Hiroaki Nakano

Associate Professor

University of Tsukuba

Shimoda Marine Research Center

Education

1996-2000: Undergraduate Studies at Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science,

University of Tokyo

2000-2002: Master's Student at Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,

University of Tokyo

2002-2004: Ph. D. student at Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences,

University of Tokyo (Ph. D. Life Sciences)

Research

2003-2004: JSPS Doctoral Research Fellow at Department of Integrated Sciences, University of Tokyo

2004-2005: JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Biology, Keio University

2004-2005: JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Kristineberg Marine Research Station, Sweden

(Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)

2005-2008: HFSP Long-Term Fellow at Kristineberg Marine Research Station, Sweden

(Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)

2008-2010: Forskarassistent (Assistant professor) at Department of Marine Ecology- Kristineberg,

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

2010-2015: Assistant professor at Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba

2015- : Associate professor at Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba

Awards

2002. 3 : IB award (Best Master's thesis) Department of Integrated Biosciences, University of Tokyo

2003. 3 : President's Award from the President of University of Tokyo

2003. 10: Best Oral Presentation Award at the 11th International Echinoderm Conference, Munich, Germany

2011. 9 : Kawaguchi Award from the Zoological Society of Japan

2013. 8 : Young Scientist Initiative Award from the Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan

2014. 4: Young Scientists' Prize of the Commendation of Science and Technology by the Minister of MEXT

2014. 6: Young Staffs' Special Incentive Award, from the President of University of Tsukuba

2015. 9: Young Scientist Initiative Award from the Zoological Society of Japan