Dr. Masayuki Sakakibara

Masayuki Sakakibara (Professor) is an earth scientist with a multidisciplinary background: Geology, Petrology, Astrobiology, Geochemistry, Medical Geology, Geoengineering, and Remediation Engineering. He is currently working as the project leader of the SRIREP Project (Co-creation of Sustainable Regional Innovation for Reducing Risk of High-impact Environmental Pollution) in the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan and as the professor at the Faculty of Collaborative Regional Innovation and Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ehime University. His interest in environmental pollution led him to conduct intensive fieldwork and activities to reduce mercury pollution and poverty problems in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) areas in Indonesia and Myanmar. He has played a role in international conferences and seminars such as Transdisciplinary Research on Environmental Problems in Southeast Asia (TREPSEA) and Transdisciplinary Research and Practice for Reducing Environmental Problems (TRPNEP), which focus on transdisciplinary research and practice, as well as the development of various regional innovations for the reduction in environmental pollution in ASEAN countries.