Waka SATO-OKOSHI

Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University,
Sendai 980-8572, Japan

  • Education
    • 1979-1983  　　　   Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Japan (B.Sc.)
    • 1983-1985   　　　  Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University (M.A.)
    • 1985-1988  　　　   Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University (Ph. D)
  • Professional Career
    • 1988-1991   　　　  Chief Curator, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
    • 1991-2005     　　　Associate, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
    • 2005-2007     　　　Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
    • 2007-2018     　　　Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
    • 2018-present    　　Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
    • 1994   　　　　　　Guest Researcher, University of Alberta, Canada
    • 1996-1999     　　　Adjunct Investigator, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University
    • 1998 　　  　　　　Expert Instructor in Aquaculture in Chile, Japan International Cooperation Agency
    • 2000-2001    　　　 42nd Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
    • 2002   　　　　　　Deep Sea Research Expedition, Ryukyu Islands (Natsushima)
    • 2002   　　　　　　Deep Sea Research Expedition, Japan Trench (Kairei)
    • 2003   　　　　　　Japan-Thailand cooperative studies on fisheries science, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, 　　　　　　　　　Science and Technology, Japan
    • 2005   　　　　　　Guest Professor, Murdock University, Australia
    • 2010   　　　　　　Visiting Professor, Inha University, South Korea
    • 2016   　　　　　　Visiting Professor, Inha University, South Korea
  • Academic Activities
    • 2007-present  　　 Advisory council of the International Polychaete Association
    • 2009-2013    　　　Executive committee of the Japanese Association of Benthology
    • 2011-2015   　　　 Editor-in-Chief of “Plankton and Benthos Research”
    • 2011-2013   　　　 Executive Editor of “Plankton and Benthos Research”
    • 2013-2014    　　　Council of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
    • 2015-2016    　　　Council of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
    • 2015-2019 　　　   Executive committee of the Japanese Association of Benthology
    • 2019-present  　　 President of the Japanese Association of Benthology
  • Scientific Interests
    • Biology and ecology of marine macrobenthos
    • Biology of polydorid complex (Annelida, Spionidae)
    • Natural and anthropogenic disturbances
    • Deep sea ecology
    • Polar biology