Research and Teaching Areas of Qualified Teachers
*Cooperation with JIRCAS.
As of April 1, 2023
Bioproduction and Bioenvironmental Sciences
Agricultural Production Science
| Name of Major Supervisor | University | Research and Educational Field | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Major Research Interests | ||
| ASAO Toshiki | Shimane | Vegetable and Ornamental Science | Production of vegetables and ornamentals |
| ARAKI Hideki | Yamaguchi | Agronomy | Function of plant production under environmental stresses and its agronomical application |
| OHTA Katsumi | Shimane | Horticultural Plant Science | Studies on growth control in horticultural plants |
| KOBAYASHI Nobuo | Shimane | Horticultural Breeding | Evaluation of plant genetic resources and applications for breeding |
| TAKAHASHI Tadashi | Yamaguchi | Crop Science | Establishment of low-cost and low-input crop cultivation systems |
| TAKEMURA Yoshihiro | Tottori | Horticultural Science | Studies on the crop ecophysiology in horticultural crops |
| TANAKA Hiroyuki | Tottori | Plant Genetics | Genetic and breeding studies on improving quality of wheat flour |
| TSURUNAGA Yoko | Shimane | Food Processing | Studies on manufacturing method and functionality in food processing |
| NAKATSUKA Akira | Shimane | Molecular Breeding of Horticultural Crop | Molecular breeding for agriculturally useful traits in horticulture crops |
| NONAMI Kazuyoshi | Tottori | Agricultural Production Engineering | Mechanization of agricultural work |
| MATSUMOTO Shingo | Shimane | Biochemistry of Soil and Plant Nutrition | Studies on the mechanism of plant nutrient acquisition in relation to soil fertility |
| MATSUMOTO Toshikazu | Shimane | Fruit science | Studies on fruit growing and processed food |
| YANO Akira | Shimane | Bioenvironmental Electrical Engineering | Application of electrical engineering to bioenvironmental technologies |
Managerial Economics
| Name of Major Supervisor | University | Research and Educational Field | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Major Research Interests | ||
| TANEICHI Yutaka | Yamaguchi | Agricultual Marketing | Study on distribution of agricultural products and agricultural materials |
TSUTSUI Kazunobu |
Tottori | Rural Geography | Studies on regional economy and community development in Rural areas |
| MATSUDA Toshinobu | Tottori | Economics of Consumer Behavior | Empirical analysis of consumer behavior, especially food demand |
| MATSUMURA Ichizen | Tottori | Farm Management | Studies on the relationship between farm management and rural society |
| Li WAN | Tottori | Marketing Information Analytics | Agricultural products distribution channels and econometric analysis of market information |
| YASUNAGA Nobuyoshi | Shimane | Regional Economics | Sustainability of farmlands, communities, and economies in less favored areas |
| YASUNOBU Kumi | Tottori | International agricultural development studies | Agricultural and rural development in Southeast Asia |
Forest and Watershed Environmental Sciences
| Name of Major Supervisor | University | Research and Educational Field | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Major Research Interests | ||
| ISHII Masayuki | Shimane | Regional infrastructure Engineering | Development of designing method for renovation of irrigation facilities |
| KUBO Masako | Shimane | Plant Ecology | Plant ecology, vegetation and conservation |
| NAGAMATSU Dai | Tottori | Plant Ecology | Population dynamics of forest and grassland, vegetation science and biodiversity conservation |
| FUJIMOTO Takaaki | Tottori | Wood Physics | Analysis of wood property variation, and development of measurement techniques |
| YOSHIMURA Tetsuhiko | Shimane | Forest Utilization | Social and technological issues in forest utilization and wood harvesting |
Environmental Bioscience
| Name of Major Supervisor | University | Research and Educational Field | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Major Research Interests | ||
| ARANISHI Futoshi | Shimane | Conservation ecology | Conservation genetics and evolutionary ecology of hydrobiosphere |
| UENO Makoto | Shimane | Plant Pathology | Studies on the expression of resistance in plant-microbe interaction |
