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The faculty of the Biology Program are divided into the three groups (large lecture-style groups); 1) Ecology and Systematics, 2) Cell and Functional Biology, and 3) Marine Biology and Coral Reef Studies—for both research and educational purposes. Faculty members of the University’s Tropical Biosphere Research Center are also engaged in education and research projects with the Biology Program.
- Ecology and Systematics
- Cell and Functional Biology
- Marine Biology and Coral Reef Studies
- Rising Star Program
- Support Staff
Ecology and Systematics
Professor Tetsuo Denda
- Mail address
- denda@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8545
- Research field
Ancestry and evolution of grasses and trees of the Ryukyu Archipelago
Professor Yasuhiro Kubota
- Mail address
- kubota_y@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8561
- Research field
Biodiversity maintenance mechanisms of plant associations
Professor Haruko Kurihara
- Mail address
- harukoku@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8695
- Research field
Climate change impacts on coral reef ecosystem
Associate Professor Takashi Nakamura
- Mail address
- takasuke@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8897
- Research field
Fundamentals of coral biology and ecological physiology of coral reef life
Assistant Professor Shun Kobayashi
- Mail address
- kobashun@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8555
- Research field
Animal ecology / Pollination ecology
Assistant Professor Takahiro Hirano
- Mail address
- hiranot@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8544
- Research field
Evolutionary ecology, conservation, and taxonomy of mollusks
Associate Professor (Specially Appointed) Takayuki Shiono
- Mail address
- shiono@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8561
- Research field
Biodiversity science, Macroecology
- Ecology and Systematics
- Cell and Functional Biology
- Marine Biology and Coral Reef Studies
- Rising Star Program
- Support Staff
Cell and Functional Biology
Professor Euichi Hirose
- Mail address
- euichi@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8880
- Research field
Forms and modes of existence of marine invertebrates (especially sea squirts)
Professor Hideo Yamasaki
- Mail address
- yamasaki@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8550
- Research field
Stress tolerability and adaptive mechanisms of living organisms
Professor Joji Otaki
- Mail address
- otaki@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8557
- Research field
Butterfly color pattern formation, olfactory reception, and protein science.
Associate Professor Ryuuichi Itoh
- Mail address
- ryuitoh@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8898
- Research field
Plastid differentiation and morphogenesis
Associate Professor Atsuko Tanaka
- Mail address
- tanakaa@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8547
- Research field
Algal cell biology and physiology
- Ecology and Systematics
- Cell and Functional Biology
- Marine Biology and Coral Reef Studies
- Rising Star Program
- Support Staff
Marine Biology and Coral Reef Studies
Professor Shoichiro Suda
- Mail address
- sudas@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8564
- Research field
Phycology
Professor Yuzuru Ikeda
- Mail address
- ikeda@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8548
- Research field
Behavior and natural history of cephalopods (squid, octopus, etc.)
Professor Akihiro Takemura
- Mail address
- takemura@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8993
- Research field
Reproduction and use of environment by coral reef life
Professor Hideyuki Imai
- Mail address
- imai@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8554
- Research field
Discovery of the life modes of fish and shellfish/conservation based on genetic information
Professor James Davis Reimer
- Mail address
- jreimer@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8542
- Research field
Ecology, taxonomy, and diversity of cnidarians and coral reef invertebrates
Assistant Professor Keita Koeda
- Mail address
- koeda@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
- Phone
- Extension 8541
- Research field
Ecology, taxonomy, and diversity of fish
- Ecology and Systematics
- Cell and Functional Biology
- Marine Biology and Coral Reef Studies
- Rising Star Program
- Support Staff
Support Staff
Ayumu Tamashiro, Education Affairs Staff
- Mail address
- ayumu@sci.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
Sugako Asato, Clerical Assistant
- Mail address
- sugakok@jim.u-ryukyu.ac.jp
