Welcome to Masafumi Kodama's Website
Welcome to Masafumi Kodama's web site (Click to Japanese page)I'm Masafumi Kodama, an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, Japan. I have been working on ecology and taxonomy on small marine invertebrates, especially amphipods associated with seagrass and/or seaweed beds.
Recent events
02 Mar 2024Our new paper has been published in Plankton and Benthos Research (Kobari et al. 2024).
10 Nov 2023Our new paper has been published in Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography (Kobari et al. 2023; in Japanese with English abstract).
31 Aug 2023Our new paper has been published in Plankton and Benthos Research (Kume et al. 2023).
22–26 May 2023I gave an oral presentation at the symposium "Frontiers in Crustacean Biology: Asian Perspectives Part III" in the 10th Crustacean Congress held at Wellington, New Zealand.
15 Apr 2023Our new preprint has been published in Research Square (Kodama et al. 2023). The manuscript is now under reviewed by Marine Biology.
05 Apr 2023Our new paper has been published in Marine Biodiversity (Kodama & Henmi 2023).
07–18 Nov 2022We had a research trip around Ambon, Indonesia for collecting crustacean specimens, with funding supports from JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Projects.I also gave an oral presentation as an invited speaker at the scientific seminar held at the University of Pattimura.
13 Oct 2022Our new paper has been published in Systematics and Biodiversity (Kodama et al. 2022).
01 Apr 2022Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from Inamori Research Grants (1,000,000 JPY; Apr 2022–Mar 2024).
01 Apr 2022Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Projects (7,500,000 JPY; Apr 2022–Mar 2025).Bilateral joint research between Japan and Indonesia. From Japan: Daisuke Uyeno, Toru Naruse, Masafumi Kodama, Hiroki Nakajima, Rina Hashimoto & Fumiya Ogata.From Indonesia: Gino Valentino Limmon, Junita Noya & Gratia Dolores Manupot.
01 Apr 2022Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS KAKENHI (4,550,000 JPY; Apr 2022–Mar 2025).
15 Feb 2022Our new paper has been published in Japanese Journal of Benthology (Yamakawa et al. 2022; in Japanese with English abstract)
06 Jan 2022Our new paper has been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (Kodama et al. 2022)
22 Jul 2021Our new paper has been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (Hayakawa et al. 2021)
09 Jun 2021Our new paper has been published in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (Kodama & Kawamura 2021)
04 Feb 2021I have been awarded Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists.
01 Dec 2020 I have arrived at the Kagoshima University as an Assistant Professor.
26 Nov 2020 Our new paper has been published in Zootaxa (Ariyama et al. 2020)
11 Sep 2020Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, JSPS KAKENHI (2,860,000 JPY; Sep 2020–Mar 2022).
02 Aug 2020 Our new Oceanarium-paper has been published in Marine Biodiversity (Kodama et al. 2020)
22 Jul 2020Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from MIKIMOTO FUND FOR MARINE ECOLOGY (890,000 JPY; Oct 2020–Sep 2022). Collaboration with Dr. Jun Hayakawa of The University of Tokyo.
15 Jul 2020Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (1,000,000 JPY; Oct 2020–Sep 2021)
01 Jun 2020Our new paper has been published in Nature of Kagoshima (Nagasawa & Kodama 2020)
01 Apr 2020 I have been appointed as a Project Researcher at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo.
23 Mar 2020I received my PhD from The University of Tokyo, and was awarded Dean Award for Academic Excellence, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo.
24 Jan 2020I finally defended my PhD thesis!
23 Jan 2020Our new paper has been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (Kodama et al. 2020).
20 Jan 2020Our new paper has been published in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (Kodama et al. 2020)
28 Nov 2019The pre-press abstract of our new paper has been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (Kodama et al. in press).
10 Sep 2019Our new paper has been publish in Crustaceana (Kodama & Kawamura 2019b)
8–9 Jun 2019I gave a poster presentation (in Japanese) at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.
26–30 May 2019I gave an oral presentation at the symposium "Frontiers in Crustacean Biology: Asian Perspectives" in The Crustacean Society Mid-Year Meeting 2019 at Hong Kong.
