Overview
Resume
- 1986-1991
- Nagoya University, School of Agricultural Sciences (graduate student)
- 1996
- Yokohama National University (visiting associate professor)
- 2001
- Chuo University, Department of Economics (associate professor)
- 2002
- Chuo University, Department of Economics (professor)
- 2006
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Center for Environmental Risk Research (chief)
- 2016
- Sophia University, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (professor)
Research Field
- Development of evaluation methods for impacts of chemical substances and other pollutants on ecosystems and biodiversity based on ecological modeling.
- Elaboration of environmental effect assessment for warming, water pollution and other human-induced factors.
- Trait-based analyses on the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functions.
- Simulations of extinction of populations by genetic factors such as inbreeding depression and introgressive hybridization.
- Theoretical studies on the evolution of social communication systems in organisms.
Teaching
- Environmental Ecology
- Ecological Risk Assessment of Pollutants