Yoko Mitani

Professor, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University

Marine mammals include cetaceans (dolphins, whales), which live in the sea from birth to death, and pinnipeds (seals, fur seals), which breed and rest on land but feed in the water. As top predators in the marine ecosystem, marine mammals influence the ecosystem through feeding on their prey, and also live under the influence of environmental changes. They also have various relationships with us humans and interact with us. Through our research, we think how the oceans where we live with them can continue to exist in the future.

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Biography

October 2021 -

Professor, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University
November 2013 -

Associate professor, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University
November 2008 -

Assistant professor, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University
April 2008 -

JSPS Research fellow, National Institute of Polar Research
April 2006 -

JSPS Research fellow, Tokyo Institute of Technology
July 2004 -

JSPS Research fellow, Visiting Scholar, Texas A&M University
April 2004 -

Post-doctoral Fellow, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
April 2003 -

Post-doctoral Fellow, National Institute of Polar Research

Research Achievements