Profile of Researchers
Department Group Position Name Research Field
Department of Zoology Research coordinator
& Director
& Director of the Showa Memorial Institute		 Keiichi Matsuura Fishes
  Division of Vertebrates Head of the Division Tadasu K. Yamada Marine mammals (dolphins, whales)
    Senior Curator Gento Shinohara Fishes
    Senior Curator
& curator of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research		 Isao Nishiumi Birds
    Curator Shin-ichiro Kawada Mammals
  Division of Marine Invertebrates Head of the Division Toshiaki Kuramochi Parasitic helminths (trematodes, cestodes, nematodes etc.)
    Senior Curator
&Collection Manager		 Hiroshi Saito Mollusks
    Senior Curator Toshihiko Fujita Echinoderm (asterid)
    Senior Curator
& curator of the Showa Memorial Institute
Curator		 Hiroshi Namikawa

Cnidaria, Tunicata
    Senior Curator
& curator of the Showa Memorial Institute
Curator		 Kazunori Hasegawa Mollusks (gastropods)
    Curator Hironori Komatsu Crustacea (crabs)
  Division of Terrestrial Invertebrates Head of the Division Mamoru Owada Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths)
    Senior Curator Hirotsugu Ono Arachnida (spiders)
    Senior Curator Akihiko Shinohara Hymenoptera (bees, ants)
    Senior Curator Shuhei Nomura Coleoptera
    Curator Takuya Kiyoshi  
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Department Group Position Name Research Field
Department of Botany Director
& Director of Tsukuba Botanical Garden		 Tsukasa Iwashina Spermatophyta (seed plants)
  Division of Land Plants Head of the Division Masanobu Higuchi Bryophyta (mosses, liverworts & hornworts)
    Senior Curator Yuichi Kadota Spermatophyta (seed plants)
    Senior Curator
& Collection Manager		 Shinobu Akiyama Spermatophyta (seed plants)
    Curator Atsushi Ebihara Pteridophyta (ferns & fern allies)
  Division of Fungi and Algae Head of the Division
& curator of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research		 Tsuyoshi Hosoya Fungi - Ascomycota (cup fungi & microfungi)
    Senior Curator Taiju Kitayama Algae - macroalgae
    Senior Curator Akihiro Tuji Algae - microalgae
    Curator Yoshihito Ohmura Fungi - lichens
    Curator Kentaro Hosaka Fungi - Basidiomycota (mushrooms & false truffles)
  Division of Plant Diversity and Conservation Head of the Division
& curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden		 Tomohisa Yukawa Spermatophyta (seed plants)
    Senior Curator
& curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden
& curator of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research		 Goro Kokubugata Spermatophyta (seed plants)
    Curator
& curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden		 Norio Tanaka Spermatophyta (seed plants)
    Curator
& curator of theTsukuba Botanical Garden		 Chie Tsutsumi Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
    Curator Yudai Okuyama
    Curator Hajime Ikeda
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Department Group Position Name Research Field
Department of Geology and Paleontology Director Kazumi Yokoyama Sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks
  Division of Mineral Sciences Head of the Division Ritsuro Miyawaki Rare earth minerals
    Senior Curator Takashi Sano Volcanology
    Curator Yukiyasu Tsutsumi Geochronology
    Curator Kouichi Momma  
  Division of Biotic Evolution Head of the Division Kazuhiko Uemura Plant fossils of Cretaceous and Cainozoic period
    Senior Curator Yukimitsu Tomida Vertebrate fossils, especially terrestrial mammal fossils
    Senior Curator Makoto Manabe Mesozoic reptiles and birds including dinosaurs
    Senior Curator Naoki Kohno Fossils of marine mammals
  Division of Paleoenvironment and Paleoecology Head of the Division Yoshihiro Tanimura Marine micro-fossils
    Senior Curator
& Collection Manager		 Tomoki Kase Fossil invertebrates, mainly molluscs.
    Senior Curator Yasunari Shigeta Fossil cephalopods (ammonoids, nautiloids), Mesozoic stratigraphy
    Curator Megumi Saito-Kato Freshwater microfossils
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Department Group Position Name Research Field
Department of Anthropology Director Yuji Mizoguchi Morphological evolution of human
  Division of Human Evolution Head of the Division
& Curator of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research		 Kenichi Shinoda morphology of human skulls and teeth (search for the causes of variations and changes in forms)
    Senior Curator Yousuke Kaifu Human evolution in Asia
    Curator Kazuhiro Sakaue Forensic anthropology

(identification of the bones found in criminal cases)
    Curator
& Collection Manager		 Reiko Kono Human evolution (especially teeth morphology)
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Department Group Position Name Research Field
Department of Science and Engineering Director Itaru Ishii Polymer physics
  Division of History of Science and Technology Head of the Division Kazuyoshi Suzuki Mechanical Engineering
    Senior Curator Masahiro Maejima Electric engineering (electricity, communication technology), history of technology
    Curator
& curator of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology		 Toshio Kubota History of civil engineering
  Division of Physical Sciences Head of the Division
& Collection Manager		 Masahiro Oosako Geophysics (solid Earth)
    Senior Curator Keiichi Saijo Astronomy, astronomical history (Japan)
    Senior Curator Fumitaka Wakabayashi Chemistry (physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry)
    Senior Curator Shigekazu Yoneda Space chemistry (meteorite)
    Senior Curator Toshihiro Horaguchi Astronomy, astronomical science
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Department Group Position Name Research Field
Collection Center Collection Director
& Head of the Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research		 Tsunemi Kubodera Cephalopoda (squids, octopuses)
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Department Group Position Name Research Field
  Team of Urban Ecology Research Senior Curator Shoji Hamao Birds, behavioral ecology
      
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Department Group Position Name Research Field
Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology - - -
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