Masato YAMAMICHI, Ph.D.

• Associate Professor, Center for Frontier Research, National Institute of Genetics / Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

• Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of the Environment, The University of Queensland

• Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University

• IMS Visiting Associate Professor, Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Yokohama National University

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Research Interests:

• Rapid evolution and eco-evolutionary dynamics

• Population genetics of speciation, adaptation, and polymorphism

• Time-series analysis of ecological interactions

Education:

• 2007-2012: Ph.D., Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)

  • Advisors: Akira Sasaki, Hideki Innan, & Mariko Hiraiwa-Hasegawa

• 2003-2007: B.S., Department of Ecosystem Studies, The University of Tokyo 

  • Advisors: Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Tadashi Miyashita, & Go Fujita

Research Positions:

• 2023-present: Associate Professor, Theoretical Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, Center for Frontier Research, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems / Genetics Program, Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

• 2020-2023: Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland

• 2017-2020: Lecturer, Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo

• 2014-2017: Program-Specific Assistant Professor, Hakubi Center for Advanced Research / Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University

  • Mentor: Atsushi Yamauchi

• 2012-2014: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University

  • Mentors: Nelson G. Hairston Jr. & Stephen P. Ellner

Other Positions:

• 2023-present: IMS Visiting Associate Professor, Laboratory of Microbial Environmental Dynamics, Biosphere Research Unit, Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Yokohama National University

• 2023-present: Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of the Environment, Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland

• 2019-present: Visiting Associate Professor, Department of International Health and Medical Anthropology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University

• 2015-2016: Visiting Scholar

  • The Hairston lab, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University 

  • The Schreiber lab, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis 

  • The Boots lab, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

• 2010, 2011: Visiting Student, the Hairston lab, Cornell University

• 2009-2012: JSPS Predoctoral Research Fellow (DC1)

• 2007-2009: The Graduate University for Advanced Studies Research Assistant

Publications:

Peer-reviewed Articles

1. Shibasaki, Yamamichi (in prep.)

2. Kawaguchi, Yamamichi (in prep.)

3. Ichijo et al. (in prep.)

4. Ito, Yamamichi (in prep.)

5. Gómez-Llano et al. (in prep.)

6. Uematsu et al. (submitted)

7. Letten et al. (in revision)

8. Morita, Yamamichi (in revision)

9. Arenas-Castro H, Berdejo-Espinola V, Chowdhury S, Rodríguez-Contreras A, James A, Raja NB, Dunne EM, Bertolino S, Emidio NB, Derez CM, Drobniak SM, Fulton GR, Henao-Diaz LF, Kaur A, Kim CJS, Lagisz M, Medina I, Mikula P, Narayan VP, O'Bryan CJ, Oh RRY, Ovsyanikova E, Pérez-Hämmerle K-V, Pottier P, Powers JS, Rodriguez-Acevedo AJ, Rozak AH, Sena PHA, Sockhill NJ, Tedesco AM, Tiapa-Blanco F, Tsai J-S, Villarreal-Rosas J, Wadgymar SM, Yamamichi M, Amano T (2024) Academic publishing requires linguistically inclusive policies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291(2018): 20232840 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.2840 [Supplement] (EcoEvoRxiv DOI: 10.32942/X2NS3K) [Nature News] [Pesquisa Fapesp] [Scimex] [The Conversation]

10. Otake Y, Yamamichi M, Hirata Y, Odagiri H, Yoshida T (2024) Different photoperiodic responses in diapause induction can promote the maintenance of genetic diversity via the storage effect in Daphnia pulex. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291(2016): 20231860 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1860

11. Fujita H, Ushio M, Suzuki K, Abe MS, Yamamichi M, Okazaki Y, Canarini A, Hayashi I, Fukushima K, Fukuda S, Kiers ET, Toju H (2023) Metagenomic analysis of ecological niche overlap and community collapse in microbiome dynamics. Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1261137 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1261137 [Supplement] (bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.17.524457)

