Takumi SUZUKI，Ph.D. 

Affiliation: Chiba University Graduate School of Science, Earth Science Research Division

Address: 〒263-8522 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture

e-mail: takumi.suzuki@chiba-u.jp

TEL: 070 – 4420 - 7245

HP: https://climbingsloth.amebaownd.com

■Dissertation

Ph.D. (Science), Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, 2024

Title: Snow algae communities in seasonal snow cover and perennial snow valleys in the mountains of the Japanese archipelago.

■Career

2020-2024: Doctoral course, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering, Chiba University, Ph.D. (Science)

2018-2020: Chiba University Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Master's Program, Master of Science (Science)

2014-2018: Bachelor of Science, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University

■Awards

2024: Double Major Potential (All Directional Innovation Creator Ph.D. Project) 

2023: Mountain Science Society Autumn Research Conference Student Outstanding Presentation Award (Poster)

2021: Mountain Science Society Autumn Research Conference Student Outstanding Presentation Award (Oral)

2021: Society of Snow and Ice Research Conference, Student Outstanding Presentation Award (Poster)

■Affiliated academic society

Japan Mountain Science Society: 2021-

Japanese Society of Snow and Ice: 2018-

Japan Geoscience Union: 2018-

■Paper

1. Suzuki, T., & Takeuchi, N. (2023). Influence of vegetation on occurrence and color of snow algal blooms in Mt. Gassan, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 55(1), 2173138 (doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2023.2173138)

■Co-authored paper (no peer review)

1. Tsubasa Takahashi, Takumi Suzuki, & Nozomi Takeuchi. (2021). Research on snow algae that breed on the snow cover of Mt. Naeba - Understanding the relationship between snow algae that breed on the snow cover of Mt. Naeba and vegetation -, Mt. Naeba Foothills Geopark Research Record No. 3 2021, 36-41

2. Tsubasa Takahashi, Takumi Suzuki, & Nozomi Takeuchi. (2020). Research on the snow-snow phenomenon and snow algae at the foot of Mt. Naeba - Elucidation of the ecology of snow-algae that causes the snow-snow phenomenon at the foot of Mt. Naeba and its relationship with the environment, Naeba Mountain Foot Geopark Research Record No. 2 2020, 15-19

■Field Work

[2023]

October 22 - February 23 : Dome Fuji Ⅱ, Antarctica (JARE64, L. Tsuyoshi Nagaki, NIPR) 

July: Gulkana Glacier , Alaska, USA 

[2022]

June - August: Qaanaaq ice cap, Northwestern Greenland (L. Dr. Masashi Niwano) 

June & August: Tsurugisawa perennial snow valleys, Toyama, Japan 

May: Mt.Gassan, Yamagata, Japan 

[2021]

June: Mt. Senjyo-gatake, Nagano, Japan

June: Mt. Gassan, Yamagata, Japan 

October: Tsurugisawa perennial snow valleys, Toyama, Japan 

[2020]

June: Mt. Naeba, Nagano, Japan 

[2019]

May - July: Mt. Gassan, Yamagata, Japan 

April - May: Mt. Naeba, Nagano, Japan 

[2018]

Mt. Gassan, Yamagata, Japan

Mt. Naeba, Nagano, Japan

July: Issunguata Sermia Glacier, Southwestern Greenland (L. Dr. Naoko Nagatsuka)

[2017]

Mt. Gassan, Yamagata, Japan

■ Presentations at conferences, etc.

[2023]

Oral

　Suzuki, Takumi. (2023). Observation of snow algae colouring Kanak Glacier, northwestern Greenland, Joint seminar of Hokkaido University and Chiba University, Chiba, 6

　Suzuki, Takumi. (2023). 2022 Greenland snow algae observation & Antarctic dome trip, Snow and Ice Research Meeting 2023, Ibaraki, JAXA Tsukuba Space Centre, 9

Poster

　Suzuki, T., Uetake, A. & Takeuchi, Nozomu. (2023). Phylogenetic analysis of snow and ice algal communities in seasonal and trans-annual snow and ice rilles in mountainous areas of the Japanese Archipelago, In Autumn Meeting (2023, Tokyo-Akiruno). Japan Mountain Science Society. P04

　Suzuki, T., Uetake, J., Tsushima, A., & Takeuchi, Nozomu. (2023). Snow colouring phenomena peculiar to the perennial snow gorges observed at Tsurugizawa snow gorges, Tateyama, Toyama, in Proceedings of the Snow and Ice Research Meeting, Snow and Ice Research Meeting (2023, Fukushima-Koriyama). The Japanese Society of Snow and Ice Research/Japan Association of Snow Engineering. P1-10

[2022]

Oral

　Suzuki, T., "Distribution of snow and ice algal snow colouring phenomena and their factors in the Japanese mountain areas", In Snow and Ice Research Meeting 2022, 16, online, Mar. 2022.

