Dr. Kenji Yoshikawa
Associate Research Professor in Water Resources
Water and Environmental Research Center
Institute of Northern Engineering
 

RESEARCH AREAS
Permafrost Hydrology and Chronology, Periglacial Geomorphology, Extraterrestrial permafrost
Education Outreach: Permafrost borehole monitoring program (Permafrost Health)

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, 1997.    

HONORS AND AWARDS
President Honor Award, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, 1994.

RESEARCH/EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor of water resources. Water and Environmental Research Center, Inst. of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska (July 2005- present).

Assistant Professor of water resources. Water and Environmental Research Center, Inst. of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska (July 1999- June 2005).
Post-Doctoral Research Associate. Water and Environmental Research Center, Inst. of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska (Oct. 1997- June 1999).
Leader of the Arctic Environmental Research Expedition (May 1994 – 1996).
Leader of the Antarctic Environmental Research Expedition (1991 – 1993).
Japanese Svalbard Expeditions, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992.
Japanese Greenland Geomorphological Expedition, 1989.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
American Geophysical Union
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
Royal Geographic Society

PUBLICATIONS

Yoshikawa K., L. D. Hinzman, D. L. Kane (2007), Spring and aufeis (icing) hydrology in Brooks Range, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S43, doi:10.1029/2006JG000294.

White D., L. Hinzman, L. Alessa, J. Cassano, M. Chambers, K. Falkner, J. Francis, W. Gutowski Jr., M. Holland, M. Holmes, H. Huntington, D. Kane, A. Kliskey, C. Lee, J. McClelland, B. Peterson, S. Rupp, F. Straneo, M. Steele, R. Woodgate, D. Yang, K. Yoshikawa, T. Zhang (2007), The arctic freshwater system: Changes and impacts, J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S54, doi:10.1029/2006JG000353.

Liljedahl, A., L. Hinzman, R. Busey, and K. Yoshikawa (2007), Physical short-term changes after a tussock tundra fire, Seward Peninsula , Alaska , J. Geophys. Res., 112, F02S07, doi:10.1029/2006JF000554.

Sarah Seelen, Daniel White, Kenji Yoshikawa, and Vincent Autier, 2006, Pyrolysis-GC/MS analysis of leachates for differentiating the parent matter of DOM, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, Volume 5, ISSN 1496-256X, pp S77-S86.

Yoshikawa, K., Y.Okura, A.Vincent, and S. Ishimaru, 2006, Secondary calcite crystallization and oxidation processes of granite near the summit of Mt. McKinley, Alaska. Geomorphologie, relief, processus, environment. No.3, 197-204.

Yoshikawa, K., C. Leuschen, A. Ikeda, K. Harada, P. Gogineni, P. Hoekstra, L. Hinzman, Y. Sawada, and N. Matsuoka (2006), Comparison of geophysical investigations for detection of massive ground ice (pingo ice), J. Geophys. Res., 111, E06S19, doi:10.1029/2005JE002573.

Ping, C. L., G.J. Michaelson, E.C. Packee, C.A.Stiles, D.K. Swamson, and K. Yoshikawa, 2005. Soil catena sequences and fire ecology in the boreal forest of Alaska. Soil Sci.Soc. Am. J. 69. 1761-1772. doi:10.21 36/sssaj2004.0139.

Hinzman, L.D. N.D. Bettez, W. R. Bolton, F. S. Chapin, M. B. Dyurgerov, C. L. Fastie, B. Griffith, R. D. Hollister, A. Hope, H. P. Huntington, A. M. Jensen, G. J. Jia, T. Jorgenson, D. L. Kane, D. R. Klein, G. Kofinas, A. H. Lynch, A. H. Lloyd, A. D. McGuire, F. E. Nelson, M. Nolan, W. C. Oechel, T. E. Osterkamp, C. H. Racine, V. E. Romanovsky, R. S. Stone, D. A. Stow, M. Sturm, C. E. Tweedie, G. L. Vourlitis, M. D. Walker, D. A. Walker, P. J. Webber, J. Welker, K. S. Winker, K. Yoshikawa.  2005. Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Northern Alaska and Other Arctic Regions.  Climatic Change.  72(3):251-298.