12. Yamamichi M, Letten AD, Schreiber SJ (2023) Eco-evolutionary maintenance of diversity in fluctuating environments. Ecology Letters 26(S1): S152-S167 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14286 [Supplement] [Institutional Repository] (Special issue: Exploring the border between ecology and evolution)

13. Yamamichi M, Ellner SP, Hairston NG Jr (2023) Beyond simple adaptation: Incorporating other evolutionary processes and concepts into eco-evolutionary dynamics. Ecology Letters 26(S1): S16-S21 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14197 (Authorea DOI: 10.22541/au.166438574.48839383/v1) [Institutional Repository] (Special issue: Exploring the border between ecology and evolution)

14. Morita K, Yamamichi M (2023) How does the magnitude of genetic variation affect ecological and reproductive character displacement? Population Ecology 65(4): 220-230 DOI: 10.1002/1438-390X.12097 [Supplement] (bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.26.432976) [Institutional Repository] (Special feature: Sex and biological communities)

15. Yamamichi M, Tsuji K, Sakai S, Svensson EI (2023) Frequency-dependent community dynamics driven by sexual interactions. Population Ecology 65(4): 204-219 DOI: 10.1002/1438-390X.12165 [Institutional Repository] (Special feature: Sex and biological communities, Editor's choice)

16. Nakazawa T, Katayama N, Utsumi S, Yamawo A, Yamamichi M (2023) When to help juveniles, adults, or both: analyzing the evolutionary models of stage-structured mutualism. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1138138 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1138138 [Supplement]

17. Fujita H, Ushio M, Suzuki K, Abe MS, Yamamichi M, Okazaki Y, Canarini A, Hayashi I, Fukushima K, Fukuda S, Kiers ET, Toju H (2023) Facilitative interaction networks in experimental microbial community dynamics. Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1153952 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1153952 [Supplement] (bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.19.524804)

18. Fujita H, Ushio M, Suzuki K, Abe MS, Yamamichi M, Iwayama K, Canarini A, Hayashi I, Fukushima K, Fukuda S, Kiers ET, Toju H (2023) Alternative stable states, nonlinear behavior, and predictability of microbiome dynamics. Mircobiome 11: 63 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-023-01474-5 [Supplement] (bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.23.505041) [Institutional Repository]

19. Yamamichi M, Letten AD (2022) Extending the gleaner–opportunist trade-off. Journal of Animal Ecology 91(11): 2163-2170 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13813 [Supplement] [Institutional Repository]

20. Hirama F, Urabe J, Doi H, Kazama T, Noguchi T, Tappenbeck TH, Katano I, Yamamichi M, Yoshida T, Elser JJ (2022) Terrigenous subsidies in lakes support zooplankton production mainly via a green food chain and not the brown food chain. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 956819 DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.956819 [Supplement]

21. Yamamichi M, Gibbs T, Levine JM (2022) Integrating eco-evolutionary dynamics and modern coexistence theory. Ecology Letters 25(10): 2091-2106 DOI: 10.1111/ele.14078 [Supplement] [Institutional Repository]

22. Yamamichi M (2022) How does genetic architecture affect eco-evolutionary dynamics? A theoretical perspective. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 377(1855): 20200504 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0504 [Institutional Repository] (Theme issue: Genetic basis of adaptation and speciation: from loci to causative mutations)

23. Kasada M, Yamamichi M (2022) Idea paper: Controlling trait adaptation to decrease population densities for conservation and management. Ecological Research 37(4): 475-480 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12300 (Special feature: Promoting idea sharing via Idea Paper 2)

24. Yamamichi M, Letten AD (2021) Rapid evolution promotes fluctuation-dependent species coexistence.  Ecology Letters 24(4): 812-818 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13707 [Supplement] (bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.08.05.239053) [Institutional Repository] [Faculty Opinions]

25. Letten AD, Yamamichi M (2021) Gleaning, fast and slow: In defense of a canonical ecological trade-off. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118(5): e2022754118 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2022754118

