Home Institution: The University of Tokyo
Host: Ellen Wohl
Email: uda-sayuri105@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
About Me:
I am a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Tokyo. I was born and grew up in Kanagawa, Japan, near the beach, so I often spent time playing by the sea. I also enjoyed hiking and exploring mountain streams from a young age.
When I was in high school, I did a simple research related to fluid , and since then I have also been interested in fluid flow and how water moves. I especially like landforms shaped by water and erosion, such as river and coastal landforms.
I am also a member of a science communication student group at my university, and I am very interested in science communication and science education!
Research Interests:
I am interested in geomorphology shaped by water, especially rivers and coasts. In my current undergraduate research, I study coastal erosional landforms in Japan using 3D survey data. I am interested in how erosion creates and changes landforms, and how we can understand these processes.
I am also interested in how human structures such as dams and levees change rivers and coasts.
My research topic for my master’s degree has not been decided yet, but I hope to continue studying geomorphology related to water. I am especially interested in how water, sediment, erosion, and human activities shape landscapes and how these landscapes change over time.