAGEYAMA (GL) | Faculty of Medicine / Professor | |
| Nobuyuki KOBAYASHI (GL) | Arid land research Center / Associate Professor | |
| Sand Dune Conservation and Management Project | Dai NAGAMATSU (PL) (GL) | Faculty of Agriculture / Professor |
| Kotaro TAGAWA (GL) | Faculty of Agriculture / Associate Professor | |
| Future Dryland | Atsushi TSUNEKAWA (PL) | Arid Land Research Center / Professor |
| Norikazu YAMANAKA (GL) | Arid Land Research Center / Professor | |
| Hiroki YAMASHITA (GL) | Faculty of Regional Scinece / Professor | |
| Global Learning and Engagement Team | Mitsuru TSUBO (PL) | Arid Land Research Center / Professor |
| International Research Support Team | Hisashi TSUJIMOTO (PL) | Arid Land Research Center / Professor |
| Dai NAGAMATSU (Co-PL) | Faculty of Agriculture / Professor |
Members of IPDRE Strategic Management Office
| Name | Department / Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Atsushi TSUNEKAWA | Arid Land Research Center / Professor |
| Deputy Head | Norikazu YAMANAKA | Arid Land Research Center / Professor |
| Members | Hiroki YAMASHITA | Faculty of Regional Scinece / Professor |
| Yoichi KUROZAWA | Faculty of Medicine / Professor | |
| Satoshi TSUCHIYA | Graduate School of Engineering / Associate Professsor | |
| Dai NAGAMATSU | Faculty of Agriculture / Professor | |
| Kotaro TAGAWA | Faculty of Agriculture / Associate Professor | |
| Hisashi TSUJIMOTO | Arid Land Research Center / Professor | |
| Mitsuru TSUBO | Arid Land Research Center / Professor |
Administrative Staff
| Name | Department / Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Head of Administration Department (adjunct post) | Koji SAKAGUCHI | Research Promotion Department / Director |
| Sub Manager of Administration Department (adjunct post) | Hiroshi TOKUNAGA | Arid Land Research Center / Office Manager |
| Head of General Affairs Section (adjunct post) | Mari YOSHIKAWA | Arid Land Researh Center / Head of Joint-Use Section |
| Head of Accounting Section (adjunct post) | Tomoki SAITO | Arid Land Research Center / Head of Accounting Section |
| Head of Research Promotion Section | Yoshiaki SHIGEMATSU | Full-time at IPDRE |
| Reseach Promotion Section Leader | Takahiro OYAMA | 《Adjunct post at Faculty of Agriculture》 |
| Sakiko REMBUTSU | 《Adjunct post at Faculty of Agriculture》 | |
| Specially Appointed Specialists | Shiho NAKANO | Guest Professor Assitant |
| Midori NAKAYAMA | Guest Professor Assistant | |
| Administrative Staff | Miwa OMAE | Administrative Assistant |