26. Kazama T, Urabe J, Yamamichi M, Tokita K, Yin X, Katano I, Doi H, Yoshida T, Hairston NG Jr (2021) A unified framework for herbivore-to-producer biomass ratio reveals the relative influence of four ecological factors. Communications Biology 4: 49 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-01587-9 [Supplement] [Dryad] (Authorea DOI: 10.22541/au.159121368.85843146)

27. Yamamichi M, Kyogoku D, Iritani R, Kobayashi K, Takahashi Y, Tsurui-Sato K, Yamawo A, Dobata S, Tsuji K, Kondoh M (2020) Intraspecific adaptation load: a mechanism for species coexistence. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 35(10): 897-907 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.05.011 [Supplement] (Cover Article)

28. Yamamichi M, Koizumi I (2020) Toxic males: Density-dependent male mating harassment can explain geographic parthenogenesis. Ecological Research 35(2): 281-288 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.12097 [Supplement] (Award/Cover Article)

29. Yamamichi M, Lyberger K, Patel S (2019) Antagonistic coevolution between multiple quantitative traits: Matching dynamics can arise from difference interactions. Population Ecology 61(4): 362-370 DOI: 10.1002/1438-390X.12022 [Supplement] (bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/509885) (Award/Cover Article, Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019/2019-2020)

30. Cortez MH, Yamamichi M (2019) How (co)evolution alters predator responses to increased mortality: extinction thresholds and hydra effects. Ecology 100(10): e02789 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2789 [Supplement]

31. Schreiber SJ, Yamamichi M, Strauss SY (2019) When rarity has costs: coexistence under positive frequency-dependence and environmental stochasticity. Ecology 100(7): e02664 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2664 [Supplement] [GitHub] (bioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/161919)

32. Yamamichi M, Hairston NG Jr, Rees M, Ellner SP (2019) Rapid evolution with generation overlap: the double-edged effect of dormancy. Theoretical Ecology 12(2): 179-195 DOI: 10.1007/s12080-019-0414-7 [Supplement] [Free full-text view] (Special issue to honor Alan Hastings’ 65th birthday)

33. Yamamichi M, Klauschies T, Miner BE, van Velzen E (2019) Modelling inducible defences in predator–prey interactions: assumptions and dynamical consequences of three distinct approaches. Ecology Letters 22(2): 390-404 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13183 [Supplement]

34. Yamamichi M, Kazama T, Tokita K, Katano I, Doi H, Yoshida T, Hairston NG Jr, Urabe J (2018) A shady phytoplankton paradox: when phytoplankton increases under low light. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285(1882): 20181067 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1067 [Supplement] [Dryad]

35. Toju H, Peay KG, Yamamichi M, Narisawa K, Hiruma K, Naito K, Fukuda S, Ushio M, Nakaoka S, Onoda Y, Yoshida K, Schlaeppi K, Bai Y, Sugiura R, Ichihashi Y, Minamisawa K, Kiers ET (2018) Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems. Nature Plants 4(5): 247-257 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-018-0139-4 [Free full-text view]

36. Toju H, Yamamichi M, Guimarães PR Jr, Olesen JM, Mougi A, Yoshida T, Thompson JN (2017) Species-rich networks and eco-evolutionary synthesis at the metacommunity level. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1(2): 0024 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-016-0024 [Supplement] [Free full-text view] 

37. Yamamichi M, Hoso M (2017) Roles of maternal effects in maintaining genetic variation: Maternal storage effect. Evolution 71(2): 449-457 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13118 [Supplement]

38. Adachi T, Costa DP, Robinson PW, Peterson SH, Yamamichi M, Naito Y, Takahashi A (2017) Searching for prey in a three-dimensional environment: hierarchical movements enhance foraging success in northern elephant seals. Functional Ecology 31(2): 361-369 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12686 [Supplement] [FE Spotlight]

39. Yamamichi M, Ellner SP (2016) Antagonistic coevolution between quantitative and Mendelian traits. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283(1827): 20152926 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2926 [Supplement] [Dryad]

40. Yen JDL, Cabral RB, Cantor M, Hatton I, Kortsch S, Patrício J, Yamamichi M (2016) Linking structure and function in food webs: maximization of different ecological functions generates distinct food web structures. Journal of Animal Ecology 85(2): 537-547 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12484 [Supplement]

