SAITO Hirotaka

Professional Career

1999/05-2003/05 : Graduate Student Research Assistant・Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2003/06-2005/01 : Postdoctoral Appointtee・Geohydrology Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM
2005/01-2006/05 : Postdoctoral Research Associate・Department of Environmental Sciences,
University of California, Riverside
2006/06-2007/03 : JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Environmental Sciences,
University of California, Riverside
2006/11-2011/03 : Assistant Professor Department of Ecoregion Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2011/04/01-2017/09/30 : Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2017/10/01-present : Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Academic Degrees

1997 : Ms.C., University of Tokyo
2001 : Ph.D., University of Tokyo
2003 : Doctor of PhilosophyUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Research Interests

soil physcis, geostatistics, geophysics, uncertainty, hydrology, vadose zone, rock fracture, numerical analysis, stochastic modeling

Publications

• Sidle, R. C., Saito, H. The elusive link between soil physics and catchment hydrology. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES, 38(6), e15200. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.15200
• Bwire D, Saito H, Sidle RC, Nishiwaki J. Water management and hydrological characteristics of paddy-rice fields under alternate wetting and drying irrigation practice as climate smart practice: AGRONOMY-BASEL. 14(7): 1421. 2024. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy1407142
• Arata, Y., Gomi, T., Sidle, R.C., Saito, H., Wang, G. Soil‐water response in a volcanic ash hillslope affected by fissures and microtopographic changes caused by the Kumamoto earthquake, in Japan. Hydrological Processes 37 (8), e14947, 2023.
• Inoue, M., Saito, H., Fujimaki, H., Noborio, K., Inosako, K., Šimůnek, J. Repeated falling-head method for in situ measurements of saturated hydraulic conductivity using a single cylinder. Geoderma 435, 116511, 2023.
• Nishiwaki, J., Koseki, T., Asagi, N., Saito, H., Sidle, R.C. Changes in soil hydraulic conductivity in sweet potato field with living mulch. Agricultural & Environmental Letters, 8, e20106, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/ael2.20106
• Bwire, D. Saito, H., Mugisha, M., Nabunya, V., 2022, Water Productivity and Harvest Index Response of Paddy Rice with Alternate Wetting and Drying Practice for Adaptation to Climate Change, Water, 14(21), 3368, DOI: 10.3390/w14213368
• Cho, M.T.T., Chueasamat, A., Hori, T., Saito, H., Kohgo, Y., 2021, Effectiveness of filter gabions against slope failure due to heavy rainfall, Soils and Foundations, 61(2), 480-495, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2021.01.010.
• Kassaye, K.T., Boulange, Kurebito, S., Tokunari, T., Saito, H., Watanabe, H., The role of biochar in improving soil properties, water retention and potato yield in a Fluvisol under temperate monsoon climate, Soil Use and Management, Early access, DOI:10.1111/sum.12769,2021
• Saito, H., Kuroda, S., Iwasaki, T., Sala, J., Fujimaki, H., 2021, Estimating infiltration front depth using time-lapse multi-offset gathers obtained from ground penetrating radar antenna array, Geophysics, 86 (5), WB51-WB59, DOI10.1190/GEO2020-0590.1
• Sao, D., Saito, H., Kato, T., Šimůnek, J., Numerical Analysis of Soil Water Dynamics during Spinach Cultivation in a Soil Column with an Artificial Capillary Barrier under Different Irrigation Managements, Water, 13(16), 2176, 2021.
• Noguchi, K., Saito, H., Saefuddin, R., Šimůnek, J., Evaluation of subsurface drip irrigation designs in a soil profile with a capillary barrier, Water, 13(9), 1300, 2021.
• Kassaye, K.T., Boulange, J., Hoang, T.L., Saito, H., Watanabe, H., Soil water content and soil temperature modeling in a vadose zone of Andosol under temperate monsoon climate, Geoderma, 384, 114797, 2021
• Saito, T., Spadini, L., Saito, H., Matins, J.M., Oxarango, L., Takemura, T., Hamamoto, S., Moldrup, P., Kawamoto, K., Komatsu, T., Characterization and comparison of groundwater quality and redox conditions in the Arakawa Lowland and Musashino Upland, southern Kanto Plain of the Tokyo Metropolitan area, Japan, Science of Total Environment, 722, 2020
• Kassaye KT, Boulange J, Thinh LV, Saito H, Watanabe H. Monitoring soil water content for decision supporting in agricultural water management based on critical threshold values adopted for Andosol in the temperate monsoon climate, Agricultural Water Management, 229, 105930, 2020
• Kassaye KT, Boulange J, Saito H, Watanabe H. Calibration of capacitance sensor for Andosol under field and laboratory conditions in the temperate monsoon climate, Soil and Tillage Research 189: 52-63, 2019
• Thiam M., Thuyet DQ, Saito H, Kohgo Y. Performance of the tangential model of soil water retention curves for various soil texture classes, Geoderma, 337: 514-523, 2019.
• Saefuddin, R. Saito, H. Performance of a ring-shaped emitter for subsurface irrigation in bell pepper (Capsicum annum L.) cultivation. Paddy and Water Environment.17.2.101-107
• Wongkaew A, Saito H, Fujimaki H, Simunek F. 2018. Numerical analysis of soil water dynamics under leaf vegetable cultivated in a sandy soil with an artificial capillary barrier, Soil Use and Management, (Soil Use Manage.), 34.2.206-215
• Saito H, Kuroda S, Iwasaki T, Fujimaki H, Nagai N, Sala J. 2018. Tracking infiltration front depth using time-lapse multi-offset gathers collected with array antenna ground penetrating radar, Journal of Visualized Experiments (J. Vis. Exp. )135: e56847.
• Saefuddin R, Saito H, Simunek J, Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of a Ring-Shaped Emitter for Subsurface Irrigation, Agricultural Water Management (Agri Water Manage.), 211: 111-112
• Brunetti G, Saito H, Saito T, Simunek J. 2017. A computationally efficient pseudo-3D model for the numerical analysis of borehole heat exchangers, Applied Energy, 208, 1113-1127