Name (Family, forenames):

Education:

• 1999 Ph.D. in Biology, Faculty of bioscience and biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology. A thesis entitled "Studies on albedo-modification of snow and ice by cryo-microbial activities". Work supervised by Professor Shiro Kohshima

• 1996 M.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of bioscience and biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Thesis entitled "Ecological studies on melt water systems of Himalayan glaciers". Work supervised by Professor Shiro Kohshima

• 1994 B.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of bioscience and biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Research and professional experiences:

• 2006.4- Present Associate professor in Department of Earth Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Japan

• 2002.3-2006.3 Assistant professor in Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan

• 2000-2002 Research scientist (Post-doc) of Frontier Obsevational Research System for Global Change (FORSGC) in IARC, University of Alaska Fairbanks, U.S.A.

• 1996-1999 Research fellow of the Japan Society for the promotion science.Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.

Fieldwork experiences:

• 2011 Investigation of glacial biology in Svalbard. (Longyearbreen and Foxfonna Glaciers).

• 2011 Investigation of glacial biology on Urumqi No.1 Glacier, China.

• 2010 Investigation of glacial biology on Urumqi No.1 Glacier, China.

• 2010 Investigation of glacial biology on Alaska Glaciers. (Gulkana, Worthington, Harding Icefield).

• 2009 Ice core drilling on Fedchenko Glacier, Pamir, Tajikistan.

• 2008 Glaciological investigation on Yala Glacier, Langtang in Nepali Himalayas.

• 2007 Ice core drilling on Tienshan Mts. in Kyrgyz Repblic.

• 2007 Glaciological investigation on Urumqi No.1 Glacier, China.

• 2006 Glaciological investigation on Urumqi No.1 Glacier, China.

• 2005 Glaciological investigation on the Qiyi Glacier in the Qilian Mountains, China.

• 2005-2006 Glaciological investigation on Tienshan Mts in Kyrgyz Repblic.

• 2003-2004 Glaciological investigation on the Kalik Mountains, east Tienshan, China.

• 2002-2003 Ice core drilling on the western plateau of Mt. Belukha in the Altai Mountain Range, Russia.

• 2002 Glaciological investigation on the Qiyi Glacier in the Qilian Mountains, China.

• 2000-2001 Biological investigation on Alaska Glaciers. (Gulkana, Worthington, Matanuska, Juneau Icefield, Harding Icefield).

• 1999.11-12 Glaciological expedition on Southern Patagonian Ice field (Chile, Paine national park, Tyndall Glacier)

• 1998.9-11 Ice core driling on a Himalayan Glacier (Nepal, Rikhasamba Glacier)

• 1997.4-5 Ice core driling and glaciological research in Canadian Arctic (Devon and Penny ice caps)

• 1996.4-7,9-10 Glaciological expedition on Himalayan glaciers (Nepal, Langtang region)

• 1995.9-11 Glaciological expedition on Himalayan glaciers (Nepal, Shorong and Khumbu regions)

• 1994.7-9 Glacierlogical expedition on Himalayan glaciers (Nepal, Langtang region)

• 1994.5-6 Glacier Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) research on a Himalayan Glacier (Rollwaling region, Thso Rolpa Lake)

Membership of academic societies:

• American Geophysical Union

• International Glaciological Society

• International Association of Hydrological Science

• Japanese Society of Snow and Ice

Publication list:

• Takeuchi, N., Sakai, A., Kohshima, S., Fujita, K., and Nakawo, M. (2012) Variation in suspended sediment concentration of supraglacial lakes on debris-covered area of Lirung Glacier in Nepali Himalayas. Global Environmental Research, 16, in press.

