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DEBASREE CHATTERJEE-DAWN
Assistant Professor of Practice
Department of Geosciences
North Dakota State University
Dept. 2745, P.O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050, USA
701-231-6723 (office)
E-mail: [email protected]
Education:
Ph.D. in Environmental Geomorphology
Department of Geo-Environmental Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. April
1992 - March 1998.
M.A. in Geography (graduate thesis on Remote Sensing and Terrain Evaluation in Geomorphology)
Department of Geography, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West-Bengal, India. August 1989 - July 1991.
B.A in Geography
Department of Geography, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, West-Bengal, India. August 1986 - July 1989.
Professional Experience:
Assistant Professor of Practice, Department of Geosciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota,
USA. Aug. 2014 - Present
Distance Education Instructor, Department of Geosciences and Distance & Continuing Education, North Dakota
State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA. Aug. 2013 – July 2014.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw,
Georgia, USA. Aug. 2012 – Mar. 2014.
Visiting Researcher at Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan. Jan. 2007 –
Dec. 2012.
Research Assistant, Department of International Environmental and Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of
Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan. Nov. 2006 – Feb. 2007.
Researcher (system operator and mapping advisor), The Institute for Applied Geography, Inc., West Tokyo, Japan.
June 1998 – May 1999.
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Teaching Experience:
GEOG 1113: Introduction to Physical Geography (Landforms)
GEOG 151: Human Geography
GEOG 161: World Regional Geography
GEOG 262: Geography of North America
GEOG 105: Fundamentals of GIS
Research Experience:
Slope Processes and Hillslope Development in Humid Temperate Climate in Northeastern Japan.
Remote Sensing and Terrain Evaluation of Muhhamad Bazar, Birbhum District, W.B., India.
Laboratory Skills: Radiocarbon dating, Tephrochronology, Soil Survey and Sampling, Soil Particle Analysis,
Organic Carbon and Soil-moisture Content.
Future Research Interests:
Spatial analysis of active slope failures in relation to slope breaks using RS and GIS in Mediterranean and Tropical
climate.
Reconstruction of Quaternary climatic and environmental changes.
Scholarship/Award/Professional Development:
Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) 2015 Summer Institute,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts.
Build the Course: Summer Workshop-- Online Course Development Meeting the Requirements of Quality
Matters, College of Social Sciences, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, June – Aug. 2013.
Japanese Government Scholarship/Monbusho by the Ministry of Science and Education, Japan, 1993 - 1997.
Visva-Bharati University Merit Scholarships in the faculty of Humanities for securing rank in the Undergraduate
Examination, 1989, and for the Postgraduate Examination, 1991.
National Merit Scholarship/ Award by the Board of Secondary Education, Govt. of West Bengal, India, 1984.
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Language Proficiency:
English reading, writing ability is excellent and speaking fluently.
Bengali reading, writing ability is excellent and speaking fluently.
Hindi reading, writing ability is excellent and speaking fluently.
Japanese reading ability is good; writing ability through PC is good and speaking fluently.
German two years course certified.
List of Publications and Presentations:
Chatterjee, D. 2016 Role of soil characteristics and hillslope hydrology in relation to slope breaks in two events of
rain-induced shallow landslides in northeastern Japan. Poster presented at Physical Geography Session at AAG
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, March 2016.
Chatterjee, D. 2015 Morphometric Analysis of Slope Failures: A comparative study on two hills with sedimentary
and igneous origins. Poster presented at Physical Geography Session at AAG Annual Meeting, Chicago, April
2015.
Chatterjee, D. 2012 Effects of Climate on Slope Morphology and Hillslope Development. Talk given at the
Department of Geography, University of North Dakota, Oct. 2012.
Tamura, T., Li, Y., Chatterjee, D., Yoshiki, T., and Matsubayashi, T. 2002 Differential occurrence of rapid and slow
mass movements on segmented hillslopes and its implication in late Quaternary paleohydrology in Northeastern
Japan. Catena 48 (2002), 89-105.
Tamura, T., Kato, H., Matsubayashi, T., Furuta, T., Chatterjee, D., and Li, Y. 2002 Stepwise Change in Pipe-flow
and Occurrence of Surface-slide with Increase in Rainfall: Observations in the Hills around Sendai, Northeastern
Japan. Transactions of Japanese Geomorphological Union, 23-4, 675-694.
Tamura, T., Li, Y., Chatterjee, D., Yoshiki, T., and Matsubyashi, T. 1998 Paleohydrological implications of the
frequency of rapid and slow slope processes in Northeastern Japan. Conference Paper Presented at the Third
International Meeting on Global Continental Paleohydrology “GLOCOPH 98”, 76-77.
Chatterjee, D. 1999 A GIS-assisted Analysis of Landslide Distribution on Hillslopes Divided by Slope Breaks.
Science Reports of the Tohoku University, 7th Series (Geography), 49, 69-80.
Chatterjee, D. 1997 Soil-water condition in relation to the occurrence of surface slides: case studies in the two
hills around Sendai (Abstract). Quarterly Journal of Geography, 49, 199-200.
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Chatterjee, D., Sano, Y., Isoda, Y., Tamura, T. 1997 A GIS-aided analysis of occurrence of regolith slides on
segmented hillslopes around Sendai, Northeastern Japan. Proceedings of International Symposium on HydroEnvironment in Asia, 197-200.
Chatterjee, D., Matsubayashi, T., Yamada, D., Tamura, T. 1996 Occurrence of surface slides and slope breaks—
case studies in the two hills surrounding Sendai (Abstract). Transactions of Japanese Geomorphological Union, 17,
45-46.
Chatterjee, D. 1995 Differences in form and regolith characteristics between the upper and lower segments of
slopes in a watershed in the Omatsuzawa Hills, Northeastern Japan. Quarterly Journal of Geography, 47, 135-143.
Chatterjee, D., Matsubayashi, T., Yamada, D., and Tamura, T. 1995 Topographic occurrence of surface slides
on hillslope micro-landforms on 22-23rd September 1994, in the Takadate Hills, south of Sendai (Abstract). Quarterly
Journal of Geography, 47, 230-231.
Professional Affiliation:
American Association of Geographers (AAG) - National
American Association of Geographers (AAG) – Regional (Great Plains- Rocky Mountain)
Japanese Geoscience Union (JGU)
Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS)
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