Before coming to Norway I spent 6 years in Canada to obtain my undergraduate degree in environmental and resource sciences (2003-2007) and an MSc degree in watershed ecosystems sciences (now known as ELS) (2007-2009), both at Trent University. While I was at Trent I got training in chemical laboratory work, map production and satellite image processing, soil and surface water collection and analyses, scripting programming with Python and R, cross OS model evaluation, and handling and designing of large data sets using a high performance computing server, in addition to publishing and presenting works in the academic community.
Before going to Canada right after my high school, I had been in Japan almost my whole life, but it seems that now I have been to so many countries in relation to work (Canada, USA, Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Norway, and Finland), and also as a traveller/tourist (Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, and many European countries). I learned to use English, and met people from all around the world, not just those countries that I visited or lived.
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| 2012 |
Trolle, D., Hamilton, D.P., Hipsey, M.R., Bolding, K., Bruggeman,
J., Mooij, W.M., Janse, J.H., Nielsen, A., Jeppesen, E.,
Elliott, J.A., Makler-Pick, V., Petzoldt, T., Rinke, K.,
Flindt, M.R., Arhonditsis, G.B., Gal, G., Bjerring, R.,
Tominaga, K., Hoen, J., Downing, S.A.,
Marques, D.M., Fragoso, C.R. Jr., Søndergaard, M., and Hanson,
P.C. 2012. A community-based framework for aquatic ecosystem
models. Hydrobiologia 683(1): 25-34. DOI:10.1007/s10750-011-0957-0 |
| 2010 |
Tominaga, K., Aherne, J., Watmough, S.A., Alveteg, M., Cosby, B.J., Driscoll, C.T., Posch, M., and Pourmokhtarian, A. 2010. Predicting acidification recovery at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA: Evaluation of four models. Environmental Science and Technology 44(23): 9003-9009. DOI:10.1021/es102243j |
| 2010 |
Mooij, W.M., Trolle, D., Jeppesen, E., Arhonditsis, G., Belolipetsky, P.V., Chitamwebwa, D.B.R., Degermendzhy, A.G., DeAngelis, D.L., De Senerpont Domis, L.N., Downing, A.S., Elliott, J.A., Fragoso, C.R. Jr., Gaedke, U., Genova, S.N., Gulati, R.D., Håkansen, L., Hamilton, D.P., Hipsey, M.R., 't Hoen, J., Hülsmann, S., Los, F.J., Makler-Pick, V., Petzoldt, T., Prokopkin, I.G., Rinke, K., Schep, S.A., Tominaga, K., Van Dam, A.A., Van Nes, E.H., Wells, S.A., and Janse, J.H. 2010. Challenges and opportunities for integrating lake ecosystem modelling approaches. Aquatic Ecology 44(3): 633-667. DOI:10.1007/s10452-010-9339-3. |
| 2009 |
Tominaga, K., Aherne, J., Watmough, S.A., Alveteg, M., Cosby, B.J., Driscoll, C.T., and Posch, M. 2009. Voyage without constellation: evaluating the performance of three uncalibrated process-oriented models. Hydrology Research 40: 261-272. DOI:10.2166/nh.2009.085. Erratum DOI: 10.2166/nh.2009.002. |
| 2008 |
Tominaga, K., Watmough, S.A., and Aherne, J. 2008. Predicting tree survival in Ontario hardwood forests based on crown condition. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 1730-1741. DOI:10.1139/X08-021. |
| 2012 |
Tominaga, K., Finstad, A.G., Kaste, Ø, and
Andersen, T. Future climate change impact on lakes in
Fennoscandia: A dynamic mechanistic approach. 2012 ASLO Aquatic
Sciences Meeting. Otsu, Japan. 8-13 July 2012. |
| 2010 |
Tominaga, K. Ensemble model framework for lake ecosystem modelling - case study from acidification modelling. Lake Ecosystem Modelling Workshop. Silkeborg, Denmark. 20-22 September 2010. |
| 2009 |
Tominaga, K., Aherne, J., Watmough, S.A., Alveteg, M., Cosby, B.J., Driscoll, T., Posch, M., and Pourmokhtarian, A. Predicting future soil and stream chemistry using an ensemble of acidification models at Hubbard Brook. 46th Annual Hubbard Brook Cooperators' Meeting, Lincoln, New Hampshire, USA. 7-8 July 2009.
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| 2008 |
Tomianga, K., Aherne, J., and Watmough. S.A. Modelling the chemistry of soil and surface water at Hubbard Brook, New Hampshire, USA. 22nd Annual Gananoque Conference on Environmental Science and Engineering, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. 1-3 February 2008.
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| 2009 |
Tominaga, K., Aherne, J., Watmough, S.A., Alveteg, M., Cosby, B.J., Driscoll, C.T., Kiekbusch, J., Posch, M., Pourmokhtarian, A., Weis, W. 2009, and Huber, C. Modelling acidification recovery at long-term monitoring sites: a multi-model evaluation. 6th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behaviour BIOGEOMON 2009. The University of Helsinki, Finland. 29 June-3 July 2009. |
| 2008 |
Tominaga, K., Aherne, J., Watmough, S.A., Alveteg, M., Cosby, B.J., Driscoll, C.T., and Posch, M. Evaluation of process-oriented acidification models at Hubbard Brook. Northeastern Ecosystem Research Cooperative Conference. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA. 12-13 November 2008.
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| 2007 |
Tominaga, K. and Watmough S.A. Survival analysis of hardwood trees in southern Ontario. 21st Annual Gananoque Conference on Environmental Science and Engineering, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. 2-4 February 2007
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I participated in international meetings at Trent
University (Canada), Syracuse University (USA), Lund
University (Sweden), National Institute for Public Health and
the Environment (Netherlands), and Technical University of
Munich (Germany). I have also participated in
non-international meetings at Ontario Ministry of the
Environment (Canada) and a few meetings and workshops in
Norway. I have assisted with field works with Environment
Canada and University College Dublin (Ireland). In addition I
had opportunities to take part in courses at Technical
University of Lisbon (Portugal) and Lund University.
I am currently (2009-2013) a PhD student at the University of Oslo in Norway, and my thesis concerns the eutrophication status of a lake called Vansjø, southeastern Norway. My research here is on the lake's mechanisms of the seasonal and annual nutrient (phosphorus) balances. Eventually, these mechanisms are coded into a computer simulation model. This model is used for calculating the future improvement in response to some of the abatement measures on anthropogenic activities that may be suggested in the area in the coming years.