| KAMINAKA Hironori | Tottori | Plant-Microbe Interactions | Molecular mechanisms of immune response and mycorrhizal symbiosis in plants |
| KARASAWA Shigenori | Tottori | Biodiversity | Genetic diversity and species diversity of invertebrates |
| KIHARA Junichi | Shimane | Plant Pathology | Photoresponces of the phytopathogenic fungi |
| KODAMA Motoichiro | Tottori | Plant Pathology | Molecular mechanisms in plant-microbe interactions and plant disease resistance |
| TAKEMATSU Yoko | Yamaguchi | Ecological Entomology | Biodiversity and ecology of termites |
| MIYANAGA Ryoichi | Shimane | Insect Ecology | Biology and management of wild bees |
| YAMAGUCHI Keiko | Shimane | Aquatic Ecology | Studies on ecology of benthic animals and aquatic environments |
Bioresource and Life Sciences
Fungus and Mushroom Sciences
| Name of Major Supervisor | University | Research and Educational Field | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Major Research Interests | ||
| AIMI Tadanori | Tottori | Biochemical Technology of Microorganisms | Biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology of microbial production |
| SHIMOMURA Norihiro | Tottori | Mushroom Breeding and Cultivation | Studies on breeding and cultivation of mushroom resources |
| SOTOME Kozue | Tottori | Mushroom Phylogeny and Taxonomy | Phylogenetic taxonomy of mushrooms, and ecological researches of wood-decaying basidiomycetes |
Bioscience and Biotechnology
| Name of Major Supervisor | University | Research and Educational Field | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Major Research Interests | ||
| ARIMA Jiro | Tottori | Bio-Functional Chemistry | Functional analysis of enzymes and microorganisms, and their application to industry |
| ISHIKAWA Takahiro | Shimane | Plant Molecular Physiology | Biosynthesis pathway of antioxidants and metabolism of reactive oxygen species in photosynthetic organisms |
| IWASAKI Takashi | Tottori | Bioregulatory Chemistry | Development and screening of bioactive substances regulating biological function |
| KAWAMUKAI Makoto | Shimane | Genetic Engineering | Signal transduction, cell cycle control and biosynthesis of coenzyme Q in yeasts |
| SHIOTSUKI Takahiro | Shimane | Insect Chemical Biology and Agrobio-Regulators | Chemical biology and molecular mechanisms in regulation of insect development and their applications |
| MATSUO Yasuhiro | Shimane | Microbial Genetics | Cell signaling and cell cycle control in fission yeast |
| MANO Jun'ichi | Yamaguchi | Mechanisms of Environmental Stress-tolerance in Plants | Elucidation and application of plant tolerance mechanisms against bitotic environmental stresses |
| MARUTA Takanori | Shimane | Plant Physiology | Redox metabolism network and stress response in plants |
Applied Bioresource Chemistry
| Name of Major Supervisor | University | Research and Educational Field | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Major Research Interests | ||
| AZAKAMI Hiroyuki | Yamaguchi | Molecular Microbiology | Molecular mechanisms of bacterial colonization to host surface |
| ISHIHARA Atsushi | Tottori | Natural Product Chemistry | Function, Biological activity, and Biosynthesis of metabolites produced by plants and microorganisms |
| ICHIYANAGI Tsuyoshi | Tottori | Organic Chemistry | The molecular design and functional analysis of bioactive compounds |
| KAWANO Tsuyoshi | Tottori | Bioorganic Chemistry | Regulation of diapause, metabolism and longevity corresponding to the growth environment |
| SHIMIZU Hidehisa | Shimane | Nutritional Pathophysiology | Study on the relationship between food-derived bacterial metabolites or cyanobacteria-derived toxins, and pathogenesis of diseases |
| TAMURA Jun-ichi | Tottori | Organic Chemistry | Chemical synthesis of bioactive glycans and isolation/characterization of natural glycans |
| MUROTA Kaeko | Shimane | Bioavailability and Food Function | Bioavailability and physiological function of lipophilic food factors |
| YABUTA Yukinori | Tottori | Nutritional Science | Studies on the function of antioxidant vitamins and oxidative stress response |
