Educational background

Work history

Award history

​​Affiliated academic society

Ryota Wako   / /  Rota Wagai

2005        Ph.D.,      University of Maine-Orono, Ecology and Environmental Sciences             

              Thesis: Climatic and Lithogenic Controls on Soil Organic Matter-Mineral Associations

              Advisor: Lawrence. M. Mayer

              Committee: Ivan J. Fernandez, Tsutomu Ohno, Christopher S. Cronan, Gary M. King.

1999        MS,       Oregon State University, Forest Science

         Thesis: Dynamics of water-soluble carbon in forest soils of contrasting fertility

         Advisor: Phillip Sollins, Minor advisor: Kate Lajtha

         Committee: Dave Myrold, Kermit Cromack Jr., Robert Griffiths.

1996        BS,      University of Wisconsin-Madison, Forest Ecology and Management

              Advisor: Stith T. Gower

2016-Present     Senior Researcher, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)  

  National Institute for Agro-Environmental Change (NIAES) Climate Change Response Research Area

2017-2018       Visiting researcher, French National Agricultural Research Institute (INRA-Grignon) JSPS International Joint Research Enhancement

2013-2016       Principal Researcher, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Material Cycle Research Area

2008           Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Chemical Environment Research Area

2005-2008       Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Ecology Research, Kyoto University

2019   PM Huang Prize , International Union of Soil Science (Commission 2.5) 

2012     Japanese Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer Encouragement Award

2000   NASA Earth System Science Fellowship Award  (NGT5-30353)

       NASA Earth Systems Science Fellowship

Japanese Society of Soil Science and Fertilizer, Japanese Society of Pedology, Japan Geoscience Union, Biogeochemical Study Group, Forest Location Society, Japanese Society of Soil and Botanical Sciences, American Geophysical Union