Dr Saito is an associate professor at Hiroshima University, Japan, with more than ten years of research experience in water resources and the environment in Japan, other Asian countries, and Brazil. In recent years, her research topics have covered "Effect of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) on coastal ecosystems", "Quantitative evaluation of nutrient transport from land to sea", "Human Impacts on water environment and water resources", and "Nutrient cycle and accumulation process in lakes and reservoirs".