YOSHIHIRO HIROOKA

Research History

• 2023.4 – Present Kindai University, Faculty of Agriculture, Associate Professor
• 2019.4 – 2023.3 Kindai University, Faculty of Agriculture, Lecturer
• 2016.4 – 2019.3 Kindai University, Faculty of Agriculture, Assistant Professor
• 2013.4 – 2016.3 JSPS, Research Fellow (DC1)

Education

• 2016.3 Completed Doctor course, Department of Agriculture, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
• 2013.3 Completed Master’s program in Agriculture, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
• 2011.3 Graduated with a degree in Biological Resource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
• 2006.3 Graduated from Kyoto Municipal Horikawa Senior High School, Department of Nature Study
• 2003.3 Graduated from Seiryo Junior High School, Kyoto

Awards

• The 25th Crop Science Society of Japan Research Encouragement Award
  Evaluation of Growth Dynamics and Cultivation Environment of Crops Using Nondestructive Measurement

Research Funding

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (B) April 2023 – March 2027
  Mitigation of soil waterlogging stress of soybean in paddy field conversion by combined use of contact mixed planting and fissure treatment (Co-author)
• Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Sep 2022 – Mar 2025
  Effects of MK Green on agricultural crops (Principal Investigator)
• Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Apr 2021 – Mar 2024
  Development of crop growth information collection technology for wide-area evaluation (Principal Investigator)
• JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, International Cooperative Research Acceleration Fund (Strengthening International Cooperative Research (B)), Oct 2019 – Mar 2023
  Creation of mixed cropping systems that can overcome water environment variability in semi-arid lands (Co-Principal Investigator)
• Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists Apr 2018 – Mar 2021
  Investigation of cultivation management techniques for local major crops using non-destructive measurement in north-central Namibia (Principal Investigator)
• Kinki University, Kinki University, Faculty of Agriculture, Special Research Grant, Apr 2018 – Mar 2019
  Development of quantitative evaluation method for moisture stress response of soybean community (Principal Investigator)
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Research Activity Start-up Support, August 2016 – March 2018
  Quantitative evaluation of stress response of mixed crops under diverse water regimes (Principal Investigator)
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Research Fellows, April 2013 – March 2016
  Evaluation of rice growth environment and management methods using growth and yield prediction models and non-destructive measurements (Principal Investigator)