SAWADA Kiyoto

Affiliation
Institute of Art and Design
Official title
Assistant Professor
ORCID
0009-0002-7624-9059
Sex
Male
Birth date
1997-03
KAKEN ID
91003119
URL
Email
)J8N8;8cB@PFKFc>EZieLcKJLBL98c8:cAG
Research fields
Ecology/Environment
Conservation of biological resources
Research keywords
Animal Ecology
Conservation Ecology
Herpetology
Nature Conservation
Research projects
伊⾖諸島式根島における国内外来種アズマヒキガエルの根絶に向けた駆除活動2025-10 -- 2027-10馬籠優輔Pro Natura Foundation Japan/36th Domestic Research Grant of the Pro Natura Found420,000Yen
筑波山地域におけるシマヘビの衰退要因を探る2025-10 -- 2026-09澤田聖人Nippon Life Insurance Foundation/2025年度ニッセイ財団環境問題研究助成「若手研究・奨励研究」1,100,000Yen
Study on coexistence dynamics between Tadami clawed salamander, Onychodactylus fuscus, and Japanese clawed salamander, Onychodactylus japonicus2025-06 -- 2026-03MUNAKATA MasakiTadami Town, Minamiaizu County, Fukushima Prefecture/Grant for academic research on "Tadami, the Natural Capital"449,000Yen
Ecological Impacts of the Explosive Increase in the Number of the Domestic Alien Frog, Fejervarya kawamurai, on Native Frog Communities in the Kanto Plain, Japan2024-10 -- 2026-09SAWADA KiyotoPro Natura Foundation Japan/34th Domestic Research Grant of the Pro Natura Found1,000,000Yen
Clarifying the ecological significance of acoustic adaptation of native species to the calls of non-native species2024-07 -- 2026-03SAWADA KiyotoJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)/Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up2,860,000Yen
Is the global invasive alien species, Rhinella marina, being used as a toxin source for native Rhabdophis snakes in Taiwan?2023-10 -- 2024-03SAWADA KiyotoJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)/JSPS Overseas Challenge Program for Young Researchers1,000,000Yen
The ecological changes in relation to the acquiring nuchal glands' toxin in the snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus, and its adaptation significance on Sado Island2022-04 -- 2024-03SAWADA KiyotoJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)/Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows1,910,000Yen
Invasion of a toxic source organism and its impact on the snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus, on Sado Island with a focus on secondary use of prey toxins.2021-10 -- 2022-03SAWADA KiyotoJapan Science and Technology Agency (JST)/SPRING : Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation250,000Yen
Career history
2025-06 -- (current)University of Tsukuba,Institute of Art and Design,Assistant Professor
2025-06 -- (current)University of Tsukuba,Tsukuba Institute for Advanced Research (TIAR),TIAR Assistant Professor
2024-04 -- 2025-05University of Tsukuba,Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences,Assistant Professor
2023-10 -- 2024-03National Pingtung University of Science and Technology,Department of Biological Science and Technology,Guest Researcher
2023-10 -- 2024-03Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Research Fellow（PD; Change from DC2）
2022-04 -- 2023-09Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,Research Fellow（DC2）
2021-12 -- 2022-03Niigata University,Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability,Research Assistant (part-time)
Academic background
2021-04 -- 2023-09University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Doctoral Program in Agricultual Sciences of the Degree Programs in Life and Earth Sciences
2019-04 -- 2021-03University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Master's Program in Agro-Bioresources Science and Technology
2015-04 -- 2019-03Toho University Faculty of Science Department of Biology
Degree
2023-09Ph. D. (Agricultural Science)University of Tsukuba
2021-03M. S. (Agricultural Science)University of Tsukuba
2019-03B. S. (Science)Toho University
Academic societies
2020-12 -- (current)ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2018-10 -- (current)Herpetological Society of Japan
Honors & Awards
2025-03"GOOD!" Award, The 72nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan
2024-03Best English Presentation Award, The 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan
2024-03Excellent English Presentation Award, The 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan
2023-09Dean of Degree Programs in Life and Earth sciences, University of Tsukuba
2023-03Best Poster Award (Alien Species Part), The 70th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan
2019-12Excellent Poster Award, The 5th Annual Meeting of the Mountain Studies
Articles
Conference, etc.
  • Diurnal and Nocturnal Snake Community Structure in a Typical Japanese Satoyama
    Kiyoto SAWADA; Yusuke MAGOME; Seishi KADOWAKI; Takashi...
