ABOUT ME

 
Name: Kazutaka TAKAHASHI Age: 42 Birthday: Nov 1968 Education: 1987-1991 Faculty of Education, Yokohama National University Awarded the degree of Bachelor in biology for a thesis entitled “Seasonal variation of emergence behaviour in benthopelagic organisms at Manazuru, central Japan. ” Work supervised by Dr. T. KIKUCHI and Prof. Sigeo GAMO 1991-1993 Laboratory of Marine Planktology, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo Awarded the degree of Master in aquatic biology for a thesis entitled “Ecological study of benthopelagic zooplankton” Work supervised by Prof. Kouichi KAWAGUCHI 1993-1996 Laboratory of Marine Planktology, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
 Awarded the degree of Doctor in aquatic biology for a thesis entitled “Ecology of sand burrowing mysids in Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan” Work supervised by Prof. Kouichi KAWAGUCHI Research and professional experience: 1996-1997 COE Research fellow funded by JSPS at National Institute of Polar Research, working with Prof. Mitsuo FUKUCHI and Atsushi TANIMURA on long-termfluctuation of zooplankton biomass at Southern Ocean. 1997-2000 Research Associate at Department of Bioengineering, Soka University, working with Prof. Satoru TAGUCHI and Tastuki TODA on ecology of coastal zooplankton. 2000-2011 Researcher at Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, working on ecology and physiology of pelagic copepods. 2003-2005 Guest scientist at Kristineberg Marine Research Station, Göteborg University and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, working with Prof. Peter TISELIUS on behavioural ecology of pelagic copepods. 2011-present Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo, Department of Aquatic Science, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Funding (as a head investigator): 1994-1996 Research Fellowship from the JSPS for Young Scientists, DC 1997 Research Fellowship from the JSPS for Young Scientists, PD 1999-2001 Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant from the Japan Science Society 2000 Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Scientists (A), from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture 2002-2004 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad 2005 Grant for “SEEDS” Research from Fisheries Research Agency 2006-2008 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture 　2009-2012 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture