Master's Program in Environmental Sciences Course

The Environmental Sciences course consists of four groups: Global Environmental Sciences, Mathematical Biology, Environmental Chemistry and Biological Environment Science. In the group of Global Environmental Sciences, we research the properties of the earth's environment based on satellite observations in order to adequately comprehend current global environmental changes. The research covers broad fields, such as the development of remote sensing algorithms and simulation of global environmental changes. In the group of Mathematical Biology, we apply mathematical and computational techniques to explore a variety of biological phenomena and interactions with environments. This is a very interdisciplinary field of science in which the disciplines of applied mathematics, biology, and computational science are employed together. In the group of Environmental Chemistry, we aim to develop new analytical methods for archaeology and the preservation of cultural assets. We also adopt synthetic approaches to create new functional, environmentally friendly compounds for environmental analyses. In the group of Biological Environment Science, we study how organisms interact with their environments through interdisciplinary approaches involving molecular biology, genomics, physiology, and ecology, and apply the findings generated by such studies to our education programs.