Prof. Mitsuru Osaki

Dr. Mitsuru Osaki is Professor of Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University and Professor of Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University from 2006. He is Leader of JST-JICA Project on "Wild Fire and Carbon Management in Peat-Forest in Indonesia" from 2008. He was trained as a plant physiologist and soil scientist, and obtained his doctorate degree in from the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, in Japan in 1981. He worked as Associate Scientist in Maize Unit of CIMMYT in Mexico from 1982 to 1984. He also has been carried out many collaborative researches and teaching projects on tropical peatland management and rehabilitation of tropical forest. He is also interested in sustainability of tropical ecosystem viewed from "Integrated Land Management".

Education:

BSc, MSc , and PhD in Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University

Specialized Fields:

Peatland ecosystem, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Biogeochemistry, Plant physiology, Rhizosphere, and Sustainability Science

Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University

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