41. Sato NJ, Tanaka KD, Okahisa Y, Yamamichi M, Kuehn R, Gula R, Ueda K, Theuerkauf J (2015) Nestling polymorphism in a cuckoo-host system. Current Biology 25(24): R1164-R1165 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.11.028 [Supplement]

42. Yamamichi M, Miner BE (2015) Indirect evolutionary rescue: prey adapts, predator avoids extinction. Evolutionary Applications 8(8): 787-795 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12295 [Supplement] [Institutional Repository]

43. Yamamichi M, Meunier CL, Peace A, Prater C, Rúa MA (2015) Rapid evolution of a consumer stoichiometric trait destabilizes consumer–producer dynamics. Oikos 124(7): 960-969 DOI: 10.1111/oik.02388 [Supplement] [Oikos blog] (Woodstoich III Article)

44. Kasada M, Yamamichi M, Yoshida T (2014) Form of an evolutionary tradeoff affects eco-evolutionary dynamics in a predator–prey system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(45): 16035-16040 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406357111 [Supplement] [Institutional Repository] (Cover Article)

45. Tezuka A, Kasagi S, van Oosterhout C, McMullan M, Iwasaki WM, Kasai D, Yamamichi M, Innan H, Kawamura S, Kawata M (2014) Divergent selection for opsin gene variation in guppy (Poecilia reticulata) populations of Trinidad and Tobago. Heredity 113(5): 381-389 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.35 [Supplement]

46. Yamamichi M, Yoshida T, Sasaki A (2014) Timing and propagule size of invasion determine its success by a time-varying threshold of demographic regime shift. Ecology 95(8): 2303-2315 DOI: 10.1890/13-1527.1 [Supplement] [Institutional Repository]

47. Yamamichi M, Sasaki A (2013) Single-gene speciation with pleiotropy: Effects of allele dominance, population size, and delayed inheritance. Evolution 67(7): 2011-2023 DOI: 10.1111/evo.12068 [Supplement]

48. Yamamichi M, Innan H (2012) Estimating the migration rate from genetic variation data. Heredity 108(4): 362-363 DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.83

49. Yamamichi M, Gojobori J, Innan H (2012) An autosomal analysis gives no genetic evidence for complex speciation of humans and chimpanzees. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29(1): 145-156 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msr172 [Supplement]

50. Yamamichi M, Yoshida T, Sasaki A (2011) Comparing the effects of rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity on predator-prey dynamics. The American Naturalist 178(3): 287-304 DOI: 10.1086/661241 [Supplement]

51. Matthews B, Narwani A, Hausch S, Nonaka E, Peter H, Yamamichi M, Sullam KE, Bird KC, Thomas MK, Hanley TC, Turner CB (2011) Toward an integration of evolutionary biology and ecosystem science. Ecology Letters 14(7): 690-701 DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01627.x [Eco-Evo Evo-Eco blog]

Book Chapters

1. Hairston NG Jr, Fox JA, Yamamichi M (2024) Dormancy and Diapause. In: Scheiner SM (ed), Encyclopedia of Biodiversity 3rd edition, Vol. 6, 15-20. Elsevier Inc. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-822562-2.00075-X

2. Yamamichi M (2022) Chapter 10: Single-gene speciation, balanced polymorphism, and antagonistic coevolution in left-right asymmetry of land snails. In: Hori M, Takahashi S (eds), Lateral Asymmetry in Animals: Predator-Prey Interactions, Dynamics, and Evolution: 275-295 (Ecological Research Monographs book series). Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-1342-6_10 (peer-reviewed)

3. Yamamichi M (2020) Chapter 2: Effects of rapid evolution on population cycles and extinction in predator-prey systems. In: Mougi A (ed), Diversity of Functional Traits and Interactions: Perspectives on Community Dynamics: 19-49 (Theoretical Biology book series). Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7953-0_2 (peer-reviewed)

