CURRICULUM VITAE
Taro Nakai, Ph.D
Date of birth : November 15, 1972
Nationality : Japan
Position :
Associate Professor
Affiliation :
Forest Micrometeorology Lab.
School of Forestry and Resource Conservation National Taiwan University
No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road
Taipei 106319, Taiwan
ResearcherID : B-7417-2008
Google Scholar : link
ORCID : 0000-0002-6107-0614
Scopus Author ID : 12784930300
Professional experience
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Aug 2025 - present:
Associate Professor at School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taiwan -
Aug 2018 - Jul 2025:
Assistant Professor at School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taiwan -
Mar 2018 - present:
Affiliate Research Assistant Professor at International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA -
Apr 2017 - Jul 2018:
Designated Assistant Professor at the Center for International Collaborative Research,
Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan -
Apr 2016 - Mar 2017:
Designated Assistant Professor at Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan -
Oct 2015 - Mar 2016:
Researcher at Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan -
Apr 2013 - Sep 2015:
Researcher at Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University, Japan -
Apr 2013 - Mar 2015:
Affiliate Research Assistant Professor at International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA -
Jul 2009 - Mar 2013:
Postdoctoral fellow at International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA -
Apr 2008 - Jul 2009:
Academic researcher of Hokkaido University
(worked at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Japan) -
Jul 2003 - Mar 2008:
Postdoctoral fellow of CREST, JST
(Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency)
Research project of "Parameterization of the relationships between the water cycle system and plant eco-physiological properties in boreal forest areas" (CREST/WECNoF)
(worked at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Japan)
Education
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Apr 1998 - Jun 2003:
Doctor of Philosophy
Division of Environmental Resources, Graduate school of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan
Major: Agricultural meteorology -
Apr 1996 - Mar 1998:
Master of Agriculture
Division of Agricultural Engineering, Graduate school of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan
Major: Agricultural meteorology -
Apr 1991 - Mar 1996:
Bachelor of Agriculture
Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan
Major: Agricultural meteorology
Academic degree
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Ph.D., Ag. (Jun 2003) Hokkaido University, Japan
Doctoral thesis
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Study on the effect of tall vegetation on downwind microclimate and its evaluation method
(in Japanese)
Grants
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Aug 2025 - Jul 2026: National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, grant number NSTC 114-2313-B-002-020, 1,370,000 NTD, "Interannual characteristics of water use in Japanese cedar forest in Xitou, Taiwan (II)"
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Aug 2024 - Jul 2025: National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, grant number NSTC 113-2313-B-002-034, 1,250,000 NTD, "Interannual characteristics of water use in Japanese cedar forest in Xitou, Taiwan"
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Aug 2023 - Jul 2024: Jade Picking Project, National Taiwan University, grant number NTU-JP-112L7248, 194,444 NTD (FY2023), NTU-JP-113L7219, 388,889 NTD (FY2024), "Measurement and modeling of sap flow process in Japanese cedar in Xitou, Taiwan"
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Aug 2020 - Jul 2023: Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, grant number MOST 109-2313-B-002-051-MY3, 3,660,000 NTD,
"Study on partitioning evaporation and transpiration in cloud forests in Taiwan: a case study of Japanese cedar forest in Xitou" -
Aug 2019 - Jul 2020: Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, grant number MOST 108-2313-B-002-009, 980,000 NTD,
"Study on characteristics of long-term ecohydrological processes in a Japanese cedar forest in Xitou, Taiwan: an advanced eddy covariance flux measurement and a terrestrial ecosystem dynamics modeling" -
Apr 2019 - Mar 2022: International Joint Research, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, 440,00 JPY (FY2019), 406,000 JPY (FY2020), 384,000 JPY (FY2021), "Modeling of ecohydrological processes in a larch forest in eastern Siberia"
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Apr 2017 - Mar 2020: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 4,810,000 JPY,
"A modeling study on forest soil moisture in the permafrost region under future climate conditions: wet or dry?"
Professional affiliations
Journal peer reviewer
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Journal of Agricultural Meteorology (The Society of Agricultural Meteorology of Japan)