    The Japan–Taiwan Joint Conference on Herpetology/2025-09-21--2025-09-22
  • Fine-Scale Distribution Modelling Indicates the Importance of Water Sources and Forest for Frogs in Rural and Urbanized Areas of Japan
    Abdullah BARAKAT; Kiyoto SAWADA; Yusuke MAGOME; Takash...
    The Japan–Taiwan Joint Conference on Herpetology/2025-09-21--2025-09-22
  • Skeletochronological study of Onychodactylus tsukubaensis
    Masaki MUNAKATA; Kiyoto SAWADA; Mitsuru HIROTA; Natsuh...
    The Japan–Taiwan Joint Conference on Herpetology/2025-09-21--2025-09-22
  • Inter-island comparison of morphology, population density, and diet of the introduced non-native toad Bufo formosus in the Izu Islands
    Yusuke MAGOME; Kiyoto SAWADA; Takashi KAMIJO
    The Japan–Taiwan Joint Conference on Herpetology/2025-09-21--2025-09-22
  • Changes in diet of invasive frogs along the time axis of invasion and impact on native frogs
    Yuta HOSOTANI; Kiyoto SAWADA; Rio OBATA; Miho HITOMI; ...
    The Japan–Taiwan Joint Conference on Herpetology/2025-09-21--2025-09-22
  • Visualizing the Invasion Stage of Bufo formosus on Hachijo-jima Using SDMs and Field Surveys
    Yusuke MAGOME; Kiyoto SAWADA; Kohei SUZUKI; Takashi K...
    The 11th EAFES (East Asian Federation of Ecological Societies) International Congress/2025-07-19--2025-07-22
  • Will the Japanese toad Bufo formosus, a domestic alien species, continue to expand its distribution on Hachijo-jima Island?
    馬籠優輔; 澤田 聖人; 鈴木康平; 上條隆志
    日本生態学会第72回全国大会/2025-03-15--2025-03-18
  • Do the calls of alien frogs alter the calls of native frogs?-preliminary investigation-
    澤田 聖人; 細谷祐太; 馬籠優輔; 柗島野枝; 門脇正史; 上條隆志
    日本生態学会第72回全国大会/2025-03-15--2025-03-18
  • Modelling the spatial distribution of frogs in Tsukuba City using Maxent
    Abdullah Barakat; Kiyoto Sawada; Yusuke Magome; Takash...
    日本爬虫両棲類学会第63回姫路大会/2024-11-02--2024-11-03
  • 無毒ヘビとされてきたヒバカリが弱毒を有しているという仮説の予備的検証
    宗像 優生; 八畑 謙介; 澤田 聖人
    日本爬虫両棲類学会第63回姫路大会/2024-11-02--2024-11-03
  • 伊豆諸島における国内外来種アズマヒキガエルの分布状況と在来昆虫相への捕食影響
    馬籠 優輔; 澤田 聖人; 鈴木 康平; 上條 隆志
    日本爬虫両棲類学会第63回姫路大会/2024-11-02--2024-11-03
  • タイワンヤマカガシの有毒外来種オオヒキガエルに対する捕食可能性
    澤田 聖人; 上條 隆志; 蔡添順
    日本爬虫両棲類学会第63回姫路大会/2024-11-02--2024-11-03
  • つくば市における生物多様性地域戦略作成に向けた基礎調査と今後の展望について
    上條 隆志; 小幡 和男; ⾨脇 正史; 鈴木 康平; 川田 清和; 藤平 真理; 澤田 聖人; A...
    植生学会第29回大会/2024-10-18--2024-10-20
  • 伊⾖諸島における国内外来種アズマヒキガエルの分布と環境要因との関係
    馬籠 優輔; 澤田 聖人; 鈴木 康平; 上條 隆志
    植生学会第29回大会/2024-10-18--2024-10-20
  • Temporal, spatial, and dietary niche partitioning among snake species on Sado Island
    Sawada Kiyoto; Watanabe Yuka; Kobayashi Kohei; Magome ...
    The 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan/2024-03-16--2024-03-21
  • How canopy structures mediate the effect of decreased snow on phenology of tree seeding in boreal forest?