Yoshikawa, K. and Overduin, P.P., 2005. Comparing unfrozen water content measurements of frozen soil using recently developed commercial sensors. Cold Regions Science and Technology. Volume 42, Issue 3, November 2005, Pages 250-256, doi:10.1016/j.coldregions.2005.03.001 

Overduin, P., Yoshikawa, K., Kane, D. L., and Harden, J. W., 2005. Comparing electronic probes for volumetric water content of low-density feathermoss. Sensor Review 25. 3. 215-221.

Kanamori, S., Okura, Y.,  Shiraiwa T., and K. Yoshikawa 2004 Snow pit studies and radio-echo soundings on Mt. McKinley, Bulletin of Glaciological Research 22. 89-97.

Bolton, W.R., Hinzman, L., and Yoshikawa, K., 2004, water balance dynamics of three small catchments in a sub-arctic boreal forest. Northern Research Basins Water Balance IAHS Publ.290, 213-223.

Yoshikawa, K. Overduin, P.P. and Harden J.W. 2004. Moisture Content Measurements of Moss (Sphagnum spp.) Using Recently Developed Commercial Sensors. Permafrost Periglac. Process. 15: 1–11.

Yoshikawa, K., Romanovsky, V., Duxbury, N., Brown, J., and Tsapin, A. 2004 The use of geophysical methods to discriminate between brine layers and freshwater taliks in permafrost regions. Jour. Glaciology and geocryology, vol.26. 301-309.

Stow, DA, Hope, A, McGuire, D, Verbyla, D, Gamon, J, Huemmrich, F, Houston, S, Racine, C, Sturm, M, Tape, K, Hinzman, L, Yoshikawa, K, Tweedle, C, Noyle, B, Silapaswan, C, Douglas, D, Griffith, B, Gensuo, J, Epstein, H, Walker, D, Daeschner, S, Petersen, A, Zhou, L, & Myneni, R. 2004. Remote Sensing of Vewgetation and Landcover Change in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems, Remote Sensing of Environment, 89 (2004) 281-308, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2003.10.018.

White, D. M., Garland S. D., Beyer L. and Yoshikawa K. 2004. Pyrolysis-GC/MS fingerprinting of environmental samples. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. Vol.71, Issue1, 107-118.  doi:10.1016/S0165-2370(03)00101-3.

Matsuoka, N., Sawaguchi, S. and Yoshikawa, K. 2004. Present-day periglacial environments in central Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Geographical Review of Japan, 77, 276-300.

Duxbury, N. S., S. Abyzov, V. Romanovsky, K. Yoshikawa, 2004. A  combination of  radar and thermal   approaches to  search  for methane clathrate  in the Martian subsurface, Planetary
and Space Science, Vol. 52, 109 - 115.

Yoshikawa, K. 2003. Origin of the polygons and the thickness of Vastitas Borealis  Formation in Western Utopia Planitia on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters. 12, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017165.1603, 2003.

Yoshikawa , K. and Hinzman, LD. 2003. Shrinking thermokarst ponds and groundwater dynamics in discontinuous permafrost near Council, Alaska. Permafrost Periglac. Process 14: 151-160. DOI:10.1002/ppp.451

Yoshikawa, K.,  D. White, L. Hinzman, D. Goering, K. Petrone, W. Bolton, and N. Ishikawa. 2003 Water in permafrost; case study of aufeis and pingo hydrology in discontinuous permafrost. In Permafrost, 8th International Conference on Permafrost.  Phillips, Springman & Arenson (Eds). Vol. 2. 1259-1264.

Lloyd, A.H., Yoshikawa, K., Fastie, C.L., Hinzman, L.D., and  Fraver, M. 2003. Effects of permafrost degradation on woody vegetation at arctic treeline on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Permafrost Periglac. Process 14: 93-101.

Boike, J. and  Yoshikawa, K. 2003. Mapping of Periglacial Geomorphology using Kite/Balloon Aerial Photography. Permafrost Periglac. Process. 14: 81–85.

Hinzman, L.D., D.L. Kane, and K. Yoshikawa.  2003.  Soil Moisture Response to a changing climate in arctic regions.  Tôhoku Geophysical Journal.  36(4):369-373.

Hinzman, LD, Ishikawa, N., Yoshikawa, K., Bolton W. R. and Petrone K.C. 2003. Hydrologic studies in Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed in support of long term ecological research. Eurasian J. For. Res. 5-2: 67-71.

