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The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University


Japanese / English / Chinese

Masaharu MOTOKAWA


Associate Professor, PhD
Contact person for Zoological Collection
motokawa AT inet.museum.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Acadenic History:
2009-Present　Associate Professor, Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University
2001-2002       MEXT Long-term Foreign Visiting Researcher,
                      studying at The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
1997-2009       Assistant Professor, Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University

Awards:
2008.   Young Scientist Award, Zoological Society of Japan
2007.   Young Scientist Award, Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
2003.   Young Scientist Award, Mammalogical Society of Japan

Research Keywords:
Mammalogy; Vertebrate Zoology; Fieldworks; Specimen; Asia; Taxonomy; Species Diversity; Speciation; Phylogeny; Zoogeography; Functional Morphology

New Taxa:
Rhinolophus huananus Wu, Motokawa et Harada, 2008
Rhinolophus thailandensis Wu, Harada et Motokawa, 2009
Mustela nivalis formosana Lin, Motokawa et Harada, 2010

     

Current Project:
JSPS AA Science Platform Program (FY2011-FY2013)
Research platform for East Asian vertebrate speces diversity and formation of specimen network >>HP
(Coordinator: MOTOKAWA Masaharu)

Heiwa Nakajima Foundation (FY2011)
Comprehensive understanding of island mammal fauna in East Asia with multi-countries cooperation research  (PI: MOTOKAWA Masaharu)

Recent Related Project:
JSPS Japan-China (NSFC) Joint Research Project (FY2008-FY2010)
Phylogenetic relationships and species diversity in small mammals between Japan and China  (PI: MOTOKAWA Masaharu)

CONTACT

The Kyoto University Museum,
Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan