Faculty & Staff
Steering Committee
| Title | Name | Job Title / Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | Toshihisa Sugino | Director, DRDC / Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Specially Appointed Professor | Masato Oba | Vice Director, DRDC / Professor, University of Alberta |
| Specially Appointed Professor | Takashi Funatsu | Dean of Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Masayuki Shimada | Dean of School of Applied Biological Science / Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Naoki Isobe | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Chief Manager, Support Office for the Fields of Biosphere Science | Shunsuke Hanaoka | Vice Dean of School of Applied Biological Science |
Integrated Division of Livestock Production Research
| Title | Name | Job Title / Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Specially Appointed Professor | Masato Oba | Vice Director, DRDC / Professor, University of Alberta |
| Professor | Kenji Hosono | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Yosuke Chomei | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Associate Professor | Yuuzou Kurokawa | DRDC (full-time) |
| Assistant Professor | Aira Seo | DRDC (full-time) |
Division of Animal and Dairy Science
| Title | Name | Job Title / Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | Toshihisa Sugino | Director, DRDC / Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Naoki Isobe | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Masayuki Shimada | Dean of School of Applied Biological Science / Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Masahide Nishibori | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Hiroyuki Horiuchi | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Takahiro Yonezawa | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Associate Professor | Takashi Umehara | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Associate Professor | Yoshiaki Nakamura | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Assistant Professor | Mei Matsuzaki | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
Division of Digital Twin Research in Dairy Farm
| Title | Name | Job Title / Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | Toshihisa Sugino | Director, DRDC / Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Idaku Ishii | Graduate School of Innovation and Practice for Smart Society |
| Professor | Tomonori Kindaichi | Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering |
| Visiting Professor | Shogo Higaki | National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
| Associate Professor | Shin’Ichi Kawakami | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Associate Professor | Sayaka Kindaichi | Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering |
| Assistant Professor | Kohei Shimasaki | Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering |
Division of Underutilized Resource Utilization Research
| Title | Name | Job Title / Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Professor | Taketo Obitsu | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Professor | Tatsuya Nakayama | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Associate Professor | Naoki Suzuki | DRDC (full-time) |
| Associate Professor | Takahiro Nii | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
| Assistant Professor | Yudai Inabu | Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life |
Technical Staff (Dispatched by Technical Center)
| Title | Name | Job Title / Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Technical Specialist | Yoshimasa Tsumiyama | Head of Field Science Division (concurrent post) |
| Technical Specialist | Ichiro Chikamatsu | Head of Technical Section, Biological Technical Section, Field Science Division |
| Technical Senior Staff | Shinji Kihara | Biological Technical Section, Field Science Division |
| Technical Senior Staff | Akiyoshi Tanaka | Biological Technical Section, Field Science Division |
| Technical Senior Staff | Ryohei Waki | Biological Technical Section, Field Science Division |
| Technical Staff | Kaoru Hiyama | Biological Technical Section, Field Science Division |
| Technical Staff | Shoko Hiyama | Biological Technical Section, Field Science Division |
| Contract Technical Staff | Aki Kitamura | Biological Technical Section, Field Science Division |
| Contract Technical Staff | Hirokazu Kubota | Biological Technical Section, Field Science Division |
Administrative Staff
| Title | Name | Job Title / Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Staff | Hiromi Yamasaki | Support Office for the Fields of Biosphere Science, Higashi-Hiroshima Campus Management Support Office |