{"id":52,"date":"2022-07-28T02:08:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T02:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/?page_id=52"},"modified":"2026-05-28T03:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:44:21","slug":"to-prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/index.php\/to-prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for your interest in this group and in pursuing graduate studies at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp\/?lang=en\" title=\"\">Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our lab welcomes students who are interested in environmental systems, emerging contaminants, environmental risk assessment, environmental modeling, data-driven environmental analysis, and AI-assisted environmental research. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field, and students from diverse academic, cultural, and research backgrounds are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am happy to discuss research ideas with students and researchers who are motivated, responsible, and willing to develop strong analytical and scientific skills. Prospective students are encouraged to carefully review the research themes of our lab and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp\/?page_id=2720&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">admission information<\/a> of the Graduate School before contacting me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested in joining the lab, please send me an email with the following materials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Curriculum vitae<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Academic transcripts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A brief summary of previous research experience, if any<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A statement of research interests, including why you are interested in this lab and what kind of research you hope to conduct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that admission and scholarship applications are handled through the university and relevant funding agencies. Prospective students are encouraged to check the official websites of <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.global.hokudai.ac.jp\/study-at-hu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Hokkaido University<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp\/?page_id=2720&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the Graduate School of Environmental Science<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monbukagakusho scholarships from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mext.go.jp\/en\/policy\/education\/highered\/title02\/detail02\/sdetail02\/1373897.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MEXT)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsps.go.jp\/english\/e-pd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japan International Cooperation Agency (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jica.go.jp\/english\/overseas\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JICA<\/a>) Scholarship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyinjapan.go.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Study in Japan<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for updated information on admission procedures, scholarships, and living costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To find out about the English Program of Environmental Earth Science for a Sustainable Society (EPEES), please click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ees.hokudai.ac.jp\/?page_id=3107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Postdoctoral and visiting researchers are welcome. Potential funding opportunities may include <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsps.go.jp\/english\/e-fellow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships<\/a> for foreigners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsps.go.jp\/english\/e-pd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JSPS Research Fellowships for Young Scientists<\/a> for Japanese<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsps.go.jp\/english\/e-inv\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JSPS Invitational Fellowships<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsps.go.jp\/english\/e-bilat\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">bilateral programs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and other international exchange schemes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Futher information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The estimated costs with and without funds for master students are as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u56fe\u72471-1024x500.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u56fe\u72471-1024x500.png 1024w, https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u56fe\u72471-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/\u56fe\u72471.png 1948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your interest in this group and in pursuing graduate studies at the Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University. Our lab welcomes students who are interested in environmental systems, emerging contaminants, environmental risk assessment, environmental modeling, data-driven environmental analysis, and AI-assisted environmental research. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field, and students from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"[]"},"class_list":["post-52","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/liutonglab.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}