Environmental Geoinformatics Laboratory
Members
Members and Collaborators
We are actively collaborating with researchers from around the world, providing the opportunity for Akita Unviersity students to meet and learn from a number of people with varied backgrounds and specialties. In particular we are very closely collaborating with several researchers that the University of Tokyo Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute.
Current Members
Stephen Obrochta
Professor, Akita University
Graduate School of International Resource Science
Environmental Geoinformatics Laboratory
PhD: Duke University (USA)
MS: University of South Florida (USA)
BS: Eckerd College (USA)
Bethany Behrens
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD: The University of Tokyo
MS: The University of Tokyo
BS: Colorado School of Mines
Arif Mahmud Akash
PhD Program, first year (MEXT Scholarship)
MS: Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur Bangladesh
BS: Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur Bangladesh
Soma Sato
Bachelor of Science, 2024
Master of Science, first year
Thesis:
East China Sea Climate Change reconstructed with oxygen isotopes
Rizkysafira (Afi) Ishendriatia
Bachelor of Science, 2021, Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
Master of Science, first year (MEXT Scholarship)
Research: Kuroshio Variability
Aulia Agus Patria
Bachelor of Science, 2020, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Master of Science, second year (MEXT Scholarship)
Research: Indonesian Paleoclimate
Anjalia Warndani
Bachelor of Science, 2020, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Master of Science, first year (MEXT Scholarship)
Research: Kuroshio Variability
Takahiro Inanobe
Bachelor of Science, fourth year
Research: Kuroshio Variability
Yuto Kujiraoka
Bachelor of Science, fourth year
Research: Kuroshio Variability
Former Members
Yoshiya Hatakeyama
Bachelor of Science, 2022
Master of Science, 2024
Theses:
Identification of tsunami deposit in Tateyama lowland on the southwest coast of the Boso Peninsula from past Kanto earthquakes (BS)
Mg/Ca-based Holocene paleotemperature reconstruction in the western region of Okinawa Island and Calibration of color values extracted from “Namahage” core scanner images using spectrophotometry. (MS)
Soichiro Oda
Bachelor of Science, 2022
Master of Science, 2024
Theses:
Identification of Tsunami Deposits in Isumi River lowland, central Boso Peninsula, Japan (BS)
Multiple applications of radiocarbon to environmental research (MS)
Sho Isawa
Bachelor of Science, 2024
Thesis:
Automated sediment core image segmentation and length estimations
Seira Izawa
Bachelor of Science, 2023
Thesis:
Paleoceanography of the East China Sea during the Last Glacial Maximum as recorded in planktic foraminifer stable isotopes
Yuri Miyakoshi
Bachelor of Science, 2023
Thesis:
The last deglaciation in the East China Sea as recorded in planktic foraminiferal stable isotopes
Takumi Asada
Bachelor of Science, 2020
Master of Science, 2022
Theses:
Understanding the Mid Pleistocene to Holocene sedimentary systems of the Great Barrier Reef region in Northeastern Australia(BS)
Elucidation of the sedimentary system of Northeastern Australian continental margin to determine the age of formation of the Great Barrier Reef(MS)
Wataru Miwa
Bachelor of Science, 2018
Master of Science, 2020
Theses:
Determining the Age of the Great Barrier Reef through sedimentary facies analysis (BS)
Development of a Mg/Ca paleothermometry method applicable to planktonic foraminifers in a shallow-slope environment of Northeast Australia (ODP Site 1198) (MS)
Collaborators
Yusuke Yokoyama
Professor, University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
Analytical Center for Environmental Study
Collaborations:
Yosuke Miyairi
Researcher, University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
Analytical Center for Environmental Study
Collaborations:
Bryan Lougheed
Uppsala University
Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences
Paleobiology Program
Collaborations:
Szilard Fazekas
Associate Professor, Akita University
Graduate School of Engineering Science
Department of Mathematical Science and Electrical-Electronic-Computer Engineering
Mathematical Science Course
Collaborations:
Osamu Fujiwara
Deputy Director, Research Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology
Leader, Earthquake Hazard Assessment Research Group
Geological Survey of Japan
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Collaborations:
Jan Moren
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Collaborations:
Ayako Abe-Ouchi
Professor, University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
Division of Climate System Research
Collaborations:
Axel Timmermann
Director, Center for Climate Physics, Institute for Basic Science
Busan National University, Busan South Korea
Collaborations:
Jody Webster
Associate Professor, University of Sydney, School of Geosciences
Geocoastal Research Group
Collaborations:
Kotaro Shirai
Associate Professor, University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute
International Coastal Research Center
Collaborations:
Mahyar Mohtadi
Professor, University of Bremen
MARUM-Center for Marine Environmental Sciences
Collaborations:
Moriaki Yaushara
Associate Professor, Hong Kong University
School of Biological Science
Swire Institute of Marine Science
Collaborations:
Shun Chiyonobu
Associate Professor, Akita University
Graduate School of International Resource Science
Petroleum Geology Laboratory
Collaborations:
Kaoru Kubota
Assistant Professor, Kobe University
Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Faculty of Human Development
Collaborations:
Takeshige Ishiwa
Researcher, National Institute of Polar Science
Geoscience Group
Collaborations:
Ian Bailey
Senior Lecturer, Exeter University, College of Engineering
Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Camborne School of Mines, Deep Time Global Change Research Group
Collaborations:
Henning Bauch
Researcher, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Department of Marine Geology and Paleontology
Collaborations:
Jonathon Tyler
Lecturer, University of Adelaide
Department of Earth Sciences
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