KazuhitoICHII

Kazuhito ICHII

Position

Main

 Professor, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University, Japan
 千葉大学 環境リモートセンシング研究センター 教授

Others
  • Head of Collaborative Research Group on Data-Model Fusion Planning, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan (2012.10 – 2021.03)
  • Visiting Professor, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. (2016.04 – present)
  • Researcher, Takeuchi-lab, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.(2014.04 - 2019.03)
  • 国立環境研究所 地球環境研究センター 連携研究グループ グループ長(2012.10 – 2021.03)
  • 東京工業大学 環境・社会理工学院 特定教授 (木内豪研究室) (2016.04 – present)
  • 東京大学生産技術研究所 竹内研究室 研究員(2014.04 – present)
  • 中央大学兼任講師(非常勤教員) (2020.04 – 2024.03)
Roles in community
  • AsiaFlux Chair (2021.04 – present)
  • Editor, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan (2020.07 – present)
  • 温室効果ガス・水循環観測技術衛星温室効果ガス観測ミッション有識者会議ワーキンググループ委員(2019.10 – 2021.07)
  • JapanFlux委員長 (Chair of JapanFlux) (2018.01 – present)
  • AsiaFlux Steering Committee (2014.08 – present)
  • 日本学術会議 環境学委員会・地球惑星科学委員会合同 FE・WCRP合同分科会 iLEAPS小委員会委員 (2018.04 – 2020.09)
  • 日本リモートセンシング学会 理事 (2018.05 – 2020.05)
Professional Experiences
  • 2017 – Professor, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing (CEReS), Chiba University.
  • 2014 – 2017 Senior Scientist, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
  • 2012 – now  National Institute for Environmental Studies, Head of Collaborative Research Group on Data-Model Fusion Planning
  • 2007 – 2014  Associate Professor, Fukushima University, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science
  • 2004 – 2006 Research Scientist, Department of Geography, San Jose State University and NASA Ames Research Center (Advisor: Dr. Ramakrishna R. Nemani)
  • 2003  Assistant Professor, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Engineering
  • 2002  Assistant Professor, Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies
  • 2001  Research Fellow of Japan Society of Promotion Sciences (Nagoya University)
  • 1995 – 1998  Software Engineer, Fijitsu F.I.P Corp.
Education
  • 1995  Nagoya University (BSc in Earth Science)
  • 2000  Nagoya University (MSc in Earth and Planetary Science)
  • 2002  Nagoya University (DSc in Earth and Planetary Science)
Research Interests
  • Earth System Modeling (Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Modeling)
  • Remote sensing of terrestrial ecosystems
  • Terrestrial ecosystem modeling (Biome-BGC, CASA, LPJ, SVM etc.)
  • Numerical modeling and its optimization
Teaching Experiences
  • Fukushima University: Environmental Monitoring, Remote Sensing, Environmental Modeling, Experiments in environmental modeling etc.
  • Chiba University: Remote Sensing, Observation Data Analysis, etc.
Skills
  • Languages: Japanese (Native), English, Korean
  • Computer: Linux (CentOS, ubuntu), Windows, C, Fortran, MATLAB, Python, shell-script etc.
  • Programming Experience: C (1995 – present), MATLAB (2006 – present), Python (2017 – present; short)
  • Other Programming: MSX-basic (1982 – 1995??), PB-200 basic (1983 – 1995??), COBOL (1995)
Certificate (資格)
Honors & Awards
  1. The Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award, Session E. Novel applicaions of remote sensing technology to environmental well-being, Takeda Foundation (2002)
  2. The Best Presentation Award, Remote Sensing Society of Japan (2000).
Academic Society etc.
  • JapanFlux (Chair) (2018.01 – present)
  • AsiaFlux (Steering Committee Member) (2014.04 – present)
  • CLA (Coordinatting Lead Author), Chapter 2. IPBES Global Assessment.
  • American Geophysical Union, Meteorological Society of Japan, Remote Sensing Society of Japan
Journal Reviewer

Advances in Space Research, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Atmospheric Environment, Biogeosciences, Carbon Balance and Management, Climate Research, Ecological Modelling, Ecological Research, Environmental Modeling & Software, European Journal of Forest Research, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, Geoscientific Model Development, Global Change Biology, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Journal of Agricultural Meteorology, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, Journal of Forest Research, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, Journal of the Remote Sensing Society of Japan, Nature, Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Letters, Remote Sensing of Environment, Science of the Total Environment, Sensors, Tellus B, Water Resources Management, Weather and Climate Extremes.