PERSONAL DATA

Name: Hajime OHIRA
Current affiliation: Project Researcher, Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science 'Kyororo'
Date of birth: Jan. 17, 1990
Place of birth: Fukushima, Japan
E-mail: ohira.hajimeⓐgmail.com

EDUCATION

Doctor of Science and Engineering. Graduate School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan (2018).
Master of Science and Engineering. Graduate School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan (2014).
Bachelor of Science and Engineering. Cluster of Science and Technology, Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan (2012).
Associate degree (Engineering). Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fukushima College, National Institute of Technology, Fukushima, Japan. (2010).

CAREER HISTORY

Project Researcher. May. 2022- Echigo-Matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science 'Kyororo', Japan.
Staff. Feb. 2021-Apr. 2022. Urabandai Visitor Center, Japan.
Staff. Aug. 2019–Jan. 2021. Hitachi Park Management Center, Parks and Recreation Foundation, Japan.
Project Researcher. Oct. 2018–Mar. 2019. Fukushima University, Japan.
Project Assistant Professor. Apr. 2018–Sep. 2018. Fukushima University, Japan.
Research Assistant (RA). Apr. 2014–Mar. 2018. Fukushima University, Japan.

PUBLICATIONS

Original paper
7.  Ueno, S., Hasegawa, Y., Kato, S., Mori, H., Tsukada, H., Ohira, H., Kaneko, S. (2023). Rapid survey of de novo mutations in naturally growing tree species following the March 2011 disaster in Fukushima: the effect of low-dose-rate radiation. Environment International 174, 107893.  [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.107893]
6. Tsutsumi, T., Suzuki, K., Ootomo, M., Hayashi, K., Ohira, H. (2022).  Aquatic insects recorded in Ozegahara, Ozenuma and their surrounding area. Low Temperature Science 80, 357–378. https://doi.org/10.14943/lowtemsci.80.357.  (in Japanese with English abstract)
5. Phuong, T. N., Kaneko, S., Koya, S., Ohira, H., Tsukada, H. (2021). Radiation dose rate to Japanese cedar and plants collected from Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Science of The Total Environment, 779, 146350.
4. Ohira, H., Sato, K., Tsutsumi, T., Kaneko, S., Choi, H.-J. (2018). DNA barcoding suggested the existence of cryptic species and high biodiversity of South Korean pseudoscorpions (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 11(3), 399–407. [PDF]
3. Ohira, H., Kaneko, S., Faulks, L., Tsutsumi, T. (2018). Unexpected species diversity within Japanese Mundochthonius pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae) and the necessity for improved species diagnosis revealed by molecular and morphological examination. Invertebrate Systematics 32, 259-277.
2. Ohira, H., Kaneko, S., Tsutsumi, T. (2016). A rapid and low-cost protocol for DNA extraction from small-sized pseudoscorpion appendages. Acta Arachnologica 65(2), 89–95. (in Japanese) [PDF]
1. Ohira, H., Kaneko, S., Tsutsumi, T. (2016). Is abdominal tergal chaetotaxy reliable for species diagnosis of Japanese soil-dwelling Mundochthonius pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae)? Proceedings of Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan 50, 11–13. [PDF]

