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Department of Zoology
Department of Botany
Department of Paleontology and Anthropology

Department of Science
Center for Collections
Institute for Nature Study

Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
Tsukuba Botanical Garden

Profile of Researchers

Department	Group	Position	Name	Research Field
Department of Zoology	Director & Director of the Showa Memorial Institute		Toshihiko Fujita	Echinoderm (asterid)
	Division of Vertebrates	Head of the Division	Gento Shinohara	Fishes
		Senior Curator & Curator of the Team of Urban Ecology Research	Isao Nishiumi	Birds
		Senior Curator	Shin-ichiro Kawada	Mammals
		Senior Curator	Yuko Tajima	Marine Mammalogy,Veterinary Pathology,Vertebrate Morphology
		Senior Curator	Masanori Nakae	Fishes
		Curator	Natsuhiko Yoshikawa	Amphibians, Reptiles
	Division of Marine Invertebrates	Head of the Division	Hiroshi Saito	Mollusks (chitons etc.)
		Senior Curator & curator of the Showa Memorial Institute Curator	Hiroshi Namikawa	Cnidaria, Tunicata
		Senior Curator & curator of the Showa Memorial Institute Curator & Collection Manager	Kazunori Hasegawa	Mollusks (gastropods)
		Senior Curator	Hironori Komatsu	Crustacea (crabs)
		Senior Curator & Curator of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research	Goro Tanifuji	Comparative genomics, Endosymbiosis, Parasitism, Protist
	Division of Terrestrial Invertebrates	Head of the Division & Curator of the Team of Urban Ecology Research & Collection Manager	Shuhei Nomura	Coleoptera
		Senior Curator & Deputy Collection Director & Deputy Head of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research	Utsugi Jinbo	Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), biodiversity informatics
		Senior Curator	Takuya Kiyoshi	Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
		Senior Curator	Tatsuya Ide	Hymenoptera, gall-inducing insects
		Senior Curator	Kenichi Okumura	Arachnida (spiders)
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Department	Group	Position	Name	Research Field
Department of Botany	Senior Consultant in Research & Deputy Director General & Director & Director of the Center for Collections & Head of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research		Tsuyoshi Hosoya	Fungi - Ascomycota (cup fungi & microfungi)
	Division of Land Plants	Head of Division of Land Plants	Nobuyuki Tanaka	Spermatophyta (seed plants)
		Senior Curator & Collection Manager	Atsushi Ebihara	Pteridophyta (ferns & fern allies)
		Curator	Yuya Inoue	Bryophytes
		Curator	Ai Nagahama	Spermatophyta (seed plants)
	Division of Fungi and Algae	Head of the Division & Curator of the Team of Urban Ecology Research	Yoshihito Ohmura	Fungi - lichens
		Senior Curator	Taiju Kitayama	Algae - macroalgae
		Senior Curator	Akihiro Tuji	Algae - microalgae
		Senior Curator & Curator of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research	Kentaro Hosaka	Fungi - Basidiomycota (mushrooms & false truffles)
	Division of Plant Diversity and Conservation	Head of the Division & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden & Curator of the Team of Urban Ecology Research	Goro Kokubugata	Spermatophyta (seed plants)
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden	Norio Tanaka	Spermatophyta (seed plants)
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden & Curator of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research	Chie Tsutsumi	Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden	Yudai Okuyama	Flowering plants (Pollination biology, Evolutionary genetics)
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden & Collection Manager	Yoshinori Murai	Plant Science, Environmental Adaptation, Chemical Ecology
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden	Takayuki Mizuno	Flower Coloration, Horticultural Science, Natural Product
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Department	Group	Position	Name	Research Field
Department of Paleontology and Anthropology	Director		Naoki Kohno	Fossils of marine mammals
	Division of Evolutionary Paleobiology	Head of the Division	Atsushi Yabe	Paleobotany
		Senior Curator & Collection Manager	Takanobu Tsuihiji	Dinosaurs and other Mesozinc reptiles including avialans
		Senior Curator	Yuri Kimura	Fossil terrestrial mammals
	Division of Paleoenvironment and Paleoecology	Head of the Division	Yasunari Shigeta	Fossil cephalopods (ammonoids, nautiloids), Mesozoic stratigraphy
		Senior Curator	Megumi Saito-Kato	Freshwater microfossils
		Senior Curator	Yoshimi Kubota	Paleoclimatology, Paleoceanography
		Senior Curator	Takuma Haga	Evolutionary paleontology, Historical phylogeny, Taxonomy of mollusks, Malacology
	Division of Anthropology	Head of the Division & Collection Manager	Kazuhiro Sakaue	Physical Anthropology, Forensic anthropology (identification of the bones found in criminal cases)
		Senior Curator	Masaki Fujita	Physical Anthropology, Zooarchaeology
		Senior Curator & Curator of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research	Hideaki Kanzawa	Biological anthropology (Molecular anthropology)
		Curator	Wataru Morita	Morphological variation of tooth (Pleistocene hominin evolution, Tooth evo-devo)
		Curator	Mai Takigami	Isotopic Ecology, Radiocarbon dating, Andean Archaeology, Bioarchaeology
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Department	Group	Position	Name	Research Field
Department of Science	Director		Takashi Sano	Volcanology
	Division of Geology	Head of the Division	Kenichiro Tani	Petrology, Geochronology, Volcanology
		Senior Curator	Yukiyasu Tsutsumi	Geochronology
		Senior Curator	Koichi Momma	Mineralogy
	Division of Physical Sciences	Head of the Division	Satoko Murotani	Seismology
		Curator	Hiroto Kono	History of Science and Technology
		Curator	Shun Hayashi	Chemistry
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Department	Position		Name	Research Field
Center for Collections	Senior Director in Research & Deputy Director General & Director & Director of the Center for Collections & Head of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research		Tsuyoshi Hosoya	Fungi - Ascomycota (cup fungi & microfungi)
	Deputy Collection Director & Deputy Head of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research		Utsugi Jinbo	Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), biodiversity informatics
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Department	Position		Name	Research Field
Center for the History of Japanese Industrial Technology	Head of the Center		Masahiro Maejima	Electric engineering (electricity, communication technology), history of technology
	History of Science and Technology Research Group	Head of the Division & Curator of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology & Collection Manager	Takahiko Kutsuna	Material science, Conservation science
		Senior Curator & Curator of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology	Toshio Kubota	History of civil engineering
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Department	Position		Name	Research Field
Tsukuba botanical gardern	Director of the Tsukuba Botanical Garden		Tomohisa Yukawa	Spermatophyta (seed plants)
		Head of the Division & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden & Curator of the Team of Urban Ecology Research	Goro Kokubugata	Spermatophyta (seed plants)
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden	Norio Tanaka	Spermatophyta (seed plants)
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden & Curator of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research	Chie Tsutsumi	Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden	Yudai Okuyama	Flowering plants (Pollination biology, Evolutionary genetics)
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden & Collection Manager	Yoshinori Murai	Plant Science, Environmental Adaptation, Chemical Ecology
		Senior Curator & Curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden	Takayuki Mizuno	Flower Coloration, Horticultural Science, Natural Product
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