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Mari Fujita, Project Assistant Professor
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The Insect Comparative Embryology Lab conducts research on the comparative embryology and phylogenetics and evolutionary biology of insects. On the faculty list of the College of Biological Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, Project Assistant Professor Mari Fujita is introduced as specializing in the field of systematics and evolutionary biology.
Aoi Tsuyuki, Assistant Professor
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The Animal Systematics Lab (Assistant Professor Aoi Tsuyuki) studies the systematics and evolutionary biology of marine invertebrates, focusing on polyclad flatworms of the phylum Platyhelminthes. The publications page lists papers such as records of species found in Japanese seas and descriptions of new species. The lab also investigates the phylogenetic placement of species using both morphological and molecular evidence. Assistant Professor Aoi Tsuyuki joined the Shimoda Marine Research Center at the University of Tsukuba in April 2026.
Ben Harvey, Assistant Professor
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The Future Oceans Lab (the Harvey Lab) uses marine ecosystem research to investigate how changing environmental conditions, namely ocean acidification, ocean warming, and marine heatwaves, are changing the ocean. The lab is a research group based at the Shimoda Marine Research Center of the University of Tsukuba. It combines fieldwork, aquarium experiments, and desk-based analysis. Surveys and experiments are conducted in the intertidal and subtidal zones, and the lab also carries out analyses using statistics and models. The lab collaborates internationally with researchers around the world.
Shota Masumoto, Assistant Professor
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Assistant Professor Shota Masumoto, who specializes in microbial ecology, studies plants, fungi, and their interactions from an ecological perspective. The main study sites are regions such as the Arctic and high mountains. In addition to plant–fungus interactions, the lab also studies community assembly. At the University of Tsukuba, the research is carried out together with members of Mitsuru Hirota's lab.
Yuko Omori, Assistant Professor
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The Aquatic Ecology Lab studies the material cycles carried out by marine microbes and how these cycles respond to environmental change. The lab focuses on the flow in which organic matter produced by phytoplankton is decomposed, transformed, and transported by zooplankton and bacteria. It places particular emphasis on the interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere mediated by volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Kazuharu Ohashi, Lecturer
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The Ecological Interactions Lab (Ohashi Lab) studies the interactions that species exert on one another and the traits that organisms have evolved through those relationships. A specialty of the lab is the relationship between the flowers of angiosperms and pollinators, the animals that visit flowers in search of nectar and pollen. Based on field surveys, the lab chooses methods to suit each question, including laboratory experiments and mathematical models involving computer simulations. The lab also carries out collaborative research with various researchers in Japan and abroad.
Mitsuru Hirota, Professor
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The Terrestrial Ecology Lab studies the ecology of land plants and the movement of carbon (the carbon cycle) in terrestrial ecosystems and organisms. Its ultimate aim is to accurately describe and understand how ecosystems work and how organisms live, and it uses the cycling of materials, centered on carbon, as the means to do so. The lab often goes into the field to conduct surveys and observations, and it also carries out laboratory experiments in parallel as needed. On the lab's website, it is also introduced under the name "Hirota Lab."
Yukihiko Tokunaga, Associate Professor
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The Theoretical Ecology Lab studies, from the perspective of population biology, why organisms live in groups or alone. Its study subjects are wide-ranging: wild heron colonies, bean weevil populations kept indoors, wild bumblebee colonies, and artificial life (digital insects) running inside a computer. Associate Professor Yukihiko Tokunaga is often described as a theoretical researcher, but he considers himself a researcher who focuses mainly on field surveys. Associate Professor Tokunaga teaches theoretical biology as well as ecology, statistics, and programming.
Louis J Irving, Assistant Professor
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The Irving Lab studies how plants interact with their biotic and abiotic environments. It is said that plant productivity is held below its potential by stresses such as drought, nutrient shortage, disease, and parasites. For this reason, the lab considers it important to understand the factors that limit production. The relationships between parasitic plants and their hosts are studied using rootboxes and isotope tracers. The lab also studies how plants extend their roots and how this affects competition between plants.
Kazuo Watanabe, Professor
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Prof. Kikuchi studies the mechanisms of environmental stress response in higher plants and the production of crops that tolerate stress. Assistant Professor Oguchi specializes in plant adaptation to the environment and in the development and evaluation of genetically modified forest trees. In the College of Biological Sciences' lab introductions, the lab is presented as a research group in the fields of plant molecular and physiological sciences and plant biotechnology. On the lab's website, its members are introduced under the name "Watanabe-Kikuchi-Oguchi Research Group."
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