I graduated from the Faculty of Life Sciences at Toyo University, then, received Ph.D. of Science from the School of Advanced Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI. I also worked as a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2). From 2024, I started to work as a senior researcher at the OIC Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, and from 2025 got a JSPS Research Fellowship (PD) at the same institution. In 2026, I visited University of Chester (UK) as the postdoctoral researcher, before joining the College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, as an Assistant Professor in September 2026.

My research focuses on how people and wildlife coexist in cities. Cities are built as environments for people, but a closer look reveals that they are also home to a wide range of wildlife, not only pigeons and crows, but also foxes, squirrels, and many others. To coexist with these wildlife, we need to understand both how wildlife live in cities (ecological aspects) and how people perceive the wildlife around them (social aspects). At times, we also need to provide the knowledge and evidence that society needs (environmental education) and work with a range of stakeholders whose interests can be complicated and conflicting. My interdisciplinary research has included the urban ecology of the Eurasian red squirrel (diet, survival, and reproduction across its life history), the motivations of local residents who feed squirrels (through interviews and questionnaire surveys), the wildlife living on the OIC campus, and the endangered Erabu flying fox.

When I started my research, I focused only on ecology and behavioural ecology, but through fieldwork and conversations with local residents, I came to see that understanding the human dimensions, and collaborating with people from various backgrounds, is just as essential to conservation and management. In my teaching, I will draw on broad knowledge from both ecology and the social sciences to help students choose the research methods best suited to the social issues that interest them. My lectures are centred on group discussion, giving students a space to think for themselves, voice their opinions, and train their communication skills.

Wildlife managements, biodiversity conservation, human and wildlife interactions, wildlife feeding, arboreal mammals, qualitative and quantitative researches, urban rewilding