（Last updated : 2026-04-20 16:00:14）
  KENJI BABA
   Department   Department of Environment Systems, Faculty of Geo-Environmental Science
   Position   Professor
■ Present specialized field
Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences, Environmental dynamic analysis, Environmental impact assessment, Geography, Social-ecological systems, Mathematical informatics, Disaster prevention engineering, Education on school subjects and primary/secondary education, Science education (Key Word：Meteorology,Sea ice,Oceanography) 
■ Academic conference presentation
1. 2025/05/26 Analysis of the Graupel formation process in inland Ishikari Plain using X-band dual-polarization radar: Band-Shaped Snow Cloud on December 22, 2023 (Japan Geoscience Union)
2. 2018/06/06 Temporary Variation of Surface Air Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure Under Convective Clouds in Winter Monsoon (Asia Oceania Geosciences Society)
3. 2017/02/16 Intraseasonal Variability of Antarctic Sea-Ice in Austral Winter Related to ENSO and SAM Events (International Symposium on The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate)
4. 2017/02/16 Southern Ocean Blocking and Antarctic Sea ice (International Symposium on The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate)
5. 2015/11/24 Study on intraseasonal stationary waves of sea-ice and atmospheric fields in the Antarctic (Meteorological Society of New Zealand 2015 annual conference)
■ Activity in society
1. 2018/01～2018/01 Seminar in high school
2. 2017/12～2017/12 Meeting on Climate
3. 2017/07～2017/07 Science lecture
4. 2005/03 Polar meteorology and glaciology
■ Exhibition, concert, and athletic meet
1. 1999/01/12～1999/01/27 Cruise Observations in the Greenland Sea and Barents Sea
■ Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
1. 2022/04～2023/03  Research on understanding atmospheric field fluctuations under convective snow clouds and their effects on human health based on dense observations of the Ishikari Plain in winter  (Key Word : )
2. 2022/04～2023/03  Simulation analysis of atmospheric environment field under convective snow clouds  (Key Word : )
3. 2017/04～2018/03  Research on aerosol transportation from Asian dust hotspot region  (Key Word : )
4. 2016/04～2019/03  Analysis on conversion processes from ice crystals to snowflakes using a Ka-band polarimetric cloud radar and ground-based instruments  (Key Word : )
5. 2013/04～2017/03  Bioaerosol time-space transition during Asian dust transport incorporating cloud physics process  (Key Word : )
■ Academic background
1.
Degree Acquisition		 Hokkaido University, Doctor(Environmental Earth Science)
2. 2000～2003 Graduate School, Division of Earth Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
3. 1998～2000 Graduate School, Division of Earth Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
4. ～1995 Geography, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
■ Belonging society
1. 2018/04～ JAPANESE SOCIETY OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
2. 2010/04～ JAPAN SOCIETY OF EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION