Dr.
Maki Tsujimura
Professor in Hydrology and Water Environment
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Advisor
to the President, University of Tsukuba
Chair
of Doctoral Program in Sustainable Environmental Studies, University of Tsukuba
Co-Chair
Holder, UNESCO-Chair on Groundwater Management in Mongolia
Responsibilities
College
of Geosciences
Graduate
School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Ø Master’s Program
in Environmental Sciences
Ø Doctoral Program
in Sustainable Environmental Studies
Ø Master’s Program in Geoscience
Ø Doctoral Program in Geoenvironmental Sciences
Environmental Diplomatic
Leader Education Program
Alliance
for Research of North Africa
Main Research Interests (Hillslope Hydrology; Tracer Hydrology; Groundwater Hydrology; Hydrogeology)
Rainfall-runoff
mechanism in small headwater catchments under the effect of thinning
Ø Determination of storm hydrograph components and subsurface flow
processes by hydrometric and multi-tracer approaches
Ø Variation processes of stable isotopic composition and solute concentrations
in subsurface water along with the rainfall-runoff processes
Ø Relationship between subsurface flow and hillslope processes
Age
dating of groundwater/spring water/river water using CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons)
and SF6 concentration: We have developed an analytical system of
CFCs and SF6 concentrations in terrestrial water firstly in Japan
coordinated with Geoscience Lab. Co. Ltd.
Ø Residence time of groundwater and groundwater flow system in a
region of South Alps Japan in collaboration with Suntory Co. Ltd.
Ø Age mapping of spring water in the mountainous regions of Japan
Ø Evaluation of water storage in the watershed of the springs
using the data of the average residence times
Groundwater
/ surface water and shallow aquifer / deep aquifer interactions in the humid
and the semi-arid regions
Ø Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ø Baiyangdian Lake watershed, North China Plain, China
Ø Cap-Bon, Siliana, Sousse, Mejerda, Tunisia
Ø Tay Island, Mekong, Vietnam
Ø Bangkok, Thailand
Tracing
of nuclear compounds with hydrological cycle released by Fukushima Dai-ichi
Nuclear Power Plant accident
Ø Concentrations of Cs-134, Cs-137, H-3 in soil water,
groundwater, spring water and stream water in a headwater region at a distance
of 30 km from FDNP
Role
of bedrock subsurface water in rainfall-runoff processes in small headwater
catchments (Tochigi Pref)
Role
of river water in groundwater recharge at flood plain of Tuul River,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ø Understanding of water/mass cycle
processes using isotopes
Ø Modeling of hydrological cycle and
isotopic variation
Interaction
between hydrological and geomorphological processes on the hillslope
Groundwater
flow system and integrated governance of groundwater and surface water in Ohno
City, Fukui Prefec., North-west Japan and Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefec., middle
east Japan
Degree
Doctor of
Philosophy (in Science) in 1994 (
Biography
5 August 1965 Born
in Tokyo, Japan
Apr 1984 - Mar 1988 College
of Natural Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Apr 1988 - Mar 1993 Doctoral
Program in Geoscience, University of Tsukuba
Apr 1993 - Mar 1995 Research and Teaching Assistant, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba
Apr 1995 - Dec 1997 Lecturer,
Department of Environmental Earth Sciences, Aichi University of Education
Jan 1998 - Nov 1999 Associate
Professor, Department of Environmental Earth Sciences, Aichi University of
Education
Dec 1999 - Mar 2003 Assistant
Professor, Institute of Geoscience, University of Tsukuba
Mar 2002 - May 2002 Visited
Researcher, Water Quality Office (Dr. Richard P. Hooper), US Geological Survey
Apr 2004 - June 2007 Assistant
Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of
Tsukuba
July 2007 - Sep 2011 Associate
Professor, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of
Tsukuba
July 2008 - Dec 2009 Political
Researcher, Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office,
Government of Japan
Jul 2011 - Vice
President, International Commission of Tracer, International Association of
hydrological Sciences
Oct 2011 - Mar 2012 Associate
Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Apr 2012- Professor,
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Apr 2013- Chair,
Doctoral Program in Sustainable Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Life
and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Apr 2015- Advisor
to the President, University of Tsukuba
Apr 2015- Chair,
Doctoral Program in Sustainable Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Life
