Associate Professor ：
Haruto Ishi
Specializations ：
Marine Ecology

1. Ecology of the jellyfish
2. Ecology of the marine zooplankton
3. Ecosystem in the Tokyo Bay and the relationship with environmental changes

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Professor：
Masami Ishida
Specializations ：
Molecular Biochemistry, Microbiology

• Application of extremophiles and their enzymes for environmental preservation.
• Microbial degradation of biodegradable plastics in marine environment.
• Biochemistry of molecular adaptation of extremophiles, such as piezophiles, psychrophiles, and thermophiles.

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Professor：
Hideaki Endoh
Specializations ：
Bioelectrochemistry

• Development of Biosensor Systems for Fish Health
• Development of Monitoring System for Fish Stress
• Application of Biocatalysis for Environmental Control

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Associate Professor ：
Masahiko Okai
Specializations ：
Biological Structural Chemistry, Protein Engineering

• Secretory Expression of Useful Proteins in Yeasts
• Crystal Structural Analysis of Proteins

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Associate Professor ：
Toshiya Katano
Specializations ：
Phytoplankton Ecology

1. Population dynamics of phytoplankton
2. Interaction among plankton species
3. Community composition and environmental gradient
4. Developmental processes of Red Tide

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Associate Professor ：
Michiya Kamio
Specializations ：
Chemical Communication, Chemical Ecology, Marine Natural Products Chemistry

• Pheromones in Crustaceans
• Chemical defense of Sea hare
• Metabolites in Marine Ecological Community

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Professor：
Mitsunobu Kamiya
Specializations ：
Phycology

1. Evolution and speciation of macroalgae
2. Life cycle and reproductive strategy of macroalgae
3. Environmental acclimation and adaptation of macroalgae
4. Allelopathy of seaweeds
5. Ecological survey of endangered macroalgal species

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Assistant Professor ：
Haiyun Wu
Specializations ：
Bio-applications, Bioelectrochemistry

• Development of Biosensor Systems for fish
• Monitoring of Fish Oxidative Stress Response
• Rrelationship between substances in fish mucus and fish stress

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Associate Professor：
Koetsu Kon
Specializations ：
Benthology, Community ecology

1. Ecology of benthic invertebrates
2. Structuring mechanism of biological community
3. Anthropogenic impacts on benthic faunal community

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Professor：
Naoki Suzuki
Specializations ：
Population Ecology, Fishery Population Management

1. Quantitative assessment of ecological characteristics and population density of fishery population
2. Fishery population analysis and management

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Professor：
Hidekazu Suzuki
Specializations ：
Phycology

1. Taxonomy and morphology of benthic diatoms
2. Adaptive strategy and diversity of benthic diatoms
3. Keywards; Diatom, Algae, Benthic diatom, Attached diatom, Growth strategy, Diversity, Morphology, Phylogenetic systematics, Genecology

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Professor：
Tomoki Sunobe
Specializations ：
Behavioural Ecology of Fish

1. Mating system of fish
2. Sex Change
3. Behavioural Ecology
4. Reproductive Behaviour

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Professor：
Yuji Tanaka
Specializations ：
Planktology / Biological Oceanography

1. Planktonic life in relation to stratification/mixing of the oceans and lakes
2. Swimming and feeding behavior of zooplankton – observations by use of highspeed imaging apparatus
3. Fate of microplastics via zooplankton
4. Monitoring marine environment by use of voluntary observation ships

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Associate Professor ：
Kotaro Tsuchiya
Specializations ：
Invertebrate Zoology

1. Life History of Oceanic Cephalopods
2. Taxonomy and Systematics of Cephalopoda
3. Taxonomy and Zoogeography of Archibenthal Mollusca

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Professor：
Hiroshi Nagai
Specializations ：
Chemical Biology, Marine Natural Products

• Biochemistry and Mode of Action of the Proteinaceous Toxins from the Venomous and Poisonous Marine Organisms
• Chemistry and Mode of Action of the Bioactive Marine Natural Products.
• Organic and Biochemical Study on Constituents of Deep Sea Animals

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Assistant Professor ：
Gen Nakamura
Specializations ：
Population Biology of Cetaceans and other Marine mammals

1. Life History of Cetaceans (Whales and Dolphins)
2. Adaptation and Morphology of Marine Mammals

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Assistant Professor ：
Ryosuke Makabe
Specializations ：
Biological Oceanography

1. Food web structure in the Southern Ocean
2. Material cycling related with sea ice dynamics

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Assistant Professor ：
Naho Miyazaki
Specializations ：
Biological Oceanography

1. Ecology and Physiology of microalgae
2. Spatial and temporal variability in primary production

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Associate Professor ：
Hiroto Murase
Specializations ：
Marine mammalogy (cetaceans) / Marine ecology

1. Marine mammal
2. Cetacean
3. Whale
4. Dolphin
5. Fisheries oceanography
6. Marine ecosystem
7. North Pacific
8. Southern Ocean

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Associate Professor ：
Masato Moteki
Specializations ：
Ichthyology

1. Ecosystem in Antarctic Ocean
2. Early life history of Antarctic fishes (morphological development and ecology)
3. Ecology of myctophid fishes in Antarctic Ocean
4. Studies on community structure of zooplankton, fish and flying seabirds in Antarctic Ocean

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Professor：
Ren Huifeng
Specializations ：
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

1. Environmental Impact Assessment
2. Study on the fate of unregulated substances in a urban river
3. Search for biological functional constituents and their utilization.
4. Studies on the Utilization of Waste Substances

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