Misc. (not peer-reviewed)
18. Tomizuka, S., Ohira, H., Kato, D. (2023). Distribution of Mecopoda nipponensis (de Haan, 1843) in Niigata Prefecture. Transactions of Essa Entomological Society (127), 35-39.
17. Abe, C., Ohira, H.,  Kato, D. (2023). Record of Melanitis phedima Cramer, 1782 in Minami-uonuma city. Transactions of Essa Entomological Society (127), 5-6.
16.  Saito, R., Toma, R., Takagi, T., Ohira, H., Kaneko, S. (2022). Origin estimation of sika deer captured in the Urabandai area, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Journal of Community future design center, Fukushima University 34(1), 73–76. (in Japanese)  [PDF]
15. Ohira, H., Okatsu, Y. (2022). First record of Cytilus sericeus (Forster, 1771) form Fukushima Prefecture. Fukushima-no-Mushi (39), 25. (in Japanese)
14. Ohira, H. (2019). A record of Athropsodes tsudai (Akagi, 1960) and Setodes argentatus Matsumura, 1907 (Faimily Leptoceridae) from Miwa Town, Iwaki City. Fukushima-no-Mushi (36), 20. (in Japanese)
13. Kimura, K., Ohira, H. (2019). First record of the pseudoscorpion Garypus japonicus from the Korean Peninsula. Edaphologia 105, 25. (in Japanese)
12. Ohira, H., Tsutsumi, T. (2018). A record of mayflies, stoneflies, and caddisflies from the streams in Urabandai and Inawashiro region, Fukushima. Fukushima-Seibutsu (61), 17–26. (in Japanese)
11. Ohira, H. (2017). Collecting record of rock-crawler from Kanayagawa-Campus of Fukushima University. Fukushima-no-Mushi (35), 11. (in Japanese)
10. Ohira, H. (2016). First record of Rivulophilus sakaii Nishimoto, Nozaki & Ruiter from Fukushima Prefecture. Fukushima-no-Mushi (34), 15–16. (in Japanese)
9. Sato, K., Ohira, H., Tsutsumi, T., Kaneko, S. (2016). Intraspecific Molecular Phylogeny of a Putative Parthenogenetic Pseudoscorpion, Microbisium pygmaeum (Iocheirata, Neobisiidae). Proceedings of Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan 50, 29. (English abstract only) [PDF]
8. Ohira, H. , Kaneko, S., Tsutsumi, T. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of three soil-dwelling species of the genus Mundochthonius in Japan (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae). Proceedings of Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan 49, 25. (English abstract only) [PDF]
7. Ohira, H., Kaneko, S., Tsutsumi, T. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of soil-dwelling species of the genus Mundochthonius in Japan (Pseudoscorpiones: Chthoniidae). Journal of Integrated Field Science 13, 48. (English abstract only) [DL link (Tohoku University Repository)]
6. Ohira, H., Tsutsumi, T. (2015). Benthic fauna of the streams in Urabandai-region, Fukushima. Fukushima-Seibutsu (58), 21–34. (in Japanese).
5. Ohira, H., Tsutsumi, T., Kaneko, S. (2015). Genetic diversity of discontinuous-distributed caddisfly Macrostemum radiatum (Insecta: Trichoptera) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Symbiotic Systems Science 15, 193–200. (in Japanese) [PDF]
4. Ohira, H., Tsutsumi, T. (2014). Life history of Macrostemum radiatum in Urabandai-region, Fukushima Prefecture. Symbiotic Systems Science 14, 106–109. (in Japanese) [PDF]
3. Ohira, H., Tsutsumi, T. (2013). A study related to Macrostemum radiatum (Insecta: Trichoptera) in Urabandai-region, Fukushima Prefecture. Symbiotic Systems Science 13, 108–115. (in Japanese) [PDF]
2. Kaneko, S., Tsutusmi, T., Ohira, H. (2012). Confirmation of feeding damage to endangered-plant Echinops setifer by Corythucha marmorata. Journal of the Hiba Society of Natural History 244, 55-56. (in Japanese)
1. Tsutusmi, T., Ohira, H. (2012). Distribution record of Macrostemum radiatum (McLachlan) (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from Fukushima Prefecture. Fukushima-Seibutsu (55), 39–41. ( in Japanese)

Book
Ohira, H., Tsutsumi, T., Kaneko, S. (2016). Pseudoscorpion diversity in Urabandai-region. In 'Environmental Study in URABANDAI-INAWASHIRO Area (Ed. T. Tsutumi).', pp. 163–171, (Fukushima Minpo: Fukushima). (in Japanese)
Tsutsumi, T., Masubuchi, S., Ohira, H. (2016). Macrobenthos in Urabandai area, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. In 'Environmental Study in URABANDAI-INAWASHIRO Area (Ed. T. Tsutumi).', pp. 151–161, (Fukushima Minpo: Fukushima). (in Japanese)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2013– The Japanese Society of Soil Zoology
2016– Arachnological Society of Japan
2017– British Arachnological Society
2022–American Arachnological Society
2015–2019 The Zoological Society of Japan
2016–2019 The Japanese Society of Applied Entomology & Zoology 

REVIEWED JOURNALS

Journal of Apicultural Research
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
Population Ecology
Zootaxa

Last update Dec 6, 2022