• Takeuchi, N., Ishida, Y., Li, Z. (2011) Microscopic analyses of insoluble particles in an ice core of Ürümqi Glacier No. 1: quantification of mineral and organic particles. Journal of Earth Sciences, 22(4), 431-440. [PDF]

• Fujita, K., Takeuchi, N., Nikitin, S. A., Surazakov, A. B., Okamoto, S., Aizen, V. B., Kubota, J. (2011) Favorable climatic regime for maintaining the present-day geometry of the Gregoriev Glacier, Inner Tien Shan. The Cryoshere, 5, 539-539. [PDF]

• Nakazawa, F., Miyake, T., Fujita, K., Takeuchi, N., Uetake, J., Fujiki, T., Aizen, V., ani Nakawo, M. (2011) Establishing the Timing of Chemical Deposition Events on Belukha Glacier, Altai Mountains, Russia, Using Pollen Analysis. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 43(1), 66-72.

• Okamoto, S., Fujita, K., Narita, H., Uetake, J., Takeuchi, N., Miyake, T., Nakazawa, F., Aizen, V.B., Nikitin, S. A., Nakawo, M. (2011) Reevaluation of the reconstruction of summer temperatures from melt features in Belukha ice cores, Siberian Altai, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D02110, doi: 10.1029/2010JD013977.

• Uetake, J., Kohshima, S., Nakazawa, F., Takeuchi, N., Fujita, K., Miyake, T., Narita, H., Aizen, A.B., Nakawo, M. (2011) Evidence for propagation of cold-adapted yeast in an ice core from a Siberian Altai glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, doi: 10.1029/2010JG001337.

• Takeuchi, N., Nishiyama, H., Li, Z. (2010) Structure and formation process of cryoconite granules on Ürümqi glacier No. 1, Tien Shan, China. Annals of Glaciology, 51(56), 9-14. [PDF]

• Nagatsuka, N., Takeuchi, N., Nakano, T., Kokado, E., Li, Z. (2010) Sr, Nd and Pb stable isotopes of surface dust on Ürümqi glacier No. 1 in western China. Annals of Glaciology, 51(56), 95-105. [PDF]

• Segawa, T., Takeuchi, N. (2010) Cyanobacterial communities on Qiyi Glacier in the Qilian Mountains of China. Annals of Glaciology, 51(56), 153-162. [PDF]

• Segawa, T., Takeuchi, N., Ushida, K., Kanda, H., Kohshima, S. (2010) Altitudinal Changes in a Bacterial Community on Gulkana Glacier in Alaska. Microbes and Environments, 25(3), 171-182.

• Ushida, K., Inoue, R., Segawa, T., Kohshima, S., Takeuchi, N., Fukui K., Li, Z., Kanda, H. (2009) Application of real-time PCR array to the multiple detection of antibiotic- resistant genes in glacier ice samples. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 56, 43-52.

• Takeuchi, N, Fujita, K., Nakazawa, F., Nakawo, M., and Rana, B. (2009) A snow algal community on the surface and in an ice core of Rikha-Samba Glacier in Western Nepali Himalayas. Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 27, 25-35. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., Miyake, T., Nakazawa, F., Narita, H., Fujita, K., Sakai, A., Nakawo, M., Fujii, Y., Duan, K., and Yao, T. (2009) A shallow ice core re-drilled on the Dunde Ice Cap, western China: recent changes in the Asian high mountains, Environmental Research Letters, 4, 045207, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/045207 [PDF]

• Sakai, A., Nishimura, K., Kadota, T., Takeuchi, N. (2009) Onset of calving at supraglacial lakes on debris covered glaciers of the Nepal Himalayas, Journal of Glaciology, 55(193), 909-917.
  

• Takeuchi, N. (2009) Temporal and spatial variations in spectral reflectance and characterisitics of surface dust on Gulkana Glacier, Alaska Range. Journal of Glaciology, 55(192), 701-709. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., Nakawo, M., Narita, H., and Han, J. (2008) Miaoergou Glaciers in the Kalik Mountains, western China: Report of a reconnaissance for future ice core drilling and biological study. Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 26, 33-40. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., and Li, Z. (2008) Characteristics of surface dust on Ürümqi Glacier No. 1 in the Tien Shan Mountains, China. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40(4), 744-750 [PDF]

• Bhatt, M. P., Masuzawa, T., Yamamoto, M., Takeuchi, N. (2007) Chemical characteristics of pond wateres within the debris area of Lirung Glacier in Nepal Himalaya. Journal of Limnology, 66(2), 71-80.

