EMPLOYMENT
November 2023 - June 2025 The World Bank, Consultant (via On-the-Slope), USA
September 2023 - Present Principal Researcher, On-the-Slope (social venture), Japan
August 2023 - Present Adjunct Associate Professor, International Degree Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
October 2020 - June 2021 Consultant, The World Bank, USA
August 2020 - July 2023 Associate Professor, International Degree Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
August 2019 - August 2020 International Technical Adviser, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), Cambodia
July 2019 - December 2019 Research Associate (Individual Contract), Arizona State University, USA
January 2019 - March 2019 Consultant, Nippon Koei Co., Ltd./Tsukuba University, Japan
July 2018 - January 2020 Country Expert (Education for Sustainability Development), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France
May 2017 - September 2017 International Technical Adviser, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), Cambodia
May 2017 - June 2020 Specially Appointed Researcher, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Japan
April 2017 - July 2020 Independent consultant and educator
April 2012 - March 2017 Associate Professor, The Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Japan
January 2011 - August 2011 Visiting Researcher, School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
April 2006 - March 2012 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan
April 2004 - March 2006 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
April 2003 - March 2004 Research Fellow, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Japan
EDUCATION
March 2003 Ph.D., awarded by the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Major: Forest Science
March 2000 M.A., awarded by the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Major: Global Agriculture, Minor: Forest Science
March 1998 B.A., awarded by the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture, Major: Forest Science
AWARDS
Outstanding Paper in the 2024 Emerald Literati Awards for the following publication (Certificate): Komatsu H, Silova I, Rappleye J. (2023) Education and environmental sustainability: Culture matters. Journal of International Cooperation in Education 25 (1), 108-123. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICE-04-2022-0006
Japanese Forest Society Young Investigator Award 2009 (日本森林学会奨励賞) for the following publication: Komatsu H, Tanaka N, Kume T. (2007) Do coniferous forests evaporate more water than broad-leaved forests in Japan? Journal of Hydrology 336, 361-375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.01.009
Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources Young Author Excellent Article Award 2006 (水文水資源学会論文奨励賞) for the following publication: Komatsu H, Hotta N. (2005) What has been clarified by numerous forest evapotranspiration studies based on flux measurements? Journal of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources 18(5), 613-626. https://doi.org/10.3178/jjshwr.18.613 (in Japanese, 小松光，堀田紀文 (2005) 森林蒸発散フラックス計測大流行の産物. 水文・水資源学会誌 18(5), 613-626).
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English: fluent (TOEIC 970 points)
Chinese: excellent command (HSK Level 6, 195 points)
Japanese: native speaker
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