Bio
I am an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Global and Transdisciplinary Studies at Chiba University, Japan. I study ferns, an ancient and diverse lineage of vascular plants.
Ferns have a unique lifecycle combining two free-living stages (gametophyte and sporophyte) that differ from each other dramatically in appearance and physiology. This sets ferns apart from nearly all other land plants, and has important implications for their ecology and evolution. I am particularly interested in how different stages of the fern lifecycle contribute to community assembly processes, as well as fern ecology, evolution, and systematics.
I am also an enthusiastic adherent of reproducible analysis and coding, especially with ! Please see my blog for more stories about this topic.
Education
Harvard University | PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology | 2016
The University of Tokyo | MS in Biological Sciences | 2010
The University of California, Berkeley | BA in Integrative Biology and Japanese Language | 2007
Experience
Graduate School of Global and Transdisciplinary Studies, Chiba University | Associate Professor | April 2023 - Present
Iwasaki Lab, The University of Tokyo | Project Research Associate | April 2020 - March 2023
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution | Postdoctoral Fellow | January 2019 - March 2020
National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan | Postdoctoral Fellow | November 2016 - December 2018