2019 - 2025
PhD candidate in Ecology, Texas A&M University (TAMU)
Advisor: Dr. Asko Noormets
Dissertation: Assessing Carbon Allocation and Soil Carbon Dynamics in Managed Forest Ecosystems
2015 - 2019
BS in Agriculture, Hokkaido University (HU), Japan
Advisor: Dr. Takashi Hirano
Research Assistant
Graduate research assistant, Forest Ecology Lab, TAMU. 2021-2025.
Undergraduate research assistant, Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling Lab, HU. 2019.
Visiting undergraduate student researcher, University of Alaska Fairbanks. 2017-2018.
Teaching Assistant
ECCB 485: Senior Writing, TAMU. 2025.
ECCB 325: Field Studies in Forest Ecosystems, TAMU. 2023
ECCB 391: Principles of Forestry, TAMU. 2022
Training on Surveying, HU. 2019.
Research Internship
Undergraduate student intern. Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, Japan. 2017.
The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 2024
Forest Ecophysiology Poster Presentation Award, AGU 2023 Fall Meeting, 2023
McMillan-Ward Memorial Graduate Fellowship, TAMU, 2022-2023
Top 5 Project Award on “Predicting Forest Cover Types”, Erdös Data Science Bootcamp, 2022.
The 2nd prize in Data Visualization Challenge, Texas A&M Datathon, 2022.
Top 5 Project Award on “Bird Species Classification”, Erdös Data Science Bootcamp, 2022
ITO Foundation Fellowship for International Education Exchange, 2019-2021
Japan Student Service Organization Exchange Program Scholarship, 2017
Frontier Foundation Nitobe College Scholarship, HU, 2017
Conference convener
AGU Annual Meeting, Carbon Allocation Dynamics: From Plant to Ecosystem Scale, 2024-2025.
Student award judge
OpenAir Collective's Carbon Removal Challenge, 2025.
AGU Annual Meeting, Outstanding Student Presentation Award, 2024