PROSPECTUS2023-2024

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1. Research on fertilization management and land use 2. Basic research and development - dissemination of wastewater treatment technology utilizing soil sub-stance adsorption and decomposition functions.The Estuary Research Center (EsReC) is the only research center in Japan dedicated to the study of estuaries and brackish waters, promoting basic and applied science on estuaries and coasts, including their watersheds, for sustainable estuaries. Founded in 1992 as the Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environ-ments (ReCCLE), EsReC was renamed in 2017 to clarify the research center's goal of solving estuarine environ-mental and ecological problems.Dr. MASUNAGA TsuguyukiProfessor, Faculty of Life and Environmental SciencesIn my laboratory, we conduct basic and applied research on soil improvement techniques for enhancing agricultural produc-tivity and environmental resto-ration, as well as wastewater treatment technology based on soil and field survey in domestic and international fields. The gen-eral research themes are:methods for sustainable agricultural production.My laboratory accepts many international students, and currently has students from Nigeria, Indonesia, and Afghanistan. We also collaborate with graduated inter-national students to advance a wide range of research abroad. In addition, we actively conduct joint research with private companies and overseas research insti-tutes.To investigate various domestic and international field environments, extract issues, and study counter-There are three divisions: Environmental Change Division, which studies paleoenvironmental changes and their causes over the past 10,000 years; Environ-mental Fluid Dynamics Division, which focuses on hydrodynamics in various water bodies to understand the water environment from not only physical aspects but also biological and chemical aspects; and Aquatic Ecosystem Division, which mainly targets a variety of issues in basic and applied ecology, such as life history traits and population/assemblage dynamics of aquatic organisms.measures, it is not enough to have knowledge and ex-perience in a specific field alone. To broaden the scope of knowledge and experience, in my laboratory, we aim to develop the ability to observe and analyze phenom-ena that occur in the field and in daily life from a com-prehensive perspective, not only in soil science and agriculture, but also in ecology, environmental engi-neering, plant nutrition, and other fields by sharing knowledge gained by each member, rather than having students learn unilaterally.10https://www.esrec.shimane-u.ac.jp/eng/Soil Function and Its Wise UseEstuary Research Center (EsReC)