OSAWA Takeshi Ph.D
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Degree: Ph.D (Kobe University)
Affiliation: Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences,Tokyo Metropolitan University
Position: Associate Professor
Nationality: Japan
Mail: arosawa[at]tmu.ac.jp

Educational background
　Mar. 2002 Bachelor of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University
　Mar. 2004 Master of Earth Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
　Mar. 2010 Ph.D of Science, Kobe University

Professional background
　Apr. 2004〜May 2005　System Engineer, Hitachi Software Engineering Co.
　Jun. 2005.6〜Oct. 2006　Ranger, Ministry of Environment
　Oct. 2007〜Mar. 2009 Technical Assistant, Room for Information Education, Kobe University
　Apr. 2009〜Mar. 2010 Research Associate, Kanagawa Pref. Nature Conservation Center
　Apr. 2010〜Mar. 2015 Researcher, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
　Apr. 2015〜Mar. 2016 Senior Researcher, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
　Apr. 2016〜Mar. 2018 Senior Researcher, Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO
　Apr. 2018〜present Associate Professor, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences,Tokyo Metropolitan University

Other research history
　Nov. 2006〜Mar. 2009　Visited researcher, The Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo pref.

Study interest
　Biodiversity Informatics, Conservation Science

Recent Selected Publications(since 2020〜)
● Osawa T (2022) Evaluating the effectiveness of basin management using agricultural land for ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction.International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 103445.
● Osawa T, Tsunoda H, Shimada T, Miwa M(2022) Establishment of an expansion-predicting model for invasive alien cerambycid beetle Aromia bungii based on a virtual ecology approach.Management of Biological Invasions 13: 24-44.
● Osawa T, Nishida T, Oka T (2021) Potential of mitigating floodwater damage to residential areas using paddy fields in water storage zones.International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 62: 102410.
● Osawa T, Nishida T, Oka T (2020) Paddy fields located in water storage zones could take over the wetland plant community.Scientific Reports 10:14806.
● Osawa T, Ueno Y, Nishida T, Nishihiro J (2020) Do both habitat and species diversity provide cultural ecosystem services? A trial using geo-tagged photos.Nature Conservation 38: 61-77
● Osawa T, Nishida T, Oka T (2020) High tolerance land use against flood disasters: How paddy fields as previously natural wetland inhibit the occurrence of floods.Ecological Indicators 144: 106306.

Award
　Young Researcher Award, 2003 Hokkaido local association in Ecological Society of Japan
　Poster Award,the 54th meeting of Ecological Society of Japan
　Poster Award, the 11th meeting of Ecology and Civil Engineering Society, Japan (contributed as co-author)
　Poster Award,the 56th meeting of Ecological Society of Japan(contributed as co-author)
　The 21th Denzaburo Miyaji Award, Ecological Society of Japan

Membership
　Ecological Society of Japan
　Ecology and Civil Engineering Society, Japan
　Committee member of Japan Node of Global Biodiversity Information Facility (JBIF)