Members

• GSA, Soil Science
• GSGES, Terrestrial Ecosystems Management
• GSA, Comparative Agriculture Science

Graduate School of Agriculture, Lab of Soil Science

Staff

Professor	Shinya FUNAKAWA (in detail)
Associate Professor	Tetsuhiro WATANABE
Assistant Professor	Makoto SHIBATA
Secretary	Reiko OKUDA

Researchers  

Researcher

Shigeru ARAKI

Students

D4	Zixiao WANG	Soil Organic Matter Formation Mechanisms in Temperate Forests
D3	Natsuko KITAGAWA	Soil organic nitrogen cycling in forest soils
D2	Wang Dalin	Controlling factors of exogenous organic matter mineralization in soils along an elevation gradient in andesitic lahar in California
D1	Kayo ISOZAKI	Bioavailable phosphorus in tropical forest soils
D1	Ze Jingwen	Controls on Temperature Sensitivity of Soil Organic Carbon Decomposition Along a Volcanic Elevation Gradient in California
D1	Angga Prasetya	Pedogenic Processes and Distribution of Active Aluminum (Al) / Iron (Fe) Phases in Mount Tambora, Indonesia
D1	Sun Zheng	Controlling Factors of Soil Organic Carbon Storage and Molecular Composition in Semi-Arid Mountain Ecosystems
M2	Kouta SUGANO	Elucidation of soil weathering process in tropical region by analyzing soil solution flux and soil mineralogy.
M2	Sayuri ISHIDA	Factors affecting nitrification in Oxisols and Ultisols of rainforests in the Central Highlands in Vietnam
M2	Itsuki OMICHI	Effects of Environmental Factors on the Chemical Structure and Accumulation of Soil Organic Matter in Tropical Volcanic and Non-volcanic Soil Profiles
M1	So MURAKAMI
M1	Rina MATSUKI	Quantifying the direct and indirect effects of soil-forming factors on clay mineral distribution
M1	Haruto FUJII	Elucidating Anion Utilization Strategies and Their Determinants for Resource Acquisition in Forest Ecosystems
M1	Xu Tianjin	Effects of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from root exudates and litter leachates on methane fluxes of different tree crops and forests
M1	Ahmad Farhan bin Hadtimin	Assessment of Gross Nitrogen Transformations in Sandy Agricultural Constructive Land under Conventional and Organic Farming Systems
Research Student	Maira Kussainova
B4	Rintarou NISHIDA	Effects of Nitrogen in Bedrock on Ecosystem Processes in Japan/Impacts on Soils and Plants
B4	Jun OKUYAMA
B4	Yuna KAWAKAMI
B4	Toshifumi NISHISAKA
B4	Taiki Yamada

Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Lab of Terrestrial Ecosystems Management

Staff

Professor	Shinya FUNAKAWA
Associate Professor	Hitoshi SHINJO
Assistant Professor	Makoto SHIBATA
Secretary	Reiko OKUDA

Students

D4	Cornelius CHISAMBI	Establishing soil fertility Management Practices in consideration of soil properties developed under different pedogenetic conditions
D3	Le Thi Thu Ha	Why Locals Protect Forests: Evidence from Vietnam’s Payment for Forest Environmental Services Program
D3	Kingston Tochukwu OBIKE	Effects of Soil Environments on the Nutrient Uptake & Growth of Passion Fruit Varieties
D2	Nguyen Thi Huyen Dieu	Quantifying Nutrient Fluxes and Soil Respiration in the Coffee Plantations: Impacts of Seasonal Weather, Fertilization, and Coffee Husk Application in Dak Lak, Vietnam
D1	Muhammad Imam Nugraha	The Role of Tropical Inland and Coastal Peatlands on Preservation of Organic Carbon in Central Kalimantan
D1	Kotaro IMAMURA
M1	Honoka ENUMA	Improving the Use Efficiency of Fertilizers Derived from Human Urine and Local Materials
M1	Lucia Ricaurte	Influence of Thatched Roof Residue Material Used as Fertilized and as mulch, in Crop Yield, Soil Moisture and Carbon Dynamics
M1	Jeremia Toby

Graduate School of Agriculture, Comparative Agriculture Science

Staff

Associate Professor

Hitoshi SHINJO

Students

D4	Le Thai Thuy Nhi
M1	Sota KIYASU