Members

Staff

Kensuke Kawamura, Associate Professor

Kensuke Kawamura, Associate Professor

Hometown
Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
Email
kamuken(a)obihiro.ac.jp
Languages
Japanese / English, Chinese
Interests
Baseball and football
Specialisms
Grassland ecology, remote sensing and GIS
Research theme
Conservation and sustainable use of grassland ecosystems

Doctoral students

Applications welcome

We welcome enquiries from prospective graduate students.

Master’s students

Misato Itoh

Misato Itoh

Year
Master’s, year 2
Hometown
Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Research theme
On-site diagnosis of forage composition using portable spectroscopy and deep learning
Interests
Travel
Kasumi Kakiuchi

Kasumi Kakiuchi

Year
Master’s, year 2
Hometown
Kagawa
Research theme
Smart sensing of horse grazing behaviour in pastures
Interests
Skiing
Mio Ogata

Mio Ogata

Year
Master’s, year 1
Hometown
Tokyo
Research theme
Developing acoustic monitoring methods to assess bird diversity in grasslands

Undergraduate students

Daichi Sato

Daichi Sato

Year
Undergraduate, year 4
Hometown
Oita
Research theme
Evaluation of growth and yield characteristics of three forage maize cultivars for early harvesting to facilitate Metaplexis japonica control
Interests
Running
Nene Shibusawa

Nene Shibusawa

Year
Undergraduate, year 4
Hometown
Gunma
Research theme
Post-winter growth and forage chemical composition of Festulolium in a vertical agrivoltaics system in Tokachi, Japan
Interests
Travel
Mai Yoshihara

Mai Yoshihara

Year
Undergraduate, year 4
Hometown
Sapporo, Hokkaido
Research theme
Management of grazing cattle using virtual fencing
Interests
Yosakoi dance
Rio Matoba

Rio Matoba

Year
Undergraduate, year 3
Hometown
Yokohama, Kanagawa
Research theme
Analysis of horse behaviour using deep learning
Interests
Horses
Kanta Ugajin

Kanta Ugajin

Year
Undergraduate, year 3
Hometown
Matsudo, Chiba
Research theme
Research topic under development
Haruna Takeshita

Haruna Takeshita

Year
Undergraduate, year 3
Hometown
Fukuoka
Research theme
Research topic under development
Hibiki Sakai

Hibiki Sakai

Year
Undergraduate, year 3
Hometown
Asahikawa, Hokkaido
Research theme
Research topic under development
Taku Shingyoji

Taku Shingyoji

Year
Undergraduate, year 3
Hometown
Saitama
Research theme
Research topic under development