07 Jan 2019Our paper has been published in Journal of Crustacean Biology (Kodama & Kawamura 2019a).
20–21 Oct 2018I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 56th Annual Meeting of Carcinological Society of Japan. I got the Hiroshi Suzuki Memorial International Conference Travel Grant for Young Researchers from the Carcinological Society of Japan.
10 Sep 2018Our report has been published in Fauna Ryukyuana (Kodama & Kawamura 2018).
24 Aug 2018Our data paper has been published in Data in Brief (Nakamoto et al. 2018).
9–11 Jun 2018I gave a poster presentation (in Japanese) at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.
22–25 May 2018I gave an oral presentation at the symposium "Interactions in Crustacean Mesoherbivore Communities" in the 9th International Crustacean Congress (ICC9: Link) at Washington DC.
30 Mar 2018Our paper has been published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (Nakamoto et al. 2018).
26–30 Mar 2018I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 2018 Spring Meeting of Japanese Society of Fish Science.
03 Mar 2018The 38th Meeting in Kanto District for Ecology-Related Master Thesis Presentation was held at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo (Link). Organizing Committee: Kodama, M. (chief), Togashi, A., Kinoshita, C., Shinohara, N., Sasaki, S.
07–08 Oct 2017I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 55th Annual Meeting of Carcinological Society of Japan.
04–07 Sep 2017I gave an oral presentation at the the 17th International Colloquium on Amphipoda (Link) at Sicily.
30 Jun 2017Proceedings of the 17th International Colloquium on Amphipoda have been published as a Monograph Issue in Biodiversity Journal, including our proceeding paper (Link).
21 Apr 2017Our short paper has been published in Crustaceana (Kodama & Shimizu 2017).
23 Mar 2017I completed my Master's degree at The University of Tokyo, and was awarded Master's Thesis Presentation Award.
15 Mar 2017I got Uchida Ocean Science Scholarship from the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo.
03 Mar 2017I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 37th Meeting in Kanto District for Ecology-Related Master Thesis Presentation.
23 Feb 2017I got the Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant (29-735) from The Japan Science Society.
22–23 Oct 2016I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 54th Annual Meeting, Carcinological Society of Japan.
19 Sep 2016Our paper has been published in Zootaxa (Kodama et al. 2016).
30 May 2016 My web site has been set up.
10 Nov 2023Our new paper has been published in Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Oceanography (Kobari et al. 2023; in Japanese with English abstract).
31 Aug 2023Our new paper has been published in Plankton and Benthos Research (Kume et al. 2023).
22–26 May 2023I gave an oral presentation at the symposium "Frontiers in Crustacean Biology: Asian Perspectives Part III" in the 10th Crustacean Congress held at Wellington, New Zealand.
15 Apr 2023Our new preprint has been published in Research Square (Kodama et al. 2023). The manuscript is now under reviewed by Marine Biology.
05 Apr 2023Our new paper has been published in Marine Biodiversity (Kodama & Henmi 2023).
07–18 Nov 2022We had a research trip around Ambon, Indonesia for collecting crustacean specimens, with funding supports from JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Projects.I also gave an oral presentation as an invited speaker at the scientific seminar held at the University of Pattimura.
13 Oct 2022Our new paper has been published in Systematics and Biodiversity (Kodama et al. 2022).
01 Apr 2022Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from Inamori Research Grants (1,000,000 JPY; Apr 2022–Mar 2024).
01 Apr 2022Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from JSPS Bilateral Joint Research Projects (7,500,000 JPY; Apr 2022–Mar 2025).Bilateral joint research between Japan and Indonesia. From Japan: Daisuke Uyeno, Toru Naruse, Masafumi Kodama, Hiroki Nakajima, Rina Hashimoto & Fumiya Ogata.From Indonesia: Gino Valentino Limmon, Junita Noya & Gratia Dolores Manupot.
