DIRECTOR

GEOLOGY, MICROPALEONTOLOGY

Kiyoshi KAWABATA M.Sc.

  1. Biostratigraphy and paleooceanography of Cretaceous radiolaria
  2. Origin of greenstone in the Shimanto and Hidaka terrane and their tectonics
  3. Study of living radiolaria

LABORATORY OF ZOOLOGY

ORNITHOLOGY, ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Takeshi WADA M.Sc.

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  1. Ecological interaction of fruits and frugivrous birds
  2. Avian community of urban parks
  3. Avifauna of OSAKA

INVERTEBRATES

So ISHIDA Ph.D

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  1. Ecology and taxonomy of marine benthos (especially Mollusca)
  2. Invertebrate fauna of Osaka Bay and Osaka Prefecture
  3. Estimation of faunal and environmental transitions by using museum specimen records
  4. Archiving of natural history movies

ICTHYOLOGY

Shoko MATSUI Ph.D

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  1. Phylogeographic studies of coastal fishes
  2. Ecological studies of gobiid fishes

LABORATORY OF ENTOMOLOGY

ENTOMOLOGY

Rikio MATSUMOTO M.Sc.

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  1. Systematics and phylogenetics of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)
  2. Ethology and host-parasitoid interactions of Polysphincta group (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)
  3. Inventory of hymenopteran fauna of Osaka and adjacent areas
  4. Spread of an introduced grasshopper, Atractomorpha sinensis and its influences on a native congener.

ENTOMOLOGY

Yohei OSADA Ph.D

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  1. Systematic study of the family Tineidae (Lepidoptera) from Japan
  2. Taxonomic study of the family Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) including agricultural pest species
  3. Environmental assessment by species diversity of butterfly

ENTOMOLOGY, ETHOLOGY, TAXONOMY

Shunpei FUJIE M.Sc.

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  1. Inventory of beetle fauna in the Kinki district
  2. Taxonomy and Ethology of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) attacking beetles (Coleoptera)

LABORATORY OF BOTANY

MYCOLOGY, PLANT ECOLOGY

Daisuke SAKUMA M.Sc.

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  1. Ecological studies of ectomycorrhizal symbiosis.
  2. Landscape ecology of SATOYAMA biota.
  3. Inventory of fungal biota of OSAKA.
  4. Museum database network with special reference to GIS.

BOTANY

Masahiro HASEGAWA Ph.D.

  1. Systematics and phylogeny of the seed plants
  2. Plant-animal coevolutionary ecology

Floristics and Plant Conservation Ecology

Masashi YOKOGAWA M.Agr.

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  1. Phylogenetics and population demography of Japanese Polemonium
  2. Conservation and restoration of semi-natural grassland vegetation
  3. Floristics of Osaka Prefecture and the Kinki Region

LABORATORY OF GEOLOGY

VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Katsuhiro KUBOTA Ph.D

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Systematic descriptions and taxonomy of theropod dinosaurs and associated taxa from Mongolia and Uzbekistan

Paleontology, Stratigraphy/Biostratigraphy

Takumi MAEKAWA Ph.D

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  1. Conodont biostratigraphy in the Paleozoic to Mesozoic strata
  2. Paleobiology of conodont
  3. Systematic paleontology of the Paleozoic to Mesozoic microfossils

PALEOBOTANY

Megumi NISHINO M.Sc.

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  1. Morphology of Miocene plant macrofossils
  2. Morphology of Paleogene wood fossils

LABORATORY OF QUATERNARY RESEARCH

QUATERNARY GEOLOGY

Yoko ISHII M.Sc.

  1. Study of Quaternary stratigraphy in the Osaka Plain
  2. Practical study of geological education using borehole core specimen

SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY

Takeshi NAKAJO Dr.Sc.

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  1. Sedimentology of deltaic to shallow marine settings
  2. Geomorphology of shoreline environments
  3. Volcaniclastic sedimentology