Education

M.S.,  Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Japan

B.S.,  Science of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Japan

Teaching Experience

GEOS 323: Computational Methods (Spring 2024)

GEOS 488: Snow Ice and Climate (Fall 2023)

GEOS 488: Snow Ice and Climate (Fall 2021)

GEOS 391: Computational Methods in EES (Spring 2021)

GEOS 318: Earth's changing climate (Fall 2020)

GEOS 105: Oceanography (Spring 2020)

GEOS 318: Climate System Dynamics (Fall 2019)

GEOS 107: Natural Disasters (Fall 2019)

Research Interests

Seasonal elevation changes on glaciers in Greenland

Multi-decadal elevation changes of the land terminating sector of West Greenland

Investigations of the physical processes in polar firn using modeling and field measurments

Publications

Harper J, Saito J, Humphrey N (2023). Cold Season Rain Event Has Impact on Greenland's Firn Layer Comparable to Entire Summer Melt Season. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103654. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL10365

Saito J, Meierbachtol T, Harper J (2022). Multi-decadal elevation changes of the land terminating sector of West Greenland. Journal of Glaciology, 1–9. https:// doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.47

Fukumoto S, Sugiyama S, Hata S, Saito J, Shiraiwa T, Mitsudera H (2022). Glacier mass change on the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, from 2000 to 2016. Journal of Glaciology 1–14. (doi.org/10.1017/ jog.2022.50)

Liljedahl, L. C., Meierbachtol, T., Harper, J., van As, D., Näslund, J.-O., Selroos, J.-O., Saito J., et al. (2021). Rapid and sensitive response of Greenland’s groundwater system to ice sheet change. Nature Geos.. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00813-1

Harper J, Meierbachtol T, Humphrey N, Saito J and Stansberry A (2021). Generation and fate of basal meltwater during winter, western Greenland Ice Sheet. The Cryosphere, 15(12), 5409-5421 (doi: 10.5194/tc-15-5409-2021)

Sugiyama S, Tsutaki S, Sakakibara D, Saito J, Ohashi Y, Katayama N, Podolskiy E, Matoba S, Funk M and Genco R (2017). Recent ice mass loss in northwestern Greenland: Results of the GRENE Greenland project and overview of the ArCS. 低温科学, 75, 1–13

Saito J, Sugiyama S, Tsutaki S, and Sawagaki T (2016). Surface elevation change on ice caps in the Qaanaaq region, northwestern Greenland. Polar Sci., 10, 239–248.

Affiliations

The Japanese Society of Snow and Ice, since 2013

Specialized Skills

ArcMap, QGIS, Matlab, Python and Leica Photogrammetry Suites (LPS)

Professional Experience

Job experience

Meiji Consultant Co., Ltd., Japan (2015 - 2016)

I was engaged in landslide survey and geological investigation to estimate the depth and longitudinal shape of a slip surface formed in a landslide slope and determine the position of the slip surface by observing cores made by boring a landslide slope.

Feild Activities

Bowdoin Glacier, Qaanaaq Ice Cap, Northwestern Greenland (Jun. 2014 – Aug. 2014)

Rhone Glacier, Switzerland (Sep. 2013)

International Experience

Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Program, Environment Education in Bhutan (2017-2019)

I have provided technical guidance for GIS at the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environmental Research (UWICER). I have supported students from The School for Field Studies (SFS) with GIS. My activities in Bhutan were introduced by Kuensel (Bhutan National Newspaper) (https://kuenselonline.com/thorthormi-glacier-recedes-by-1-2kms-in-last-16-years/).

Honors / Awards

Excellent Thesis Award at the Japanese Society of Snow and Ice, Hokkaido branch (2015)

Hobbies

Marathon, Soccer, Climbing and Ski