and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba (reappointed)
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Periodical Schedule (Autumn Semester)
Monday 13:45-18:00
Hydrology Experiment
Tuesday 12:00-13:00
Hydrology Meeting
13:45-15:00
Hydrology Exercise
16:45-18:00
Tsujimura Lab Seminar
Wednesday 10:15-12:00 Personnel Committee (2nd
Wed)
13:30-15:00
Steering Committee of Faculty (2nd Wed)
12:00-13:30
Professor Meeting (3rd Wed)
14:00-
Faculty Meeting (3rd Wed)
Thursday 12:15-15:00
Introduction to Water Environment
16:45-18:00
Joint Seminar
Friday
Recent International Activities
Invited key note presentation on “Importance
of Groundwater / Surface Water Interaction in Quality and Quantity of Water
Resources in Semi-arid Regions” in UNESCO International Scientific Symposium Innovations
for Improved Water Quality Monitoring in the Post-2015 SDGs Framework 15-18
July 2015, Kyoto University, Japan
Invited key note presentation on “Importance
of Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction for Advances in Groundwater
Management in Arid/ semi-arid Regions” in G-WADI/ IDI Technical Workshop
“Advances in Groundwater Management & New Tools and Strategy for Coping
with Droughts” Tehran, Iran, 14 June 2015
Oral presentation on “Spatial and Temporal
Variation of Residence Time and Storage Volume of Subsurface Water Evaluated by
Multi-tracers Approach in Mountainous Headwater Catchments” in European
Geophysical Union General Assembly from 12 – 17 April 2015 at Vienna
Invited keynote presentation on “The
importance of groundwater and surface water interaction in hydrological cycle
under climate change” in 19th Congress of the Asia and Pacific
Division of the International Association for Hydro-environment engineering and
research from 21st to 24th September, Hanoi, Vietnam
Invited presentation on “Dynamics of radio
cesium released by Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident in hydrological cycle of
groundwater, surface water and spring water in the headwater catchments” in
IAEA/ UNESCO Technical Meeting on Groundwater Contamination following the
Fukushima Nuclear Accident, 8th - 10th September 2014,
Vienna International Center, IAEA, Austria
Chair and presentation at Session on Tracer
hydrology as a tool for understanding and quantifying flow-paths and
biodegradation processes in groundwater systems, Joint Assembly of
International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), International
Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO), International
Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI),
Gothenburg, Sweden, 21st - 26th July, 2013
Invited Presentation entitled in “What
kind of talent is necessary to solve environmental issues?-A challenge of 17
universities to educate new environmental leaders in Japan” at World
Environment Education Congress 10th June 2013, Marrakech, Morocco
Invited presentation entitled in “Role of
bedrock groundwater in rainfall-runoff processes in headwater catchments
underlain by different lithology” at US-Japan Joint Seminar on Responses of
Catchment Hydrology and Forest Biogeochemistry to Climatic and Environmental
Change, East-West Center, University of Hawaii - Manoa, USA, 4th - 7th March
2013
Lecturer, JICA Training Course on Water
Resources Management Under Hydrological Processes Understanding, Tunis,
Tunisia, 8th - 9th November 2012
Tunisia Japan Science Technology and
Culture Conference, Hammamet, Tunisia, 11th - 15th November, 2011
Invited Presentation at a Science Forum of
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, 18th - 21st September, 2011
International internship and international
symposium at Mongolia, 30th September - 3rd September, 2011
Field survey, international internship and
international symposium at Tunisia, 1st July - 23rd July, 2011
Invited lecture at Asian G-WADI Workshop
at Tehran, Iran 19th - 24th June, 2011
Chairman of Session T5: “Challenging
Hydrogeological Issues” in the 36th International Association of
Hydrogeologists Congress, Toyama, Japan, 27th October 2008
Scientists, students, engineers (totally
21 people) from Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources
Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Center for Agricultural Resources
Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of
Sciences; Institute of Geoecology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences; Mongolian
University of Science and Technology; Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology,
Mongolia visited University of Tsukuba under the International Exchange Programme between Japan and Other UNESCO Member
