Hinako Katsushima, PhD
Ambitious Special Assistant Professor
Faculty of Environmental Earth Science/ Institute for Integrated Innovations, Hokkaido University, JAPAN
Email: hinako.katsushima [at] gmail.com
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Research Interests
Mammals rely on their chemical senses (smell and taste) to interpret their surroundings and to communicate with other individuals. I want to understand how these senses shape decision-making processes. To investigate this, I am studying mammals whose ways of life, such as habitats and social systems, differ markedly from those of humans.
Keywords: Wildlife Biology, Behavioral Ecology, Chemical communication, Taste receptor, Fatty acids, milk, gland secretion
Education and Career
2025Apr –
Ambitious Special Assistant Professor
2022Apr–2025Mar
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Japan (Ph. D., Environmental Science)
2023Apr–2025Mar
JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Hokkaido University, Japan
2022Apr–2023Mar
JST SPRING: Hokkaido University DX Doctoral Fellow, Hokkaido University, Japan
2020Apr–2022Mar
Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University, Japan (Master of Science)
2017Apr–2020Mar
School of Science, Hokkaido University, Japan (Bachelor of Science)
2016Apr–2017Mar
Department of General Education, Hokkaido University, Japan
Research Experience
Ph. D. Researcher, Laboratory of field-based Ecology, Hokkaido University, Japan
Research topics: Intrasipecific interactions at brown bear marking sites as ecological habs
Superviser: Dr. Itsuro Koizumi (website)
M. Sc. Researcher, Hayakawa laboratory, Hokkaido University, Japan
Research topics: Fat taste receptors and fatty milk in dolphins
Superviser: Dr. Takashi Hayakawa (website)
Undergraduate Researcher, Biodiversity biology course, Hokkaido University, Japan
Research topics: Taxonomy of Tanaidacea
Supervisor: Dr. Keiichi Kakui (website)
Grants
2021Apr–2022Mar Cooperation Research Program of Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University (No. 2021-A-29)
2021Apr–2022Feb Sasakawa Science Research Grant (No. 2021-4101)
2022Apr–2023Mar JBN Bear Fund (Japan Bear Network)
2024Apr–2025Mar Inui Tasuke Scientific Foundation
2023Apr–2025Mar Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS): Grant-in-Aid (No. 23KJ0040)
Others
2018–2021 dolphin identification surveyor, Mikurashima Island Dolphin Team
2021– EZO zemi seminar organizer (website)
2021– 2021 Moai Project member, The Ecological Society of Japan
2023– Brown bear workshop organizer
2024– Planning forum organizer, The Mammalogy Society of Japan
Skils
Filedwork
・Field sign identification of forest mammals in Hokkaido
・Individual identification of large mammals (brown bears and dolphins)
・Field survey, Camera trapping survey
Behavioral Studies
・Behavioral experiments and behavioral observations in captivity
Laboratory work
・DNA extraction
・RNA-seq
・Metabolomic analysis
・Currently developing skills in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis
Data analysis
・Statistical analysis using R
・Currently developing skills in GIS
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