Dr. Mezaki Takuma

Managing director, Director of the Research Institute and Secretary General

Research Interests

Dr. Mezaki is a geologist by training, got interested in studying coral spawning ecology. Other interests are coral fertilization, coral cultivation and conservation of high-latitude coral communities

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Dr. Toshino Sho

Principal Researcher

Research Interests

Dr. Toshino’s expertise is on the classification and ecology of jellyfish. He is particularly interested in the unknown things about the jellyfish. He is also interested in clarifying the survival strategy of jellyfish by observing polyps in detail in captivity.

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Dr. Koido Tatsuki

Researcher

Research Interests

With his interest in raising marine organisms including soft corals, is now working on the taxonomy and classification of soft corals after realizing that he does not know the name of the species he was breeding. He is now actively looking for and observing soft corals with vivid colours and various forms.

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Dr. Keshavmurthy Shashank

Researcher

Research Interests

Dr. Keshavmurthy studies the effect of seawater temperature stress on coral-Symbiodiniaceae physiology and interactions in marginal environments – high-latitude, non-reefal and extreme communities. He has worked on temperature stress eco-physiology of more than 10 coral species in Taiwan, Japan and Korea. He is also interested in marine invertebrate temperature stress eco-physiology.

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Dr. Kenjiro Hinode

Researcher

Research Interests

Dr. Hinode studies the ecology of seaweed and microalgae (phytoplankton and adhesive diatoms), which are primary producers. 

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