Dr. Takashi Oguchi


Speech Title: Geomorphological applications of digital elevation models: a historical review and future perspectives

Professor & Vice-Director
Center for Spatial Information Science
The University of Tokyo
Japan


E-mail: oguchi@csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp



Key Qualifications
2011-date Member, Science Council of Japan
2010-date Vice-Director, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo
2009-date Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo Research on physical geography (mainly geomorphology) and GIS
1998-2009 Associate Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science, The University of Tokyo Research on physical geography and GIS
2007-2011 Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Memphis,USA
1997-1998 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Hydrology, UK / Research on GIS applications to hydrology
1997 Visiting Scholar, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, The University of Arizona, USA / Research on GIS applications to geomorphology
1991-1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo / Research on fluvial and hillslope geomorphology

Education
  • BA (Geography) University of Tokyo, 1985
  • MSc (Geography) University of Tokyo, 1987
  • DSc (Geography) University of Tokyo, 1996

  • Editorship of International Scientific Journals
    1997-date Member of Editorial Board, Catena (Elsevier, SCI)
    1999-2002 Member of Editorial Board, Geomorphology (Elsevier, SCI)
    2003-date Co-Editor-in-Chief, Geomorphology (Elsevier, SCI)
    2004-date Member of International Advisory Board, Geographical Research (Blackwell, SSCI)
    2006-date Member of Editorial Board, Geography Compass (Blackwell)
    2006-date  Member of Editorial Board, The Open Geology Journal (Bentham Science)

    Reviewer of ISI-Listed Scientific Journals (other than the above)
  • Acta Geologica Polonica (Polish Academy of Science)
  • Computers & Geosciences (Elsevier)
  • Disasters (Blackwell)
  • Earth Science Reviews (Elsevier)
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (Wiley)
  • Environmental Earth Sciences (Springer)
  • Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (Elsevier)
  • Geoarchaeology (Wiley)
  • Geoderma (Elsevier)
  • Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria (Comitato Glaciologico Italiano)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union)
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (European Geosciences Union)
  • Hydrological Processes (Wiley)
  • Journal of Coastal Research (Coastal Education and Research Foundation)
  • Journal of Geography in Higher Education (Taylor & Francis)
  • Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier)
  • Land Degradation and Development (Wiley)
  • Natural Hazards (Springer)
  • Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing)
  • Quaternary International (Elsevier)
  • Quaternary Research (Elsevier)
  • Quaternary Science Reviews (Elsevier)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment (Elsevier)
  • Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie (E Schweizerbart Science Publishers)

  • Member of International Scientific Communities
    2004-2012 Steering Committee Member, Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification,International Geographical Union
    2006-2011 Vice Chair, Working Group on Human Impact on the Landscape, International Association of Geomorphologists
    2007-2009 Steering Committee Member, Working Group on Planetary Geomorphology, International Association of Geomorphologists
    2007-date Executive Board Member, Trans Asiatic GIS Society
    2009-date  Steering Committee Member, Working Group on Danxia Geomorphology, International Association of Geomorphologists
    2012-date Secretary, Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification, International Geographical Union

    Honors
    1995 Excellent Paper Award for Young Geographers (Association of Japanese Geographers)
    2006-date Inclusion in the Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis, USA)
    2007, 2011 Inclusion in the Who’s Who in Asia (Marquis, USA)
    2008 COMLAND Award (Commission on Land Degradation and Desertification, International Geographical Union)
    2008-date Inclusion in the Who’s Who in the World (Marquis, USA)
    2009-date Inclusion in the Who’s Who in America (Marquis, USA)