Basic information
Takuma Haga
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Department
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Department of Paleontology and Anthropology, Division of Paleoenvironment and Paleoecology
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Degree
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Ph. D. in Science, The University of Tokyo, 2010
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E-mail
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Information
Research Field
Evolutionary paleontology, Historical phylogeny, Taxonomy of mollusks, Malacology
Research Contents
My research attempts to infer evolutionary history of marine life v.s. environmental changes in long time scale using both fossil and Recent mollusks. My ongoing research
projects involve:
1) Origin and transition of the Recent species diversity in the Indo-West Pacific.
2) Evolution and systematics of mollusks
3) Evolutionary and ecological studies on sunken wood communities
Working experience
| Apr. 2025 – present | Senior Curator, Division of Paleoenvironment and Paleoecology, Department of Paleontology and Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba |
| Apr. 2025 – present | Senior Curator, Division of Paleoenvironment and Paleoecology, Department of Paleontology and Anthropology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba |
| Oct. 2021–Mar. 2025 | Senior Curator, Division of Paleoenvironment and Paleoecology, Department of Geology and Paleontology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba |
| Apr. 2017–Sep. 2021 | Curator, Division of Paleoenvironment and Paleoecology, Department of Geology and Paleontology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba |
| Apr. 2015–Mar. 2017 | Curator, Toyohashi Museum of Natural History, Toyohashi, Aichi |
| Apr. 2014–Mar. 2015 | Part-time Researcher, Department of Geology and Paleontology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba |
| Apr. 2011–Mar. 2015 | Part-time Lecturer, Department of Mathematics and Science, School of Science and Engineering, Kokushikan University |
| Apr. 2011–Mar. 2014 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka |
| Oct. 2010–Mar. 2011 | Technical Assistant, Department of Geology and Paleontology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba |
| Apr. 2007–Mar. 2010 | JSPS Research Fellow (DC1), The University of Tokyo |
Activities in academic conferences
July–Sep. 2023: Doctoral dissertation committee member, University of Tsukuba.
2023–present: Member, Subcommitee of Mollusca, Red Data Book of Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa Prefectural Government, Japan
2022 (May)–present: Vice Editor, "Paleontological Research," The Palaeontological Society of Japan
2018–present: Associate editor, "Molluscan Research," Malacological Society of Australasia/The Society for the Study of Molluscan Diversity
2018–present: Research Associate, Geology and Paleontology Division, National Museum of the Philippines.
2017–present: Committee Member, Diversity Conservation Committee, Malacological Society of Japan
2018–June 2025: Committee Member, Disaster Museums Rescue Committee, The Paleontological Society of Japan
2017–June 2025: Committee Member, Japan Academic Network for Disaster Reduction ( as representative of the Palaeontological Society of Japan).
2015–present: Endangered species conservation promotor, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
2019–2023 (June): Auditor, The Palaeontological Society of Japan
Feb.–March 2023: Temporal member, Collection evaluation committee, Ibaraki Nature Museum.
FY 2023: Doctoral dissertation committee member, Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University.
2014–2016: Committee member, Committee on revision of the threatened wild animals in Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefectural Government, Japan
2013–2016: Associate editor, "Chiribotan," Malacological Society of Japan
2013–present: Associate editor, "Venus," Malacological Society of Japan
2012–2013: Committee member, Future Planning Committee, Malacological Society of Japan
2011–present: Councilor, Malacological Society of Japan
Comments
The mollusca, having an excellent fossil records, is enormously diverse, and enables to answer numbers of questions in biology and paleontology.