• Kohshima, S., Takeuchi, N., Uetake, J., Shiraiwa, T., Uemura, R., Yoshida, N., Matoba, S., and Godoie., M. A. (2007) Estimation of net accumulation rate at a Patagonian glacier by ice core analyses using snow algae. Global and Planetary Change, 59, 236-244.

• Takeuchi, N., Dial, R., Kohshima, S., Segawa, T., Uetake J. (2006) Spatial distribution and abundance of red snow algae on the Harding Icefield, Alaska derived from a satellite image. Geophysical Research Letter, 33, L21502, doi:10.1029/2006GL027819. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., Uetake, J., Fujita, K., Aizen, V., and Nikitin, S. (2006) A snow algal community on Akkem Glacier in the Russian Altai Mountains. Annals of Glaciology, 43, 378-384. [PDF]

• Yoshimura, Y, Kohshima, S., Takeuchi, N., Seko K. and Fujita, K. (2006) Snow algae in a Himalayan ice core: new environmental markers for ice core analyses and their correlation with summer mass balance. Annals of Glaciology, 43, 148-153.

• Aizen, V. B. , Aizen, E. M. , Joswiak, D.R. , Fujita, K., Takeuchi, N. and Nikitin, S. A. (2006) Climatic and atmospheric Circulation Pattern Variability from Ice-core isotope/geochemistry Records (Altai, Tien Shan and Tibet), Annals of Glaciology, 43, 49-60.

• Miyake, T., Nakazawa, F., Sakugawa, H., Takeuchi, N., Fujita, K., Ohta, K., Nakawo, M. (2006) Concentrations and source variations of n-alkanes in a 21-m ice core and snow samples at Belukha Glacier, Russian Altai Mountains, Annals of Glaciology, 43, 142-147.

• Fujita, K., Thompson, L. G., Kajikawa, Y., Ageta, Y., Yasunari, T., Sakai, A., and Takeuchi, N. (2006) Thirty-year history of glacier melting in the Nepal Himalayas. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, D03109, doi:10.1029/2005JD005894.

• Aizen, V. B., Aizen E. M., Fujita, K., Nikitin, S. A., Kreutz, K. J., Takeuchi, N. (2005) Stable-isotope time series and precipitation origin from firn cores and snow samples, Altai glaciers, Siberia. Journal of Glaciology, 51(175), 637-654..

• Nakazawa, F., Fujtia, K., Takeuchi, N., Fujiki, T., Uetake, J., Aizen, V., and Nakawo, M. (2005) Dating of seasonal snow/firn accumulation layers using pollen analysis. Journal of Glaciology, 51(174) , 483-490.

• Takeuchi, N., Matsuda, Y., Sakai, A. and Fujita, K. (2005) A large amount of biogenic surface dust (cryoconite) on a glacier in the Qilian Mountains, China. Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 22, 1-8. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N. , Takahashi,A ., Uetake, J.,Yamazaki, Y.,Aizen,V., Joswiak, D., Surazakov, A., and Nikitin, S. (2004) A report on ice core drilling on the western plateau of Mt. Belukha in the Altai Mountain Range in 2003. Polar Meteorology and Glaciology, 18, 121-133. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., and Koshima, S. (2004): A snow algal community on a Patagonian glacier, Tyndall glacier in the Southern Patagonia Icefield. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 36(1), 92-99.[PDF]

• Fujita, K., Takeuchi, N., Aizen, V., and Nikitin, S. (2004) Glaciological observations on the plateau of Belukha Glacier in the Altai Mountains, Russia from 2001 to 2003, Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 21, 57-64. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., Koshima, S., and Segawa, T. (2003): Effect of cryoconite and snow algal communities on surface albedo on maritime glaciers in south Alaska, Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 20, 21-27 [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N. (2002): Optical characteristics of cryoconite (surface dust) on glaciers: the relationship between light absorbency and the property of organic matter contained in the cryoconite. Annals of Glaciology, 34, 409-414. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N. (2002): Surface albedo and characteristics of cryoconite on an Alaska glacier (Gulkana Glacier in the Alaska Range), Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 19, 63-70. [PDF]

