Rate My Professor Yuji Araki

Yuji Araki is Professor in the Technology and Information course at the Faculty of Education, Saitama University. He earned a PhD in Environmental Science from Yokohama National University in June 2007. Araki previously served as Associate Professor at Saitama University Faculty of Education from April 2011 to March 2025 before his promotion to Professor in April 2025. His career includes additional appointments at institutions such as Tokyo Gakugei University, Fukushima University, The Open University of Japan, Kanazawa University, Urawa University, Shonan Institute of Technology, Shiga University, Yokohama National University, and The University of Tokyo.

Araki’s research focuses on areas including vegetation, conservation ecology, Technology Education, and cultivation of crops. His fields of study encompass environmental science and agricultural science, agricultural environmental and information engineering, forest science, biological resource conservation, science education, ecology and environmental science, biodiversity and systematics, environmental dynamics, and primary/secondary education and curricula. Recent publications include analyses of high school biology curricula from the perspective of technology education and studies on the effects of irrigation and soil amendments on plant growth and crop production. He maintains a professional email address at the university.