Poster

　T. Suzuki, T. Takahashi, D. Seto, S. Usuba, A. Tsushima, & N. Takeuchi.(2022). Autumn Snow Algae Blooms on Tsurugisawa perennial snow patch, Mt. Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, Japan Geoscience Union 2022 Congress, online, MIS-15, P07.

[2021]

Oral

　Suzuki, T., & Takeuchi, Nozomu. (2021). Altitudinal distribution and seasonal variation of snow colouration by snow and ice algae in the snow cover of Gassan, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, Snow and Ice Research Meeting 2021, Chiba University (online), 6.

　T. Suzuki, , & N. Takeuchi.(2021). Seasonal and altitudinal variations in snow algal bloomings in Mt. Gassan in Yamagata prefecture, Japan, Japan Geoscience Union 2021 Meeting, online, ACC25, 10

Poster

　Suzuki, T., Takeuchi, N., & Ono, S. (2021).  Distribution of red snow in the alpine zone of Gassan, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. In Proceedings of the Snow and Ice Research Conference Snow and Ice Research Conference (2021, Chiba - online). The Glaciological Society of Japan/Japan Association of Snow and Ice Engineering. 135

　Suzuki, T., Takahashi, T., Seto, D., Usuwa, T., & Takeuchi, Nozomu. (2021). Autumn snow colouring by snow and ice algae in Tsurugizawa Snow Gorge, Tateyama, Toyama Prefecture, Japan, Japan, Yama-no-Kagakukai 2021 Autumn Meeting, online.

[2020]

Oral

　Suzuki, T., & Takeuchi, Nozomu. (2020). Seasonal changes of snow colouring by snow and ice algae in the snow cover of Mt. In Proceedings of the Snow and Ice Research Conference, Snow and Ice Research Conference (2020, online). The Glaciological Society of Japan/Japan Association of Snow and Ice Engineering. 5

Poster

　T. Suzuki, N. Nagatsuka, R. Shimada, A. Kizawa, T. Aoki, & N. Takeuchi.(2020). Spatial variations of dark ice on the Isunnguata Sermia Glacier, southwestern Greenland, Sixth International Symposium on Arctic Research, Online meeting, R4-S5-P03　

[2019]

Oral

　Suzuki, T., Takahashi, T., & Takeuchi, Nozomu. (2019). Spatio-temporal distribution of snow and ice algae and its factors on Mt. Gassan, Yamagata, Japan, Snow and Ice Biology Research Meeting 2019, Chiba University, 15

Poster

　Takumi Suzuki, Tsubasa Takahashi, & Nozomu Takeuchi.(2019). Spatio-temporal variations of algal snow in Mt. Gassan, Yamagata prefecture, Japan, Japan Geoscience Union 2019 Meeting, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, MIS20, 15

[2018]

Oral

　Suzuki, T., Nagatsuka, N., Shimada, T., Onizawa, A., Aoki, T., & Takeuchi, Nozomu. (2018). Spatial variation of the dark part of Isunnguata Sermia glacier, southwest Greenland, In Elucidating the mechanism of Greenland ice sheet mass variability under the present climate, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University. 2018 Dec.

Held in the journal

　Suzuki, T., Urabe, J., Takeuchi, Nozomu, & Takahashi, Tsubasa. (2018). Spatiotemporal variation of snow and ice algal biomass and nutrient concentrations at Mt. Gassan, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. In Proceedings of the Snow and Ice Research Conference Snow and Ice Research Conference (2018, Sapporo). The Glaciological Society of Japan/Japan Association of Snow and Ice Engineering. 74

■Media coverage

Japan Times . (2023).

(https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/06/25/national/science-health/snow-algae-blooms-japan-mountains/?fbclid=IwAR2FOiNOCwi7R8 WAc0SSoluxfPLupxY06Lrm_zKYgCrHOuS8TqCZr2Jos-w)

■ Competitive funding

Japan Science and Technology Agency, Challenging Research Program for Next Generation Researchers, Project for Human Resource Development of All-round Emergence Doctoral Fellows 2021.10-2023.09 Adopted.　

Research Project "Spatio-temporal variations in the dark colour range of snow and ice algae on the Greenland ice sheet and their factors".

■Skills

　Microscopy / Spectrometer / Fluorescence / Spectroscopy / High-performance liquid chromatography / Liquid chromatography / DNA meta-barcoding / R / ImageJ / Satellite images/ Statistical analysis