Kensuke Fukushi

Professor, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science

Profile

1989 Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering)Tohoku University, Japan
1991 Master of Engineering (Civil Engineering), Tohoku University, Japan
1996 Doctor of Philosophy (Civil Engineering), The University of Utah, USA
1996 Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan
1999 Assistant Professor, SERD, Asian Institute of Technology
2001 Associate Professor, SERD, Asian Institute of Technology
2001 Associate Professor, Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo
2005 Associate Professor, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of Tokyo

Research interests

Environmental engineering, risk assessment, climate change effect, water resource, biological technology, membrane technology

Research Projects

• Integrated Climate Assessment – Risks, Uncertainties and Society (ICA-RUS)
  Sub-theme1-4 Communication on climate change risks and their management strategies with stakeholders through interactive meetings
  Sub-theme1-7 Communicating climate change scenarios to the general public
• Establishment of research platform for developing models to predict future health risks posed by changes in climate, land use and population(GRENE Eco-Health)
  Subgroup 3: Development and verification of a model to predict waterborne infectious diseases posed by changes in natural and human environment
• Development of International network for Sustainability Science
  JSPS Core-to-Core Program
• Development of International Network on Health Risk Assessment in Urban Area
• AA Science Platform Program
  Creation of Future Climate Scenario Data