茨城大学
応用理工学野
准教授
Associate professor
Graduate School of Science and Engineering
Ibaraki University
2015年東京海洋大学博士後期課程修了（学位：海洋科学），Stanford大学と東京海洋大学で博士研究員として勤務後，2016年より茨城大学に着任．専門は沿岸海域の海洋物理学．2022年度にはサバティカル制度を利用し米国スクリップス海洋研究所での在外研究，大型科研費プロジェクト「マクロ沿岸海洋学」に参画するなど国内外の研究者と積極的に共同研究を実施している．
Eiji Masunaga graduated from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and received his Ph.D. in Ocean Science in 2015. He subsequently worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University, USA, and Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. He joined Ibaraki University in 2016, where he is currently an Associate Professor. His research focuses on physical oceanography, with particular emphasis on coastal ocean processes. In 2022, he was a visiting researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, during his sabbatical leave. He is also a member of the JSPS Transformative Research Areas (A) project, “Macro Coastal Oceanography”, and actively collaborates with researchers in Japan and abroad.
これまでの研究では沿岸海洋における物理現象にフォーカスし，関連する物質輸送・拡散過程にについて実地観測と数値モデリングの両技術を統合し成果を発信してきた．本研究課題では，沿岸海域を中心にこの領域を挟み込むように陸域から外海洋までをシームレスに調査することで陸域から海洋への物質添加過程を明らかにする．この研究は，陸域から海洋までに跨る複数の学術的な分野を横断しており分野横断型の研究展開が必要不可欠である．研究成果から陸域から海洋への物質添加過程を通じた生態系への影響を評価し，最終的には地球規模の物質循環像理解へ貢献する．
I have focused my research on physical processes in coastal oceans and their associated material transport and dispersion, using field observation approach and numerical modeling. In this research project, I aim to elucidate the processes governing material inputs from land to the ocean by seamlessly investigating the land–coastal ocean–open ocean continuum. This research spans multiple academic disciplines across the land–ocean continuum and therefore requires an interdisciplinary approach. Based on the outcomes of this research, I will assess the impacts of land-derived material inputs on marine ecosystems and ultimately contribute to a better understanding of material cycling on a global scale.
私が専門とする海洋学（広義には地球惑星科学）では，様々な空間・時間スケールや地域的な領域に跨る研究分野です．時空間スケールや研究対象領域は，研究者の各専門や学術学会によって切り分けがされることが多く，マルチスケールや地域を横断した研究が求められています．私は，マルチスケール横断型かつ領域統合型という形でトランスボーダー研究者を目指しています．
Oceanography, my field of expertise (more broadly Geoscience) treat numerous phenomena across a wide range of spatial and temporal scales as well as diverse geographical regions. Research is often divided by spatial and temporal scales and by disciplinary or regional boundaries, highlighting the need for studies that bridge these divisions. I would like to be a scientist who conducts research by integrating multiple spatial and temporal scales while also bridging different regions.
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