Curriculum Vitae (In English)

Professor, Kyoto University

Director, Seto Marine Biological Laboratoy, Kyoto University

459 Shirahama, Nishimuro, Wakayama, 649-2211 Japan

Tel: +81-(0)739-42-3515

Fax: +81-(0)739-42-4518

E-mail: asakura.akira.6w(at)kyoto-u.ac.jp

Education

1977-1981   Faculty of Education, Yokohama National University

1982-1984   Master's Course, Graduate School, Kyushu University

1985-1987   Doctor Course, Graduate School, Kyushu University

                   Doctor of Science (1987)

Professional positions (permanent)

1998―2010   Researcher, Zoology Department, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba

2010―2011   Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kobe University

2012―          Professor, Kyoto University

Professional positions (part-time)

1989―1986, 1997   Lecturer, Yokohama National University

1991              Lecturer, Toho University

1991              Lecturer, Bunkyo Women’s College

1996―2010    Lecturer, Chiba University

2001              Host Scientist of National Science Foundation (U.S.A) for

Prof. Floyd Sandford (Coe College, Iowa, U.S.A)

2001              Panel of reviewers for Doctor Desertation, University of Madras (India)

2001              Short-term Visitor, National Museum of Natural History,

Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., U.S.A.

2008              Lecturer, Graduate Course, Shizuoka University