4. Yamamichi M (2019) Eco-evolutionary feedback from the perspective of ecological stoichiometry. In: Kadowaki K, Tachiki Y (eds), Evolutionary Community Ecology, 289-306, Kyoto University Press, Kyoto (peer-reviewed, in Japanese)

5. Yamamichi M (2013) Statistical inference in phylogeography and future perspectives. In: Ikeda H, Koizumi I (eds), Phylogeography: Plant Species Biology 36: 261-293, Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan Co. Ltd., Tokyo (peer-reviewed, in Japanese)

Translation

1. Mittelbach GG, McGill BJ (translated by Kadowaki K, Yamamichi M, Utsumi S) (2023) Community Ecology, Second Edition. Maruzen Publishing, Tokyo.

Peer-reviewed Articles (in Japanese)

1. Shinohara N, Yamamichi M (2021) A modern synthesis of coexistence mechanisms in community ecology. Japanese Journal of Ecology 71(2): 39-63 DOI: 10.18960/seitai.71.2_35

2. Kadowaki K, Yamamichi M, Fukano Y, Ishizuka W, Mimura M, Nishihiro J, Yokomizo H, Utsumi S (2020) An evolutionary approach to conservation ecology and ecosystem management. Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology 25(2): 221-234

3. Yamamichi M, Hiraiwa-Hasegawa M (2012) Research object biases in Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology. Japanese Journal of Conservation Ecology 17(2): 199-210

4. Yamamichi M, Kadoya T (2009) An introduction to parameter estimation of simulation models by Bayesian calibration. Japanese Journal of Ecology 59(2): 207-216

Non-reviewed Articles (in Japanese)

1. Yamamichi M (2022) Fluctuation-dependent species coexistence driven by rapid evolution. Communications of the Operations Research Society of Japan 67(1): 27-33

2. Yamamichi M (2020) To adapt or go extinct: Indirect evolutionary rescue and hydra effects. Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences Kokyuroku 2165: 54-58

3. Yamamichi M (2018) Speciation, the maintenance of genetic variation, and coevolution in land snails. Newsletter of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology 85: 2-6

4. Yamamichi M (2017) The storage effect that maintains diversity in fluctuating environments. Newsletter of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology 81: 18-19

5. Shikayama D, Itaki Y, Yamamichi M (2015) Why are there a few popular and many unpopular comics? Distribution predictions of comic series periods by using the popularity-vote model. Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences Kokyuroku 1966: 34-40

6. Yamamichi M, Innan H (2012) An introduction to ecogenomics (7) Future perspectives of ecogenomics studies. Japanese Journal of Ecology 62(1): 95-109

7. Yamamichi M (2011) The effects of rapid evolution and phenotypic plasticity on population dynamics. Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences Kokyuroku 1751: 140-147

8. Yamamichi M, Innan H (2011) An introduction to ecogenomics (6) Detecting the signatures of natural selection (2). Japanese Journal of Ecology 61(2): 237-249

9. Yamamichi M, Innan H (2010b) An introduction to ecogenomics (5) Detecting the signatures of natural selection (1). Japanese Journal of Ecology 60(2): 293-302

10. Yamamichi M, Innan H (2010a) An introduction to ecogenomics (4) The theory and analysis of DNA polymorphism data (2). Japanese Journal of Ecology 60(1): 137-148

11. Yamamichi M, Innan H (2009b) An introduction to ecogenomics (3) The theory and analysis of DNA polymorphism data (1). Japanese Journal of Ecology 59(3): 339-349

12. Yamamichi M, Innan H (2009a) An introduction to ecogenomics (2) Genome-wide association mapping. Japanese Journal of Ecology 59(1): 105-113

13. Yamamichi M, Innan H (2008) An introduction to ecogenomics (1) Local adaptation and the divergence of phenotypic traits. Japanese Journal of Ecology 58(3): 241-247

14. Yamamichi M (2008) Hierarchical Bayes and its application to reaction-diffusion model. Newsletter of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology 56: 10-15

15. Yamamichi M (2007) What we can learn from long-term surveys of citizens' participation using hierarchical Bayes model. Bird Research News 4(12): 2

Presentations:

Workshop Participation:

• 2015: Kyoto Winter Research Program in Mathematical Biology Next Wave 2015 in Kyoto, Japan

• 2014: Woodstoich III in Sydney, Australia

• 2013: Complex Systems Summer School 2013 at Santa Fe Institute, U.S.A.