    Cai Yihan; Sawada Kiyoto; Kobayashi Makoto
    The 71st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan/2024-3-16--2024-3-21
  • 三宅島における国内外来種アズマヒキガエルの分布特性と大路池周辺個体群の小型化
    馬籠 優輔; 澤田 聖人; 鈴木 康平; 上條 隆志
    日本生態学会第71回全国大会/2024-3-16--2024-3-21
  • 佐渡島モリアオガエルのニッチ拡大に基づく形態およびライフサイクルの変化とその要因
    藤田 健; 田口 裕哉; 澤田 聖人; 陶山 佳久; 杉山 稔恵; 阿部 晴恵
    日本生態学会第71回全国大会/2024-3-16--2024-3-21
  • 三宅島における国内外来種アズマヒキガエルの分布様式
    馬籠 優輔; 澤田 聖人; 鈴木 康平; 上條 隆志
    日本爬虫両棲類学会第62回大会/2023-12-9--2023-12-10
  • 2000年噴火後の三宅島における景観と国内外来種アズマヒキガエルとの関係
    馬籠優輔; 澤田聖人; 鈴木康平; 上條 隆志
    植生学会第28回大会/2023-10-14--2023-10-14
  • 毒源ヒキガエル侵入による在来ヤマカガシの頸腺毒獲得と対捕食者行動の変化
    澤田 聖人; 井上 貴斗; 森 直樹; 森 哲; 上條 隆志
    日本生態学会第70回全国大会/2023-03-17--2023-03-21
  • 佐渡島の魚食シマヘビが担う物質循環機能
    渡部 侑果; 澤田 聖人; 小林 幸平; 長谷川 雅美; 飯田 碧; 阿部 晴恵
    日本生態学会第70回全国大会/2023-03--2023-03
  • 都市部、非都市部及び島嶼部におけるシマヘビの形態変異とその要因
    小林 幸平; 渡部 侑果; 澤田 聖人; 阿部 晴恵
    日本生態学会第70回全国大会/2023-03--2023-03
  • 佐渡島の山地と平野間におけるモリアオガエルの形態変化と遺伝子流動
    藤田 健; 田口 裕哉; 澤田 聖人; 陶山 佳久; 阿部 晴恵
    日本生態学会第70回全国大会/2023-03--2023-03
  • Toxin acquisition and a change of antipredator behavior in Rhabdophis tigrinus (Serpentes: Colubridae) in relation to the invasion of a toxin source toad
    Sawada Kiyoto; Inoue Takato; Mori Naoki; Mori Akira; ...
    British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2022/2022-12--2022-12
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Teaching
2025-08 -- 2025-08Field Practice of Wildlife ManagementUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Long-term InternshipUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Long-term InternshipUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Mid-term InternshipUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Mid-term InternshipUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Short-term Internship 2University of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Short-term Internship 2University of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Short-term InternshipUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Short-term InternshipUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Seminar on Ecology VSUniversity of Tsukuba.
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Other educational activities
2024-11 -- 2024-11つくば生き物多様性フェスタ（ポスター展示）筑波大学
2024-11 -- 2024-11総合的な学習の時間（環境と動物）流山市立市野谷小学校
2024-11 -- 2024-11生物ひろば（つくば科学フェスティバル2024）つくば市・つくば市教育委員会
2024-08 -- 2024-08トキの里山探検隊フォローアップ研修新潟大学 佐渡自然共生科学センター
Talks
  • ちょっと怖いけど面白い！ヘビとカエルと毒のお話
    澤田 聖人
    星空の下の科学教室（2024年）/2024-7-14--2024-7-14
  • ヘビ・カエル王国“佐渡島”-彼らはどこでどのように暮らしているのか-
    澤田 聖人
    令和3年度佐渡ゼミ/2022-10-21--2022-10-21
Professional activities
2025-09 -- 2025-11University of Tsukubaつくば生き物多様性フェスタ開催実行委員会 / 実行委員
2025-05 -- (current)THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETYThe 137th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Forestry Society / Committee Member
2025-04 -- (current)Herpetological Society of JapanExecutive Council / Auditor
2025-01 -- 2025-09Herpetological Society of JapanThe Japan–Taiwan Joint Conference on Herpetology / Officers
University Management
2024-04 -- (current)Management Committee, Certificate Programme on Nature Conservation, University of TsukubaSteering Committee Member
2024-04 -- (current)Working Group, Certificate Programme on Nature Conservation, University of TsukubaGroup member
Other activities
2025-05 -- 2025-05テレビ東京：日曜ビッグバラエティ「ニッポン猛毒生物研究所」 / 写真提供
2024-11 -- 2024-11日本爬虫両棲類学会第63回姫路大会 / 座長

(Last updated: 2025-10-07)