Prof. NAKATA Kazuyoshi
Specialty: Conservation Ecology, Ecology and Civil Engineering
Target species: Crustaceans (e.g., crayfish and freshwater shrimp),
freshwater fish including endangered bitterling
fish species (e.g., Rhodeus atremius suigensis) and
aquatic animals such as the endangered
Nagoya Daruma Pond Frog.
Research Keywords: Ecology, Conservation, Endangered species,
Invasive species
Email:nakatak[at]cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
Asst. Prof. KATSUHARA Koki
Specialty: Plant Ecology, Pollination Ecology
Target species: Ridge weeds such as Commelina species,
hrebs in semi-natural grasslands.
Research Keywords: Coexistence, Pollination,
Plant mating system, Eco-evo dynamics
Personal HP:https://sites.google.com/view/kokikatsuhara/top
E-mail : kokikatsuhara[at]okayama-u.ac.jp
Doctoral course
PhD student (2nd year)
Rintaro Taniguchi
Research theme: Habitat status of the bitterling fish (Tanakia lanceolata)
PhD student (1st year)
Seongnam Ham
Research theme: Ecology of the invasive crayfish Procambarus clarkii
Daisuke Azumi
Research theme: Conservation of the endangered Nagoya daruma pond frog
Ryohei Nagao
Research theme: Fishway for freshwater crustacean species
Master course
Master's student (2nd year)
Junya Nakaichi
Research theme: Ecology of an invasive frog (Lithobates catesbeianus)
Mitsuki Hamaguchi
Research theme: Fishway for endangered freshwater fish species
Daiki Fukunaga
Research theme: Environmental DNA for an endangered frog
Kaito Moriuchi
Research theme: Conservation of endangered bitterling fish species
Shanshan Chai
Research theme: Conservation of endangered bitterling fish species
Master's student (1st year)
Teppei Azuma
Research theme: Environmental DNA for an invasive Asian clam Corbicula fluminea
Nanami Fujiwara
Research theme: Conservation of endangered bitterling fish species
Yuichi Matsushita
Research theme: Reproductive interference between native annual herbs, Commelina communis and invasive relatives, Commelina caroliniana
Hiroto Yamaguchi
Research theme: Relationships between pollinators and reproductive success of annual herbs in urban ecosystems
Undergraduate students
4th year
Kosei Onishi
Sae Komiyama
Riku Shirai
Hisanori Suzuki
Research student