• 2012: NESCent Workshop "Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics" in Durham, U.S.A.

• 2011: OIST Summer School and Workshop "QECG2011: Linkage and Recombination in Genome Sequences" in Okinawa, Japan

• 2009: Eawag Ph.D. summer school "Interactions between ecological and evolutionary processes in aquatic systems" in Kastanienbaum, Switzerland

Awards and Honors:

1. The Young Scientists' Award (2023,  Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT))

2. Miyadi Award (2020, Ecological Society of Japan)

3. Young Scientist Initiative Award, SESJ (2019, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan)

4. JSMB Young Scholar Award (2017, Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology)

5. Best English Presentation Award (2017, The 64th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Evolution section)

6. Population Ecology Young Scientist Award (2016, Society of Population Ecology)

7. Excellent English Presentation Award (2015, The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Evolutionary Ecology of Animals section)

8. Young Scholar Award (Suzuki Award) (2015, Ecological Society of Japan)

9. Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists (2015, Inoue Foundation for Science)

10. Excellent Poster Award (2012, 28th Annual Meeting of the Society of Population Ecology)

11. Excellent Poster Award (2012, Joint Meeting of the 59th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan and the 5th EAFES International Congress, Evolution section)

12. Best Poster Award (2012, Japan-Indonesia Academic Exchange Seminar by Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), & The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

13. SOKENDAI President's Award (2010, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

14. Excellent Poster Award (2010, The 57th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, Animal Population section)

15. The Dean Award for Academic Excellence (2007, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Tokyo) 

Fellowships and Grants:

1. Inamori Research Grant (2024-2026, Inamori Foundation)

2. CREST (as a Collaborator with Hirokazu Toju, 2023-2029, JST)

3. Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (as a Research Collaborator with Mayuko Nakamaru, 2023-2028, ERCA)

4. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) (as a Co-Investigator with Jun Kitano, 2022-2027, JSPS)

5. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (as a Co-Investigator with Masaki Hoso, 2022-2025, JSPS) 

6. Discovery Project (as a Partner Investigator with Simon Hart, 2022-2024, ARC (Chief Investigator until 2023))

7. Faculty of Science COVID Research Recovery Fund (2021-2022, Faculty of Science, The University of Queensland)

8. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (as a Co-Investigator with Takehito Yoshida, 2021-2025, JSPS)

9. Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)) (as a Co-Investigator with Masaki Hoso, 2020-2026, JSPS)

10. RIMS Research Project "Mathematical Biofluid Mechanics" (2021, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University)

11. Strategic Partnership Teaching and Research Collaboration Seed Grant (with Jonathan M. Levine, 2019-2020, Princeton University & The University of Tokyo)

12. Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (2019-2024, JSPS)

13. Young Scholars Overseas Visit Program (2019, The University of Tokyo)

14. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (as a Co-Investigator with Masaki Hoso, 2018-2021, JSPS)

15. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (as a Co-Investigator with Takehito Yoshida, 2017-2021, JSPS)

16. Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (2016-2019, JSPS)

17. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (as a Co-Investigator with Michio Kondoh, 2016-2019, JSPS)

18. John Mung Program (2015-2016, Kyoto University)

19. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (as a Co-Investigator with Jotaro Urabe, 2015-2018, JSPS)

20. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (as a Research Collaborator with Takehito Yoshida, 2014-2017, JSPS)

21. Hakubi Research Fellowship (2014-2019, Kyoto University)

22. Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad (2012-2014, JSPS)

23. Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration Grant (2012, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

24. The Short-Stay Study Abroad Program (2011, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

25. Excellent Young Researchers Overseas Visit Program (2010, JSPS)

26. Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (Doctoral Course Students, DC1) (2009-2012, JSPS)