States for the Promotion of International Cooperation and Mutual Understanding,
2008 Students Exchange Programme.
Workshop of Sustainable Management of
Groundwater Resources for UNESCO-Chair in Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, 30th September
- 2nd October 2008
Field trip to western China for
groundwater survey, 3rd - 10th September 2008
Field trip to Bangkok, Thailand for
groundwater sampling (CFCs analysis), 4th - 9th August 2008
Excursion trip on groundwater resources
with graduate and under graduate students from University of Tsukuba in
Mongolia and China, 9th - 22nd March 2008
Conference trip to UNESCO-IHE Institute of
Water Education, Netherland, 26 – 30 November 2007
Chairman and key note presentation
entitled ‘Groundwater recharge process in
arid/semi-arid region -A review and cases in eastern Eurasia-’ in Water /
Environment Session in Tunisia-Japan Symposium on Society, Science and
Technology (TJASSST 2007) in Sousse, Tunisia, 29 – 31 October 2007
Conference and technical field trip to
Beijing and Shijiazhuang, China for International Cooperation Initiative
Program in Higher Education by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology, Japan), 8 – 13 October 2007
Conference visit to Institute of
Geophysical Science and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Science,
Beijing, China and Institute of Geo-ecology, Mongolian Academy of Science and
Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 2007
Oral presentation entitled ‘Age Dating of
Groundwater Using CFCs as Tracer in Some Suburban Regions, Japan’ in AOGS (Asia
Oceania Geophysical Society) Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, July 2007
UNESCO-Chair Program in Sustainable Groundwater
Management at the Institute of Geo-ecology, Mongolian Academy of Science with
University of Tsukuba was approved, June 2007
Invited presentation entitled ‘Source of groundwater and river water in Kherlen River basin,
eastern Mongolia’ in International Symposium on Impacts of Global Change on
Vegetation and Cycling of Materials in Ecosystems, Hokkaido University,
Sapporo, Japan, February 2007
Invited lecture entitled ‘Integrated
approaches of multi-tracers, geophysical and modeling techniques to investigate
the groundwater hydrology -A case study in Kherlen River basin, eastern
Mongolia-‘ in National Workshop on “Groundwater Hydrology and Management”,
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 2006
Poster presentation entitled ‘A
multi-tracer and modeling study of groundwater in Kherlen River Basin, eastern
Mongolia’ in Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, USA,
December 2006
Field trip to Kazakhstan for investigation
of groundwater and river water resources, August 2006
Invited presentation entitled ‘Proposal of
a Study on Strategy of Sustainable Groundwater Use in Mongolia’ in
UNESCO-GRAPHIC Symposium, Kyoto, Japan, April 2006
Technical visit to CFCs Laboratory of
USGS: Dr. Plummer and Dr. Busenberg, Reston, Washington DC, USA, December 2005
Poster presentation entitled ‘The effect
of bedrock groundwater on rainfall-runoff process in a small headwater
catchment underlain by rhyolite’ in Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union,
San Francisco, USA, December 2005
Oral presentations entitled ‘Rainfall-runoff
processes of springs in a cachment underlain by volcanic rocks, Shiranui,
Kumamoto prefecture, south-western Japan’, ‘The role of bedrock groundwater in
rainfall-runoff process in a headwater catchment underlain by rhyolite, Nikko,
Tochigi prefecture, central Japan’, and ‘The behavior of air in the bedrock
fracture due to barometric pressure changes’ at 2005 Joint Meeting for Earth
and Planetary Science (24 – 26 May 2005, Makuhari Messe International
Conference Hall, Chiba prefecture, Japan).
Professional Society Memberships
Vice President of
International Commission on Tracer, International
Association of Hydrological Sciences
Co-Chair Holder,
UNESCO-Chair on Groundwater Management in Mongolia
Member of
National Committee of IHP (International Hydrological Program), UNESCO
Member of IAHS
(International Association of Hydrological Sciences) Committee, IUGG
(International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) Committee, Science Council of
Japan
Japan Society of
Hydrology & Water Resources
The Association of
Japanese Geographers
Japanese Association of Groundwater
Hydrology
Japanese Geomorphological Union
Japanese
Association of Hydrological Sciences (Chair, Project Committee)
Contact Address
Sustainable Environmental Studies
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Office: # B202, Natural Science Building / # A301, Laboratory of
Advanced Research
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba 305-8572, JAPAN
Phone: +81-29-853-6604/ +81-29-853-2568
E-mail: mktsuji [at] geoenv.tsukuba.ac.jp
Hydrology
and Water Environment Lab
Last Update: 17th August 2015