01 Apr 2022Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS KAKENHI (4,550,000 JPY; Apr 2022–Mar 2025).
15 Feb 2022Our new paper has been published in Japanese Journal of Benthology (Yamakawa et al. 2022; in Japanese with English abstract)
06 Jan 2022Our new paper has been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (Kodama et al. 2022)
22 Jul 2021Our new paper has been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (Hayakawa et al. 2021)
09 Jun 2021Our new paper has been published in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (Kodama & Kawamura 2021)
04 Feb 2021I have been awarded Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists.
01 Dec 2020 I have arrived at the Kagoshima University as an Assistant Professor.
26 Nov 2020 Our new paper has been published in Zootaxa (Ariyama et al. 2020)
11 Sep 2020Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, JSPS KAKENHI (2,860,000 JPY; Sep 2020–Mar 2022).
02 Aug 2020 Our new Oceanarium-paper has been published in Marine Biodiversity (Kodama et al. 2020)
22 Jul 2020Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from MIKIMOTO FUND FOR MARINE ECOLOGY (890,000 JPY; Oct 2020–Sep 2022). Collaboration with Dr. Jun Hayakawa of The University of Tokyo.
15 Jul 2020Our new research project has been launched with funding supports from Kurita Water and Environment Foundation (1,000,000 JPY; Oct 2020–Sep 2021)
01 Jun 2020Our new paper has been published in Nature of Kagoshima (Nagasawa & Kodama 2020)
01 Apr 2020 I have been appointed as a Project Researcher at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo.
23 Mar 2020I received my PhD from The University of Tokyo, and was awarded Dean Award for Academic Excellence, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo.
24 Jan 2020I finally defended my PhD thesis!
23 Jan 2020Our new paper has been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (Kodama et al. 2020).
20 Jan 2020Our new paper has been published in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (Kodama et al. 2020)
28 Nov 2019The pre-press abstract of our new paper has been published in Marine Ecology Progress Series (Kodama et al. in press).
10 Sep 2019Our new paper has been publish in Crustaceana (Kodama & Kawamura 2019b)
8–9 Jun 2019I gave a poster presentation (in Japanese) at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.
26–30 May 2019I gave an oral presentation at the symposium "Frontiers in Crustacean Biology: Asian Perspectives" in The Crustacean Society Mid-Year Meeting 2019 at Hong Kong.
07 Jan 2019Our paper has been published in Journal of Crustacean Biology (Kodama & Kawamura 2019a).
20–21 Oct 2018I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 56th Annual Meeting of Carcinological Society of Japan. I got the Hiroshi Suzuki Memorial International Conference Travel Grant for Young Researchers from the Carcinological Society of Japan.
10 Sep 2018Our report has been published in Fauna Ryukyuana (Kodama & Kawamura 2018).
24 Aug 2018Our data paper has been published in Data in Brief (Nakamoto et al. 2018).
9–11 Jun 2018I gave a poster presentation (in Japanese) at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology.
22–25 May 2018I gave an oral presentation at the symposium "Interactions in Crustacean Mesoherbivore Communities" in the 9th International Crustacean Congress (ICC9: Link) at Washington DC.
30 Mar 2018Our paper has been published in Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science (Nakamoto et al. 2018).
26–30 Mar 2018I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 2018 Spring Meeting of Japanese Society of Fish Science.
03 Mar 2018The 38th Meeting in Kanto District for Ecology-Related Master Thesis Presentation was held at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo (Link). Organizing Committee: Kodama, M. (chief), Togashi, A., Kinoshita, C., Shinohara, N., Sasaki, S.
07–08 Oct 2017I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 55th Annual Meeting of Carcinological Society of Japan.
04–07 Sep 2017I gave an oral presentation at the the 17th International Colloquium on Amphipoda (Link) at Sicily.
30 Jun 2017Proceedings of the 17th International Colloquium on Amphipoda have been published as a Monograph Issue in Biodiversity Journal, including our proceeding paper (Link).
21 Apr 2017Our short paper has been published in Crustaceana (Kodama & Shimizu 2017).
23 Mar 2017I completed my Master's degree at The University of Tokyo, and was awarded Master's Thesis Presentation Award.
15 Mar 2017I got Uchida Ocean Science Scholarship from the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo.
03 Mar 2017I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 37th Meeting in Kanto District for Ecology-Related Master Thesis Presentation.
23 Feb 2017I got the Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant (29-735) from The Japan Science Society.
22–23 Oct 2016I gave an oral presentation (in Japanese) at the 54th Annual Meeting, Carcinological Society of Japan.
19 Sep 2016Our paper has been published in Zootaxa (Kodama et al. 2016).
30 May 2016 My web site has been set up.
Last update: 25 Nov 2023Set up: 30 May 2016