Maximo Larry Lopez Caceres, Ph.D., is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Japan. He obtained his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Geoscience from Hokkaido University, Japan, and his B.Sc. in Meteorology from La Molina Agricultural University. His research focuses on geoscience, environmental science, and related fields. He has extensive academic and research experience, previously serving as a Lecturer at Iwate University, United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences (2007–2011), and as an Associate Professor at Yamagata University, where he also served as Head of the Research Forest (2011–2017). Since January 2018, he has been serving as a Full Professor at Yamagata University.