Dr. Wataru Takeuchi is a Professor at the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he has been a faculty member since 2007. He is the Group Leader of the Remote Sensing of Environment and Disaster Lab. He received the B.Eng., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 1999, 2001, and 2004, respectively. He has served as the Senior Policy Analyst for Energy and Environment at the Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan from 2017 to 2019 and as a director of the Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) Bangkok office from 2010 to 2012. Dr. Takeuchi's research interests lie in developing methodology to measure and evaluate the environmental changes of cities, agricultural areas and forested areas, focused on human activities in Asian countries.