Ryoga OHTA

太田 凌嘉

Ph.D. student at Kyoto University

JSPS Research Fellow DC1

京都大学大学院理学研究科

地球惑星科学専攻 博士課程

日本学術振興会特別研究員DC1

Photo by Dr. H. Osawa    E-mail: ryoga.ohta [at] slope.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp 

Tel: (0774)-38-4099

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Education:

2010 − 2013   Iwaki High School, Japan

2013 − 2017   Department of Geography, Faculty of Literature, Senshu university, Japan.

Bachelor of Literature, in Geography, for a thesis entitled:

History of mass movements and paleolake formation revealed by depression-filling sediment records in a tectonically active mountainous area: a case study in Mt. Kushigata, Koma Range, central Japan

2017 − 2019   Graduate School of Sciences, Kyoto University (Master's Program), Japan.

Master of Science, in Geophysics, for a thesis entitled:

Quantification of anthropogenic hillslope destabilization and denudation caused by deforestation in mountainous watersheds: modeling soil development incorporating tree-root reinforcement

2019 − Today  Graduate School of Sciences, Kyoto University (Doctoral Program), Japan.

JSPS Research Fellow DC1 (2019 − 2022)

Research Interest

Landscape evolution and the effect of geological process on the ecological system and human society. Geomorphological study using field observations, cosmogenic nuclides, and geographic information systems. Source to Sink.

Keywords:

landscape evolution, eco-hydro-geomorphological system, cosmogenic nuclide, hillslope hydrology, weathering processes

Membership

・The association of Japanese geographers（日本地理学会）

・Japan geoscience union（日本地球惑星科学連合）

・Japanese geomorphological union（日本地形学連合）

・The Japan landslide society（日本地すべり学会）

・Japan Society of Engineering Geology（日本応用地質学会）

Address

Mountain Hazard Section, GeoDisaster Division, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University. Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.

Jakujyo Rachi watershed, one of the remaining devastated watersheds (State transition) by significant human impact, Tanakami Mountains, central Japan. So-called Hage-yama.

Last update: 6 Apr. 2019