Graduate School of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology and Graduate School of Ibaraki University
In collaboration with Ibaraki University, the Museum supervises graduate students in two programs: the Master's program in the Department of Bioresource Science at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, and the doctoral program in Plant
Production Science at the United Graduate School of Agricultural Science. The latter is a consortium of three universities led by Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, including Ibaraki University and Utsunomiya University.
The Museum possesses a vast collection of living plants and dried plant specimens not found at other research institutions. Leveraging this collection and our accumulated knowledge, the Museum conducts phylogenetic systematics research on plants using
indicators such as secondary metabolites, DNA, chromosomes, and external morphology, as well as research on plant adaptation and diversification in response to the environment. Students in the Master's and Doctoral programs can receive guidance on these
research topics by researchers at the National Museum of Nature and Science.
Currently, three researchers are responsible for providing this guidance, and they hold concurrent appointments as faculty members at the graduate schools of Ibaraki University and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. For more information about
the research, please refer to the details below.
Plant Diversity Conservation
Goro Kokubugata, Visiting Professor
Focusing on the endangered plants of the Ryukyu Islands, we conduct phylogenetic systematics research using morphological and molecular data, as well as phytogeographical research on East Asia.
To “About Our Researchers”Plant Taxonomy and Plant Resource Science
Nobuyuki Tanaka, Visiting Professor
We conduct taxonomic and ethnobotanical research on the plant families Cannaceae and Zingiberaceae, which are large monocots belonging to the order Zingiberales. We also conduct plant inventory research in tropical Asia, particularly through fieldwork in Southeast Asia.
To “About Our Researchers”Phytochemistry and Environmental Adaptation
Yoshinori Murai, Visiting Associate Professor
Yoshinori Murai, Visiting Associate Professor
Floriculture and Horticultural Resources
Takayuki Mizuno, Visiting Associate Professor
Takayuki Mizuno, Visiting Associate Professor
To “About Our Researchers”Links
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