• Kohshima, S., Shiraiwa, T., Angelica, M., Kubota, K., Takeuchi, N., Shinbori, K. (2002): Ice core drilling on Southern Patagonia Icefield - Development of a new portable drill and the field expedition in 1999. The Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research, Special Issue, 56, 49-58. [Journal]

• Fujita, K., Nakazawa, F., Takeuchi, N., Nakawo, M., Rana, B., Azuma, N., Fujii, Y. (2002): Ice core drilling on the southern slope of the Nepal Himalayas. The Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research, Special Issue, 56, 49-58. [Full text]

• Takeuchi, N. (2001): The altitudinal distribution of snow algae on an Alaska glacier (Gulkana Glacier in the Alaska Range), Hydrological Processes, 3447-3459. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., Kohshima, S., and Seko, K. (2001): Structure, formation, darkening process of albedo reducing material (cryoconite) on a Himalayan glacier: a granular algal mat growing on the glacier. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 33, 115-122. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., Kohshima, S., Shiraiwa, T., and Kubota, K. (2001): Characteristics of cryoconite (surface dust on glaciers) and surface albedo of a Patagonian glacier, Tyndall Glacier, Southern Patagonia Icefield, Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 18, 65-69. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., Kohshima, S., Goto-Azuma, K., and Korner, R. M. (2001): Biological characteristics of dark colored material (cryoconite) on Canadian_Arctic glaciers (Devon and Penny ice cap), Proceeding of the Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research, Special Issue, 54, 495-505. [PDF]

• Yoshimura, Y., Kohshima, S., Takeuchi, N., Seko, K., and Fujita, K. (2000) Himalayan ice core dating with snow algae, Journal of glaciology, 46, 335-340.

• Takeuchi, N. and Kohshima, S. (2000): Effect of debris cover on species composition of living organisms in supraglacial lakes on a Himalayan glacier. IAHS publication no 264 (Proceedings of a workshop held at Seattle, Washington, USA, September 2000), 267-275.[PDF]

• Sakai, A., Takeuchi, N., Fujita, K., and Nakawo, M. (2000) Role of supraglacial ponds in the ablation process of a debris-covered glacier in the Nepal Himalayas., IAHS publication no 264 (Proceedings of a workshop held at Seattle, Washington, USA, September 2000), 119-130.

• Takeuchi, N., Kohshima, S., Yoshimura, Y., Seko, K., and Fujita K. (2000), Characteristics of cryoconite holes on a Himalayan glacier, Yala Glacier Central Nepal. Bulletin of Glacier Research, 17, 51-59. [PDF]

• Takeuchi, N., Kohshima, S., and Fujita, K. (1998) Snow Algae Community on a Himalayan Glacier, Glacier AX010 East Nepal: Relationship with Glacier Summer Mass Balance. Bulletin of Glacier Research, 16, 43-50.[PDF]

• Fujita, K., Takeuchi, N., and Seko, K. (1998) Glaciological observations of Yala Glacier in Langtang Valley, Nepal Himalayas, 1996, Bulletin of Glacier Research, 16, 75-81.

• 2011/8/10 Asian glacier ecosystems: biological study on Urumqi glacier No. 1, The Celebrations of 50th Anniversary of Tienshan Glaciological Station & Symposium on Science and Monitoring of Glaciers, Urumqi, China, Nozomu Takeuchi.

• 2010/6/21 Biogenic impurities in snow and ice and their effect on melting, Impurities in Snow and Ice (ISI) Workshop, Silverton, Colorado, Nozomu Takeuchi.

• 2009/2/1 Reconstruction of climate and river discharge in the last 1000 years based on mountain ice core data in the Central Asia. Reconceptualizing Cultural and Environmental Change in Central Asia: An Historical Perspective on the Future, Nozomu Takeuchi.

