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