Gabriela Durcova-Hills

Country: Slovakia / UK
Home Institution / Position: Albion Innovations, UK / Senior Consultant
Period: February 1, 2017 – October 31, 2017
Host: Prof. Hiroshi Imai, Lab of Reproductive Biology, Division of Applied Biosciences
Research Topic: Species specific Commitment of Pluripotency and germ-cell lineage in mammals

Laurent Torregrosa

Country: France
Home Institution / Position: Montpellier SupAgro, France / Professor
Period: April 1, 2017 – June 30, 2017
Host: Prof. Shigeaki Oda, Lab of Farm Managerial Information and Accounting, Division of Natural Resource Economics
Research Topic: Comparative study on technical innovations in viticulture and enology in Japan and France

Chung-Ping Lin

Country: Taiwan
Home Institution / Position: National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan / Professor
Period: July 1, 2017 – February 28, 2018
Host: Associate Prof. Naoya Osawa, Lab of Forest Ecology, Division of Environmental Science and Technology
Research Topic: Biogeographic study on the speciation of forest insects

Jaesung Park

Country: Korea
Home Institution / Position: Dong-A Special Construction Co. Ltd., Korea / Senior Researcher
Period: August 1, 2017 – December 14, 2017
Host: Associate Prof. Kazunori Fujisawa, Lab of Agricultural Facilities Engineering, Division of Environmental Science and Technology
Research Topic: Evaluation of stability and status of agricultural embankments using UAV imaging system

Dyah Iswantini

Country: Indonesia
Home Institution / Position: Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia / Professor
Period: October 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018
Host: Prof. Kenji Kano, Lab of Bioanalytical and Biophysical Chemistry, Division of Applied Life Sciences
Research Topic: Construction of nanobiosensors using Indonesia thermophilic enzymes and Indonesia zeolites

I-Fang Sun

Country: Taiwan
Home Institution / Position: National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan / Professor
Period: December 1, 2017 – February 28, 2018
Host: Prof. Kaoru Kitajima, Lab of Tropical Forest Resources and Environment, Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science
Research Topic: Comparative regeneration ecology of tree species in tropical and temperate warm evergreen forests

Priyanka Ghosh

Country: India
Home Institution / Position: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India / Associate Professor
Period: December 15, 2017 – June 14, 2018
Host: Prof. Akira Murakami, Lab of Agricultural Facilities Engineering, Division of Environmental Science and Technology
Research Topic: Evaluation of dynamic safety and stability of agricultural facilities using data assimilation method