Researchers

KIMURA Masaomi

KIMURA Masaomi
Associate Professor
Faculty Department of Environmental Management
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/masaomi

Education and Career

Education

  • - 2006/03 , The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Agriculture,
  • 2006/04 - 2011/03 , The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2023 - Today , Kindai University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Environmental Management Associate Professor
  • Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2023 , Kindai University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Environmental Management Lecturer
  • Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020 , Cabinet Office, Government of Japan Council for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Analyst for Energy and Environment
  • Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2020 , The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Assistant Professor
  • Sep. 2013 - Mar. 2015 , The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Assistant Professor
  • May. 2011 - Aug. 2013 , The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Researcher
  • Apr. 2011 - Apr. 2011 , The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Researcher

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Environmental science/Agricultural science, Social-ecological systems
  • Environmental science/Agricultural science, Rural environmental engineering and planning

Published Papers

  1. Assessment of the effect of pH on metabolism in the reservoirs
    Yuening PENG; Keisuke NAKAYAMA; Hibiki YONEDA; Hiroyuki MAETA; Satoshi WATANABE; Masaomi KIMURA; Katsuaki KOMAI
    Japanese Journal of JSCE  82  (16)  , 25-16012-, Feb. 2026  , Refereed
  2. The future of Japanese cities and communities with long-term flood prediction technology.
    Hiroyoshi Morita; Shinichiro Nakamura; Fuko Nakai; Kensuke Otsuyama; Ryuma Shineha; Miki Namba; Masaomi Kimura; Tsuyoshi Takano; Vu Quynh Anh Cao; Misako Kachi; Kei Hiroi; Kei Yoshimura
    JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY OF HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES  39  (1)  , 80-89, Feb. 2026  , Refereed
  3. Impacts of long lead-time flood forecasting on disaster response and society: insights from Nagano, Japan
    Shinichiro Nakamura; Kensuke Otsuyama; Fuko Nakai; Hiroyoshi Morita; Tsuyoshi Takano; Megumi Nabata; Miki Namba; Masaomi Kimura; Ryuma Shineha; Cao Vu Quynh Anh; Kei Yoshimura
    Hydrological Research Letters  19  (4)  , 268-274, Dec. 2025  , Refereed

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Books etc

  1. Hydrology and Water Resources Handbook 2nd Edition , Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources (ed.) , 14.4.2 水に関する我が国の取組 (14.4 SDGs) , 14.4.2 水に関する我が国の取組 (14.4 SDGs) , Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd. , Sep. 2022

Conference Activities & Talks

  1. Toward data-driven climate-smart paddy water management through ICT-AI integration , Masaomi Kimura , 2026 International Symposium on Water–Energy–Food Nexus Towards Climate Smart Agriculture , 23, Feb. 2026
  2. Harnessing Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning (KGML) for thermal modeling of agricultural water environments: Applications to paddy fields and agricultural reservoirs , Masaomi Kimura; Wenpeng Xie; Yutaka Matsuno , AGU25 , 15, Dec. 2025
  3. 気象データと地形条件に基づく柿収穫量予測モデルの構築 , 岡山 貴史; 眞田 怜奈; 大西 直紀; 湊崎 光; 木村 匡臣; 松野 裕 , 第82回農業農村工学会京都支部研究発表会 , 18, Nov. 2025

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MISC

  1. Water-level predictions in a drainage pumping station using a deep learning model, coupled with a physical model and a transfer learning approach , Nobuaki Kimura; Hiroki Minakawa; Yudai Fukushige; Masaomi Kimura; Daichi Baba , Journal of JSCE , 12 , 1 , 23-00207 , Jun. 2024
  2. Toward practical education and research in hydrology and water resources , Masaomi Kimura , Journal of Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources , 34 , 6 , 410 , 410 , Nov. 2021
  3. 国営農業水利事業「石垣島地区」における研究成果報告会から , 福田 信二; 乃田 啓吾; 木村 匡臣; 大澤 和敏 , 農村振興 , 858 , 24 , 25 , Jun. 2021

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Awards & Honors

  1. Oct. 2025, International Society of Paddy and Water Environment Engineering, 2025 Paper Award
  2. Nov. 2023, International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Best Paper Award 2023
  3. Aug. 2023, The Japanese Society of Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Engineering, 2023年度 研究奨励賞

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Establishment of evaluation methods for carbon dioxide storage by Freshwater Carbon , Kobe University
  2. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Development of a Disaster Risk Assessment Method based on Damage Detection for Agricultural Concrete Dams , Niigata University
  3. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Development of a Wide-Area Paddy Field Monitoring Method Based on Temperature Data , Kindai University

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