Appendix 22024-08-09

List of Faculty Members
at Inuyama Campus
and in Kyoto(AY2025)

1NOTES:* Faculty members who can co-supervise students only in collaboration with those without
the mark. They cannot officially act as primary supervisors.
** Faculty members who are retiring or are retired and cannot therefore supervise
students in the relevant academic year.

Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior
Faculty based in Inuyama:
Professors
Dr. Hirofumi AKARI : akari.hirofumi.5z@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Molecular and cellular virology; comparative immunology
Dr. Hiroo IMAI : imai.hiroo.5m@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Biochemistry and molecular biology of sensory receptors
Dr. Masayuki MATSUMOTO : matsumoto.masayuki.4w kyoto-u.ac.jp
Neuroscience
Dr. Katsuki NAKAMURA：katsuki@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Studies on social and emotional cognition
Associate Professors
Dr. Ikuma ADACHI : adachi.ikuma.2c@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Comparative explorations of animal cognition.
Dr. Eishi HIRASAKI : hirasaki.eishi.6x@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Evolution and adaptation of primate locomotion
Dr. Shigehiro MIYACHI : miyachi.shigehiro.8e@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Neurophysiological and neuroanatomical studies on cognition and action
Dr. Takao OISHI：toishi@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Studies of neural plasticity and development
Program-Specific Associate Professors*Dr. Hidetoshi AMITA：amita.hidetoshi.7x@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Neuroscience*Dr. Naho KONOIKE：konoike.naho.8x@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Neuroscience*Dr. Hiroshi UENO：ueno.hiroshi.3u@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Clinical Veterinary Medicine
Assistant Professors*Dr. Yuko HATTORI : hattori.yuko.8w@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Comparative cognition, rhythmic entrainment and the evolution of musicality2*Dr. Ken’ichi INOUE：inoue.kenichi.6z@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Studies of pathogenesis and treatment in basal ganglia disorders; Development of cellmanipulation techniques for studies of high-order brain functions*Dr. Yukako KASTURA : katsura.yukako.5e@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Molecular Biology*Dr. Takako MIYABE : miyabe.takako.2s@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Anesthesia of non-human primates; Primate veterinary clinics.
Program-Specific Assistant Professors*Dr. Atsunori HIGASHINO：higashino.atsunori.6e@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Laboratory Animal Science*Dr. Narumi KATSUYAMA：katsuyama.narumi.3a@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Neuroscience*Dr. Toru TAKAHATA：takahata.toru.8s@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Neuroanatomy*Dr. Susumu TOMIYA : tomiya.susumu.8r@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Vertebrate morphology & paleontology; mammalian evolution & extinction; biodiversity
conservation

Center for Ecological Research
Faculty based in Inuyama:
Associate Professor
Dr. Goro HANYA : hanya.goro.5z@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Population ecology and feeding ecology of Asian primates.
Assistant Professor*Dr. Hiroyuki TANAKA : tanaka.hiroyuki.6c@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Genetic study on monkey breeding populations; Molecular phylogenetics and biogeographyof bees

Wildlife Research Center
Faculty based in Kyoto:
Director**Dr. Gen'ichi IDANI : idani.genichi.8x@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ecology and sociology of African great apes; Zoological science
Professors
Dr. Satoshi HIRATA : hirata.satoshi.8z@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Comparative cognition in primates; Social intelligence in great apes
Dr. Miho INOUE-MURAYAMA : murayama.miho.5n@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Animal genetics; Polymorphism; Personality

3Dr. Ikki MATSUDA : Matsuda.ikki.5a@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Primate Behavior and Ecology; Wildlife Conservation
Dr. Yoko MITANI: mitani.yoko.3w@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Marine mammals; Environmental dynamics
Associate Professors
Dr. Hideki SUGIURA : sugiura.hideki.7s@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ecology and social behavior
Program-Specific Associate Professors*Dr. Mayako FUJIHARA : fujihara.mayako.3i@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Reproductive technology; Wildlife Conservation*Dr. Takuya SOMA : soma.takuya.6z@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ecological Anthropology; Animal Ecology; Human Geography
Assistant Professors*Dr. Yu SATO : sato.yu.3z@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Conservation genetics
Program-Specific Assistant Professor*Dr. Jie GAO : gao.jie.7u@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Cognition and Learning; Perception

Faculty based in Inuyama:
Assistant Professor*Dr. Chie HASHIMOTO : hashimoto.chie.2n@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Ecology and behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos

The Kyoto University Museum
Faculty based in Kyoto:
Professor
Dr. Masanaru TAKAI : takai.masanaru.2s@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Evolutionary history of primates in East and Southeast Asia
Assistant Professor*Dr. Tsuyoshi ITO：ito.tsuyoshi.3a@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Biogeography; Evolution; Phylogeny

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