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Hisashi Kajimura, Professor
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The Forest Protection Lab studies the ecology of animals, mainly insects, and of microbes living in green-space environments such as forests, satoyama, urban green spaces, and street trees. Through field surveys and a variety of experiments and analyses, the lab uncovers how organisms interact and live together symbiotically. Based on these findings, the lab proposes measures for protecting wildlife, conserving ecosystems, landscapes, and the environment, and controlling pests and diseases. The lab also aims to clarify how symbiotic relationships between insects and microbes are established and have evolved, and thereby to reveal the mechanisms by which biodiversity arises and is maintained.
Kazukiyo Yamamoto, Professor
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The Forest Resource Management Lab aims at the sustainable use of forest resources, and conducts research on developing forest measurement technologies as well as on theory and planning for forest resource management. The lab analyzes data obtained from airborne laser surveying and drone images to estimate information on individual trees in forests. It is also developing methods that handle forest information from images and point cloud data using AI techniques such as machine learning and deep learning.
Kazuhiro Harada, Professor
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The Forest and Society Coexistence Lab studies, through fieldwork, the relationships between people and forests in Southeast and South Asia, Africa, and Japan. The lab aims to achieve climate change mitigation and tropical forest conservation together with improved livelihoods for local communities in the tropics. In Japan, it aims to revitalize life and forestry in mountain villages through timber production and the use of biomass.
Kazuhiko Fukushima, Professor
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The Forest Chemistry Lab uses chemistry to elucidate how plant biomass is formed and how it is structured, and to develop advanced ways of utilizing it. The lab conducts a wide range of research on cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, the main components of the cell wall, as well as their precursors. Besides investigating the formation processes and structure of woody biomass, the lab also works on establishing new measurement and evaluation methods and on joint research with other fields.
Takanori Imai, Associate Professor
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The Circular Resources Utilization Lab conducts basic research on the extractives contained in trees and wood. Even when extractives make up only a few percent of the content, they are a factor that determines the color, odor, and durability of wood. The lab believes that bringing out the full potential of the properties of trees and wood is the ultimate effective use of wood resources, and pursues basic research that can also be linked to practical use and contributions to society.
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Professor
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The Wood Physics Lab studies, from the perspective of physics, everything from the formation of tree cell walls and the growth of trees to the utilization of wood as a resource. Research begins with sampling in a variety of fields. Methods are wide-ranging, including tree observation, growth stress measurement, microscopy, physical property measurement, tissue structure analysis, genetic analysis, and simulation. The lab conducts joint research with various research institutions and companies in Japan and abroad.
Mariko Yamasaki, Professor
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The Wood Engineering Lab aims to improve environmental quality through environmental design using woody biomass, and to build a sound material-cycle society. The lab studies the mechanics and physical properties of wood as a cellular structure, the mechanical properties of wood, wood-based materials, and timber structures, and the development of recycling systems for woody biomass. Focusing mainly on traditionally built timber buildings such as old private houses and ancient temples, the lab has proposed a method for non-destructively estimating the bending strength of old timber from Young's modulus estimated using stress waves.
Satoru Tsuchikawa, Professor
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The Biological Systems Engineering Lab studies non-destructive measurement of wood-based materials, fruit, food, and plants using electromagnetic waves such as near-infrared and terahertz waves. The lab analyzes spectra obtained from complex samples using statistics, chemometrics, and machine learning to build models that extract the quality of interest without damaging the sample. In addition to developing measurement systems through hardware and software control, the lab also conducts basic research on how light scatters inside samples. The lab aims to use woody biomass and other organisms, which are circular resources, without waste.
Mitsutaka Taniguchi, Professor
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The Plant Physiology and Morphology Lab studies the structure and function of plant tissues and cells and how they respond to the environment. The lab works with a wide range of resource plants, including food crops such as rice, wheat, and maize, as well as forage grasses and wild plants. Morphology and physiology/biochemistry are the two pillars of its research methods, and the lab has its own scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The lab is also broadly engaged in activities aimed at improving crop productivity and tolerance to environmental stress.
Mikio Nakazono, Professor
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The Plant Genetics and Breeding Lab conducts research to improve crop productivity and environmental stress tolerance. It focuses in particular on the various “forms” of plants. For environmental stress tolerance, the lab looks at the internal “form” of plants and investigates how they respond and adapt to excess soil moisture and submergence stress. For productivity, it studies the “form” of the rice panicle.
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