Mar. 2002 Dr. Eng., Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

Thesis: An ecosystem function-based approach for medium-sized river management using macroinvertebrate communities

Mar. 1999 M.S., Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

Thesis: Evaluation of water environment in river by the ecological co-inhabitance index (ECI) based on the ecological information on benthic fauna

Mar. 1997 B.S., Department of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

Mar. 2022 - present: Professor at School of Environmental and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Apr. 2009 - Feb. 2022: Associate Professor at School of Environmental and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2019: Guest Lecturer at Yamagata University, Japan

Aug. 2013 - Dec. 2013: Visiting Researcher at School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Australia

Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2014: Guest Lecturer at Kyoto University, Japan

Apr. 2009 - Sep. 2009: Guest Lecturer at Gifu University, Japan

Dec. 2006 - Mar. 2009: Assistant Professor at Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Japan

Apr. 2005 - Nov. 2006: Research Fellow at Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medical and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Japan

Apr. 2002 - Mar. 2005: Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Department of Urban Engineering, the University of Tokyo, Japan

Jun. 2002 - Jan. 2004: Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Department of Limnology, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (Eawag), Switzerland

Oct. 2000 - Sep. 2001: Guest Scientist, Department of Limnology, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (Eawag), Switzerland

Apr. 1999 - Mar. 2002: Ph.D. Student Researcher, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan 

Environmental Photochemistry, Water Quality Engineering, and Aquatic Environmental Management

Japanese Society of Limnology, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ecology and Civil Engineering Society, Japan Society on Water Environment, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources, International Consortium of Landscape and Ecological Engineering (ICLEE)

Sep. 2024: Best Paper Award (Meta Water Award) from Japan Society of Water Environment (for Miyawaki et al., 2023)

Dec. 2020: Innovative Research Award of Tokyo Institute of Technology

Mar. 2018: Best Teacher Award of Tokyo Institute of Technology

Jan. 2018: Innovative Research Award of Tokyo Institute of Technology

Aug. 2010: Prize for the excellent research (Foundation of River & Watershed Environment Management, Japan)

Theme: Deposition and decomposition processes of leaf litter in rivers and its application for river restoration

Nov. 2004: Prize for the best research paper in the Symposium of Committee on Environmental Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Dec. 1999: Prize for the best research paper in the Symposium of Committee on Environmental Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers

Dec. 1999: Prize for an excellent lecturer in the Annual Conference of Japan Society of Civil Engineers

International: Landscape and Ecological Engineering (LEE)

International: Landscape and Ecological Engineering (LEE), ASEAN Engineering Journal (AEJ)

Domestic in Japan: Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment (Japan), Ecology and Civil Engineering (Japan)

(including the past appointments)

Internatinal: Science of the Total Environment, BioScience, Journal of Applied Ecology, Limnology, Aquatic Science, International Journal of Limnology, Hydrobiologia, Environment International, Hydrological Processes, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Environmental Management, Water Research, Hydrological Research Letters, Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Desalination and Water Treatment, Fundamental and Applied Limnology, Journal of Water and Health, Ecological Indicators, Chemosphere, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Water Science and Technology, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Environmental Quality, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Environmental Quality, ASEAN Engineering Journal, Journal of Environmental Management, Applied Mathematical Modelling, Ecosystems, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Water and Environment Journal, Materials Letters, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Journal of Environmental Sciences

Journal in Japan: Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment (Japan), Journals of Japan Society of Civil Engineering (Japan), Ecology and Civil Engineering (Japan)

Language:
· Japanese (primary language)
· English (good for daily life and academics, TOEIC 935 on 14 Apr. 2013)
· Khmer, Chinese, German (beginner)

Skill:
· Information Technology Engineer, Class I (1999, Japan)
· Driver's License (1993)
· Diver's License (2005)

Other Interests
Reading books, recreation in coasts and mountains and some sports