• 2007/7/9 Significant Effect of Biogenic Material (cryoconite) on Surface Albedo of Asian Glaciers: -Geographical Comparison of the Amounts of Cryoconite and Surface Albedo of Glaciers. IUGG, Perugia, Nozomu Takeuchi, Shiro Kohshima

• 2007/7/12 A distinctive snow algal community on a glacier in the Tienshan Mountains, China. IUGG, Perugia, Nozomu Takeuchi, Takahiro Segawa, Li Zhongqin

• 2006/9/17 Changes in Natural Environment Reconstructed from Ice cores in the Heihe River Basin, International Workshop on humanity and nature on Kharahoto region. Ejina, China.

• 2005/9/9 "A snow algal community on the Akkem Glacier in the Altai Mountains, Russia", IGS International Symposium on High-Elevation Glaciers and Climate Records, Lanzhou, China.

• 2005/5/22 "Variation of Biological Activity on a Himalayan Glacier Recovered from a Shallow Ice Core", Japan Geoscience Union, Chiba, Japan.

• 2005/4/26 "Seasonal Change of a Snow Algal Community on an Alaska Glacier", European Geoscience Union, Vienna,

• 2005/4/22 "Glacial biology: study on creatures living on snow and ice", Joint Seminar of Departments of Limnology and Botany, University of Innsbruck, Austria

• 2005/4/15 "Introduction of Glacial-Biology: Results of the recent research and outline of present projects", Seminar of the Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University

• 2004/12/16 "Variation of Biological Activity on a Himalayan Glacier Recovered from a Shallow Ice Core", American Geophysical Union, San-Francisco, U.S.A.

• 2004/9/28 "Seasonal variation of a snow algal community on an Alaska glacier" Japanese Society of snow and ice, Hikone, Japan

• 2004/9/29 "Variation of Biological Activity on a Himalayan Glacier Recovered from a Shallow Ice Core" Japanese Society of snow and ice, Hikone, Japan

• 2004/4 "Microscopic analysis of organic and inorganic dust in a Himalayan ice core", European Geoscience Union, Nice, France

• 2003/12 "Seasonal variation of a snow algal community on an Alaska glacier", American Geophysical Union, San-Francisco, U.S.A.

• 2003/11"A report on ice core drilling on the western plateau of Mt. Belukha in the Altai Mountain Range in 2003", NIPR symposium.

• 2003/7 "Distribution of cryoconite on the surface of a glacier derived from a Landsat TM image", IUGG, Sapporo, Japan

• 2002/12 "Distribution of cryoconite on the surface of a glacier derived from a Landsat TM image", American Geophysical Union, San-Francisco, U.S.A.

• 2002/10 "A large amount of biogenic surface dust (cryoconite) on a glacier in the Qilian Mountains, China. " Japanese Society of snow and ice, Joetsu, Japan

• 2001/12 "Biological albedo reduction of snow and ice on glaciers in Alaska", American Geophysical Union, San-Francisco, U.S.A.

• 2001/6 "Optical characteristics of surface dust (cryoconite) on glaciers: relationship between the light absorbency and property of organic matter contained in the cryoconite.", IGS International Symposium on Remote Sensing in Glaciology, Maryland, U.S.A.

• 2001/5 "The altitudinal distribution of snow algae on an Alaska glacier (Gulkana Glacier in the Alaska Range)", Eastern Snow Conference, Ottawa, Canada

• 2001/3 "Surface albedo reduction of snow and ice by cryo-microbial activity: biological impact on Arctic cryosphere"

• 2000/9 "Effect of debris cover on species composition of living organisms in supraglacial lakes on a Himalayan glacier.", International Workshop on Debris-Covered Glaciers, Seattle, U.S.A.

• 2000/3 "Biological characteristics of dark colored material in Canadian High Arctic glaciers", International Symposium on Arctic Environment, Tokyo, Japan

• 1998/8 "Characteristics of Supraglacial Lakes on a Himalayan Debris Covered Glacier", IGS International Symposium on Glaciers and the Glaciated Landscape, Kiruna, Sweden

• 1995/8 "Biological aspect of cryoconite and cryoconite hole of a Spitzbergen Glacier, Svalbard", International Symposium on Arctic Environment, Tokyo, Japan