27. JASSO Scholarship (2007-2009, JASSO)

Reviewer:

• The American Naturalist (8), Behavioral Ecology, Biology Letters, Development, Growth & Differentiation, Dynamic Games and Applications, Ecological Complexity, Ecological Monographs (3), Ecological Research (2), Ecology (7), Ecology and Evolution (2), Ecology Letters (15), eLife, Evolution (2), Evolution Letters, Evolutionary Applications (4), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2), Functional Ecology (6), Genetics Research, Global Change Biology, Interface Focus, Journal of Animal Ecology (5), Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Complex Networks, Journal of Ecology (2), Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2), Journal of Mathematical Biology, Journal of Theoretical Biology (6), Limnology and Oceanography (2), Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods (2), Mathematical Biosciences, Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2), Nature Communications (2), Nature Ecology & Evolution (2), Oikos (6), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, PLOS Biology, PLOS ONE, Population Ecology (5), Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (14), Theoretical Ecology (2), Theoretical Population Biology (2), Trends in Ecology & Evolution (2), Trends in Genetics, Japanese Journal of Ecology (2), Axios Review (2), Book chapter (4)

• Research grant: DAAD P.R.I.M.E. Fellowship (Germany), NSF Grant (2) (U.S.A.), NERC Grant (U.K.), ARC DECRA (Australia), NSERC Discovery Grant (2) (Canada)

• PhD thesis: University of Konstanz (2023), University of Tokyo (2020-2021)

Teaching:

SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)

• Evolutionary Genomics (Co-Instructor, 2024)

The University of Queensland

• Natural Resource Mathematics (MATH3070) (Co-Instructor, 2021)

• Biostatistics & Experimental Design (BIOL2006/2106) (Co-Instructor, 2021-2022)

• Analysis of Scientific Data (STAT1201/7120) (Co-Instructor, 2021-2023)

• Introduction to Big Data Biological Research (QBIO7007) (2021)

• Dynamic Modelling of Biological Systems (QBIO7003) (Course coordinator, 2021-2022, "Stochastic Models and Statistical Inference" in 2021)

• Genes, Cells & Evolution (BIOL1020/7020) (Co-Instructor, 2020-2022)

The University of Tokyo

• Special Lecture in Biological Science IV/International Lecture in New Basic Bioscience 4 (Instructor, 2022)

• Sociobiology I (Instructor, 2019)

• Field Biology (Instructor, 2018-2019)

• Evolutionary Theory (Co-Instructor, 2018)

• Biodiversity and Ecosystem (Co-Instructor, 2018-2019)

• Introduction to Systems Science II (Co-Instructor, 2019)

• Introduction to Systems Science I (Co-Instructor, 2017-2018)

• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology I (Co-Instructor, 2017-2019)

• Ecology (Co-Instructor, 2017-2019)

• Experiments in Biosphere Sciences (Co-Instructor, 2017)

Kyoto University

• Advanced evolutionary biology (Co-Instructor, 2016-2017)

• Understanding life: From molecule to ecosystem (Co-Instructor, 2015)

• Ecological Science (Co-Instructor, 2015)

• Interdisciplinary Life Science Course (Co-Instructor, 2014-2016)

Professional Activities:

• Frontiers of Science (FoS) Planning Group Member (2019–2023, 2024-2025, JSPS)

• Director (2021-present, Society of Population Ecology)

• Member of Editorial Board for "Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan" News (2014–present, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan)

• Member of Strategic Planning Committee (2016–present, Ecological Society of Japan)

• Councilor (2018–2022, Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan)

• Award Selection Committee Member (2019–2021, Society of Population Ecology)

• Member of Annual Meeting Planning Committee (2018–2021, Ecological Society of Japan)

• Volunteer judge for Lotka and Volterra Prize (2013, 2016–2018, 2021, ESA Annual Meeting)

Contact:

• Theoretical Ecology and Evolution Laboratory, Center for Frontier Research, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan

• Email: myamamichi (a) nig.ac.jp