| YAMAMOTO Tatsuyuki | Shimane | Bio-molecular Spectroscopy | Spectroscopic studies on life science and medical applications |
| WATANABE Fumio | Tottori | Food Science | Chemistry and nutrition of vitamin B12 and related compounds in food |
Global Dryland Science
Global Dryland Science
| Name of Major Supervisor | University | Research and Educational Field | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major | Major Research Interests | ||
| AKASHI Kinya | Tottori | Molecular and Cellular biology | Molecular responses of drought-tolerant plants and their application to molecular breeding |
| Nigussie Haregeweyn AYEHU |
Tottori | Land Management | Watershed processes monitoring, modeling and management |
| AN Ping | Tottor | Plant Eco-Physiology |
Physiological responses and relative mechanisms of plants and plant ecophysiology in dry lands |
| ICHINOHE Toshiyoshi | Shimane | Livestock Feeding | Evaluation of ruminants production system |
| INOSAKO Koji | Tottor | Soil and Water Management | Conservation, restoration and sustainable use of soil and water environment |
| IBARAKI Yasuomi | Yamaguchi | Bio-environmental Control Engineering | Environmental control in plant production |
| ENDO Tsuneyoshi | Tottor | Soil Chemistry | Influence of soil properties and irrigation water quality on soil salinization/sodication in irrigated farmlands of arid regions |
| OGATA Hidehiko | Tottor | Irrigation and Drainage Facilities Engineering | Evaluation of construction materials and structural performance of irrigation and drainage structures |
| KISHII Masahiro* | Tottor | Plant genetic resource development |
Research and utilization of plant genetic resources with high environmental tolerance for breeding |
| KINUGASA Toshihiko | Tottor | Dryland Restoration and Conservation Ecology | Ecology and ecophysiology of plants in arid and semi-arid grasslands |
| KIMURA Reiji | Tottor | Boundary Layer Meteorology | Heat and water balance in arid lands |
| KUROSAKI Yasunori | Tottor | Dryland Climatology | Climate change and variability, wind erosion, dust emission in drylands, and impacts of aeolian dust on climate |
| SHIMIZU Katsuyuki | Tottor | Water Use and Management | Monitoring and assessment of irrigation water management |
| SUZUKI Kenji | Yamaguchi | Meteorology | Observational study on precipitation mechanisms and development of instruments for hydrometeor measurements |
| TAGAWA Kotaro | Tottor | Renewable Energy Engineering |
Technological development and optimal design of renewable energy systems and components |
| TANIGUCHI Takeshi | Tottor | Microbial Ecology | Soil and root microbial ecology and the application |
| TSUJIMOTO Hisashi | Tottor | Molecular Breeding | Breeding of drought tolerant crop lines by gene and chromosome engineering |
| TSUNEKAWA Atsushi | Tottor | Conservation Informatics | Monitoring and modeling of plant production and ecosystem change in drylands |
| TSUBO Mitsuru | Tottor | Climate Risk Management | Dryland agrometeorology and climate-smart agriculture |
| TODERICH Kristina Nikolaevna | Tottor | Dryland Salinity and Landscape Restoration | Salinization in drylands and restoration of affected landscape using halophytes and non-conventional crops. |
| NISHIHARA Eiji | Tottor | Crop Production in Drylands | Construction of crop production system in areas including drylands |
| HYODO Masahiro | Tottor | Facilities and Environmental Materials | Rehabilitation management of agricultural irrigation facilities and development of environmental materials |
| FUJIMAKI Haruyuki | Tottor | Soil Conservation | Development of methods for preventing salt accumulation and erosion and remediation of degraded soils |
| MASUNAGA Tsugiyuki | Shimane | Pedosphere Ecological Engineering | Control and use of soil functions of environmental protection-restoration and plant production |
| YAMADA Satoshi | Tottor | Plant Nutrition | Mechanisms of Response to Stresses of Plants in Arid Regions |
| YAMANAKA Norikazu | Tottori | Revegetation in Arid Land | Ecological studies on woody plants in arid lands |
| YAMAMOTO Sadahiro | Tottori | Environmental Soil Science | Conservation of soil environment and sustainable use of farmland in arid regions |