Dr. Yasutaka Nakata is an associate professor at the Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan. He holds a bachelor’s degree (2010) and a master’s degree (2012) from Tottori University. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2019 from the University of Tokyo. On 1 April 2022, he became an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science (Forest Planning Laboratory) at the Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University. Since 1 April 2024, he has been an associate professor in the same department. He has been awarded the Best Poster Award from IUFRO in 2024. He is a member of the Japan Forestry Society, a member of the Japan Association for Landscape Ecology, a member of the Japan Geoscience Union, a member of the Ecological Society of Japan, and a member of the Society of Applied Ecological Engineering. His research topics mainly include forest planning, coastal sand dunes, landscape ecology, watershed management, vegetation, TLS, driftwood, landslides, geomorphology, sediment dynamics, ecosystem services, green infrastructure, coasts, natural restoration, plant ecology, physical geography, UAV, geographic information systems, and forests.