Leuschen, C., P. Kanagaratnam, K. Yoshikawa, S. Arcone, and S. Gogineni. 2003. Design and Field Experiments of a Surface-Penetrating Radar for Mars Exploration, The Journal of Geophysical Research., 108(E4), 8034, doi: 10.1029/2002JE001876, 2003.

Yoshikawa, K., W. R. Bolton, V. E. Romanovsky, M. Fukuda, and L. D. Hinzman, 2002 Impacts of wildfire on the permafrost in the boreal forests of Interior Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 8148, doi:10.1029/2001JD000438, 2002. [printed 108(D1), 2003]

Yoshikawa, K., Hinzman, L. D., and Gogineni, P., 2002 Ground temperature and permafrost mapping using an equivalent latitude/elevation model. Jour. Glaciology and Geocryology. 24. 5. 526-531.

Farr, T.G. Yoshikawa K. et. al. 2002. Terrestrial analogs to Mars. The future of solar system exploration, 2003-2013. ASP conference series, vol. 272, Sykes, M.V. edi. 35-76.

Romanovsky, V.E., M. Burgess, S. Smith, K. Yoshikawa, and J. Brown, 2002. Permafrost Temperature Records: Indicators of Climate Change, Eos, 83, 50, 586-594. 

White, D., Yoshikawa, K., and D. S. Garland. 2002. Use of dissolved organic matter to support hydrologic investigations in a permafrost-dominated watershed. Cold Regions Science and Technology. 35, 27-33.

Manies, K.L., J.W. Harden, K. Yoshikawa, and J. Randerson. 2001. The Effect of soil drainage on fire and carbon cycling in central Alaska. In Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey. J. Galloway (ed.) U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1678. 145-152.

Ishikawa, N., Sato, N., Kawauchi, K., Yoshikawa, K.,and L. D. Hinzman. 2001. Characteristics of the water cycle in the discontinuous permafrost region in the interior Alaska. Polar Meteology and Glaciology, 15, 78-90.

Hinzman L.D., K. Yoshikawa, M. Fukuda, V.I. Romanovsky, K. Petrone and W. Bolton.  2001.  Wildfire in the Subarctic Boreal Forests, Ecosystem Impacts and Response to a Warming Climate.  Tôhoku Geophysical Journal.  36(2):230-232.

Yoshikawa, K., Ishimaru, S. and Harada, K. 2000. Weathering Processes for Paleozoic Marbles in the Independence Hills and Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. Physical geography 21,6, 568-576.

Ishimaru, S. and Yoshikawa, K., 2000: The weathering of granodiorite porphyry in the Thiel Mountains, inland Antarctica. Geografiska Annaler, 82A(1), 45-57.

Yoshikawa, K.,  Nakamura, T. and Igarashi, Y., 1996: Growth and Collapse History of Pingos, Kuganguaq, Diskq Island, Greenland. Polarforschung 64:3. 109-113.

Yoshikawa, K. and Nakamura, T., 1996: Pingos growth age in Delta area, Adventdalen Spitsbergen. Polar Record. 32. 347-352.

Osada, K., Matsunaga, K., Mori, I., Iwasaka, Y. and Yoshikawa, K., 1996: Ionic constituents in Surface Snow Samples obtained by Antarctic Walk Expedition, Summer of 1992/93. Jour. Geomagnetism and Geoelectricity, 48:1189-1196.

Harada, K. and Yoshikawa, K., 1996: Permafrost age and thickness near Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen. Polar Geography. 20:267-281.

Yoshikawa, K. and Harada, K., 1995: Observations on Nearshore Pingo Growth, Adventdalen, Spitsbergen. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 6:361-372.

Yoshikawa, K., 1993: Notes on open-system pingo ice, Adventdalen, Spitsbergen. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 4:327-334.

Yoshikawa, K., 1993: Test trip for the South Pole. Chemical Engineering. 57(9): 680-683.

Yoshikawa, K., 1991: Age of growth two pingos, Saqaq Dalen, West Central Greenland. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 2:245-252.

Ono, Y., Matsuoka, N., Sawaguchi, S., Shimokawa, K., Fukuda, M., Takahashi, N., Shiraiwa, T., Hasegawa, H., Yoshikawa, K., and Muto, H., 1991: Geomorphological results of the Japanese expedition to Svalbard, 1988-1989. Mountain Research and Development, 11(3): 259-269.

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