Associate Professor Hiroyuki Tomita

Affiliation: Faculty of Environmental Earth Science

A childhood experience of coexistence with nature
The city of Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture where I lived was rich in nature, so when I was a child I spent all my time playing in nature. There was a river called Sagami River nearby, so I went there almost every day after school, and on my days off, my parents often took me to the coast of Hiratsuka, where the Sagami River flows. There, they played by catching creatures and looking at the sea. This may have led to my current interest in nature.
This is connected to our motivation for research, but for us we believe that coexistence with nature is important. I believe that this direction should be based on scientific knowledge. In the future, I hope that I can contribute to providing knowledge, even if it's just a small discovery, from some point of view, and that future generations will find the same positive relationship with nature as I did. Masu.

Professor Tomita's research is introduced in ``Interview ``Exploring climate change from the interaction between the atmosphere and ocean.''